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Revisting Personality Type and Gender: A Prerequisite For Survival.
In a previous post, I discussed the age old question of whether or not men and women have unique and distinct personalities because of their gender. I discussed the question from the perspective of the Myers-Briggs personality test and I argued, based on the research that I could find online, there is no good reason […]
Popping My Cherry At Carleton University: My First Vagina Monologues.
March 9, 2009
The Vagina Monologues was first performed in 1996 and, since then, has become a world-wide phenomenon and the centerpiece of a very impressive charitable organization / event called V-Day. Written by Eve Ensler, and based on a series of interviews with a variety of women, the concept is simple and effective. A number of women perform a […]
Brazil Nuts and the Sexual Politics of Hair Removal
March 4, 2009
I made a curious discovery recently. I’m not sure when but apparently the new male “beauty” standard in porn is to be completely hairless — and I’m not talking about the chest either. I’m talking, penis, sack, and everything else nearby: smooth as a baby’s bum. Now, I am not a huge consumer of porn […]
Sunlight, A Play in One Act
December 6, 2008
Sunlight combines text, improvisation, a dumbshow, and movement in order to craft an original and unexpected response to a reality we face each and everyday: the minute-by-minute choice between a life of distraction and a life of attentiveness. Although it is very much a work of theatre, it can also be described as a kind […]
Paris is Dead, A Play in Three Acts
December 3, 2008
Paris is Dead is by far my best play. In fact, if I ever see it produced properly, it might very well be a “so long and thanks for the fish because my work is done here” moment. There are lots of plays I want to write but this play is the only one I […]
April 17, 2011
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