In case you are interested, an upcoming issue of Bitch includes an essay I wrote about porn. I was also interviewed for the Body issue of Clamor.
Of course, I don’t think that my opinions are controversial. They are simply correct.
However, that does not mean that I have made much progress on certain core research projects. Recently I was reading a book about nonverbal communication and learned that many people find the application of lipstick sexy.
I find this information puzzling; I only dimly understand that wearing red lipstick has any meaning whatsoever, and that evidence is strictly hearsay. I certainly do not paint my lips as a come hither signal – in my mind the choice is anachronistic, not seductive.
I am not happy that anyone might get an illicit thrill by watching me smear something on my lips.
Though this won’t change my behavior or anything.