Category Archives: Sexuality

A recent publication in “Fat Studies” journal

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Dr. Sheila

I’m pleased to say that I’ve been published in the “Fat Studies” journal, and an e-print of my article is now available online.  I was asked to review two recent publications, Hanne Blank‘s “Big Big Love,” and Rebecca Weinstein‘s “Fat … Continue reading →

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Bad Santa: Part II

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

Yesterday I started in on ruining Christmas for everyone, or at least Jimmy Kimmel and some of his fans, by pointing out that his “Give your kids a terrible present and film it” challenge was… not actually that funny, when … Continue reading →

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A little linkspam

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

I’ve been working on a post about family therapy and the “Occupy” movement for what seems like weeks now, and meant to get it finished over the Thanksgiving holiday, but other projects got in the way.  (I mean what would … Continue reading →

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Outdated psych textbooks on sexual orientation

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

At our 2011 AAMFT talk, I used a few comics from one of my favorite web cartoonists, Eyeteeth of Small Peculiar.  She is working on a cartoon-based book about Walter Freeman, the infamous lobotomist, and has an interest in the … Continue reading →

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“Big Big Love” and fat sexuality

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

My friend Hanne Blank is an author and scholar with far-reaching interests and tastes.  She has written a history of virginity, and has a history of heterosexuality coming out in early 2012, but she has also written and edited books … Continue reading →

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