The biology of being gay

Following the Richardson brouhaha, it might be worth revisiting this article from Queer Notes last spring that I previously linked to:
If anyone still thought the old biological “its not a choice” argument would solve the issue of gays rights, think again. It was a failed political strategy from the start, and is becoming more and [...]

Why we blog

Jay Rosen:
As I was walking around the conference Thursday, ducking into panels and training sessions that started even before the official opening, I kept thinking about a famous passage from Christopher Lasch, the great social critic and historian who died in 1994— before the rise of the Web. In the Revolt of the Elites, he [...]

Magazine Littéraire special issue

In October 1994 Magazine Littéraire published a special issue on Foucault. Here are some pictures.