I was so delighted and honored to speak at not one but two universities this past week. First I got to talk to the amazing psychology grad students at the Wright Institute in Berkeley on Tuesday, as part of their 5th Annual Symposium on Culture & Diversity. Then I travelled to Baltimore, to give a […]

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What a whirlwind couple of weeks it’s been — and continues to be! I got to go to the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, where my fiancee was showing two of her latest films, The Insomniacs and Godspeed. Then, we had a show of her films at the fabulous Femina Potens art gallery when […]

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I just had a fabulous week and I have another great one coming up, so I thought I’d share. I just got back from Toronto, where I got to visit my adorable new baby “nephew” (hi, Samuel!) and his parents, my dear friends Sly and Sophie. While I was in town, I was fortunate enough […]

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I’m at a conference in Puerto Rico! The blog will be back next week…

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I just got this message from an Australia author and scholar, Kath Albury. Check it out:
Hi, Amy, I thought you (or a friend) might be interested in one or both of these fellowships. The department of Gender Sudies here is really interesting.
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University of Sydney (USyd) Visiting Research Fellowships & International PhD Scholarships
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You may have seen […]

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A while ago (see my entry for Oct 7, 2005), a reader in Canada brought my attention to Breast of Canada, a fundraising calendar. Then, this weekend, I was alerted by another reader to yet another Canada-based breast-related item of interest: TERA, the Topfree Equal Rights Association, which “helps women who encounter difficulty going without […]

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These are a few of my favorite new finds:
• information about the clitoris
• pictures of vulvas
• more pictures of vulvas (and click on the link to the survey, too)
• hilarious sex-positive cursewords
• a very sexy sex ed site, with a focus on safer sex
• a really cool South and Southeast Asian sex resource center
And speaking […]

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I just got back from my East Coast sojourn today. I spent a few days at the Haitian Studies Association conference at U.Mass - Boston, where I presented my piece for Waking Up American. The weather in Boston was bleak and rainy, but the conference-goers were upbeat and presented some remarkable scholarship. Next I went […]

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Later on this week, I’m headed to Boston to present at the Haitian Studies Association’s annual conference at the University of Massachusetts. I’ve never been to one of their conferences before; I’ll be speaking about my publication in Waking Up American.
After the conference, I’m going to Providence, RI, to interview the inimitable designer Liz […]

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