Daily Archives: September 7, 2010

Weird and Wonderful: The Pick Up Joint

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I’ve been monogamous for over fifteen years. It’s been fun, calm, and artistically profitable. When I look back on the pre-monogamy days it’s never wistfully. I’m not the social type so I can take or leave a good bar trawl. … Continue reading →


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I Wish

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Some weeks ago, in the comments on my post “Privileging the Pretty,” euphrosyne said: I’ve always considered needlessly beautiful protagonists in fiction to be a pretty obvious form of wish fulfillment. A lonely male author might pen ravishing heroines. A … Continue reading →


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Cinderella’s Secret: Kadoo Bouranee (Afghan Sweet Pumpkin)

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I first ate this at an Afghan restaurant in Washington D.C., where it was served with ground lamb. I have since learned that many variations of sweet pumpkin span not only the Middle East and West Asia but India as … Continue reading →


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