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Jan 4 - The Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes
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Jan 25 - Everyday Life in a Boys' Public School: Winchester
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Posts Tagged ‘gender’

The Men and Women’s Club

December 13th, 2009 | 4 Comments

In the summer of 1885, Karl Pearson founded The Men and Women’s Club with the aim to discuss “all matters…connected with the mutual position and relation of men and women.” Pearson drew his members from middle-class liberals, socialists, and feminists, and over the lifespan of the club (1885-1889), discussions ranged from sexual relations in Periclean [...]

Tags: discussions, gender, Men, sexuality, social group, Women
Posted in Love, Men, Sex, Women | 4 Comments »

Of Cooking & Gender

October 7th, 2009 | 5 Comments

After reading The New York Magazine’s list of the Top 20 Chef Empires, and perusing a few culinary books I’d borrowed from the library, I was struck, dumbstruck actually, that all save one of those twenty names are those of men. Many would argue that the age of modern cookery was of the turn of [...]

Tags: cooking, Food, gender, Men, Professions, Women
Posted in Food, Men, Women | 5 Comments »