http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/ Conservatism for punks. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:55:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/#comment-19866 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:33:20 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/#comment-19866 [...] If the original, nineteenth-century-or-so wave of feminism in effect had as its slogan “Liberty!” and the second, mid-twentieth-century wave in effect had as its slogan “Equality!” then the third (like much of the broader culture) seems to have “Whatever!” as its battle cry. And that’s sometimes useful and even a great relief but is sometimes, y’know — well, but no, it’s cool…y’know, if that’s your thing…maybe put it on, like, a tattoo or something — whatever (maybe we can work out the philosophical details during tonight’s 8pm Debate at Lolita Bar about sex with Stephanie Sellars confronting Anna Broadway). [...] […] If the original, nineteenth-century-or-so wave of feminism in effect had as its slogan “Liberty!” and the second, mid-twentieth-century wave in effect had as its slogan “Equality!” then the third (like much of the broader culture) seems to have “Whatever!” as its battle cry. And that’s sometimes useful and even a great relief but is sometimes, y’know — well, but no, it’s cool…y’know, if that’s your thing…maybe put it on, like, a tattoo or something — whatever (maybe we can work out the philosophical details during tonight’s 8pm Debate at Lolita Bar about sex with Stephanie Sellars confronting Anna Broadway). […]

]]> http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/#comment-19811 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:08:37 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/#comment-19811 [...] It’s a topic that didn’t come up much in last night’s presidential debate — one of many reasons that our Sunday debate about sex will be more exciting — but drugs must cross these candidates’ minds once in a while. Consider: [...] […] It’s a topic that didn’t come up much in last night’s presidential debate — one of many reasons that our Sunday debate about sex will be more exciting — but drugs must cross these candidates’ minds once in a while. Consider: […]

]]> http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/#comment-19664 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:00:39 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/#comment-19664 [...] Some people no doubt consider Bob Barr crazy and fringey — the sort of person only a comic-book-reading right-wing beatnik would support, but I have to say, he keeps seeming like a more and more reasonable choice to me as I see the other candidates in action — and, alas, I have to include the prior libertarian standard-bearer, Ron Paul, in that negative assessment. (And I should note that I’m not just pro-Barr because he’s the one presidential candidate to speak at one of our Debates at Lolita Bar — not so unlike the one we’re doing about sex this Sunday — nor because he’s the only current presidential candidate to pen a fundraising letter for my employers at the American Council on Science and Health [I say “current presidential candidate,” though he wrote it well before the campaign, because ‘96/’00 candidate Steve Forbes also wrote one — and I would probably start crying right now if I thought too much about how much better off we’d probably be in multiple ways if Forbes had been elected in one of those campaigns]. Far from me just wanting to reward Barr with my loyalty, Barr was drawn to the debate and to ACSH because the people there were already thinking along similar lines, at least in some ways.) [...] […] Some people no doubt consider Bob Barr crazy and fringey — the sort of person only a comic-book-reading right-wing beatnik would support, but I have to say, he keeps seeming like a more and more reasonable choice to me as I see the other candidates in action — and, alas, I have to include the prior libertarian standard-bearer, Ron Paul, in that negative assessment. (And I should note that I’m not just pro-Barr because he’s the one presidential candidate to speak at one of our Debates at Lolita Bar — not so unlike the one we’re doing about sex this Sunday — nor because he’s the only current presidential candidate to pen a fundraising letter for my employers at the American Council on Science and Health [I say “current presidential candidate,” though he wrote it well before the campaign, because ‘96/’00 candidate Steve Forbes also wrote one — and I would probably start crying right now if I thought too much about how much better off we’d probably be in multiple ways if Forbes had been elected in one of those campaigns]. Far from me just wanting to reward Barr with my loyalty, Barr was drawn to the debate and to ACSH because the people there were already thinking along similar lines, at least in some ways.) […]

]]> http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/#comment-19602 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:12:34 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/#comment-19602 [...] Will all this become fodder for our Debate at Lolita Bar (this Sunday at 8pm) about sex between Stephanie Sellars and Anna Broadway? Join us to find out! But I sort of hope not. [...] […] Will all this become fodder for our Debate at Lolita Bar (this Sunday at 8pm) about sex between Stephanie Sellars and Anna Broadway? Join us to find out! But I sort of hope not. […]

]]> http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/#comment-19551 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:15:41 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/09/22/debate-at-lolita-bar-is-modern-sex-good-or-evil/#comment-19551 [...] This Sunday is our Debate at Lolita Bar about sex, but I was surprised recently to find myself entangled in a conversation about another timeless sex debate: the relative importance of breasts vs. buttocks.  My position was that the brain is so important, the other question is silly (I just take it for granted that I couldn’t date a moron). [...] […] This Sunday is our Debate at Lolita Bar about sex, but I was surprised recently to find myself entangled in a conversation about another timeless sex debate: the relative importance of breasts vs. buttocks.  My position was that the brain is so important, the other question is silly (I just take it for granted that I couldn’t date a moron). […]

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