• The Hegemony Asserts Itself

    Every day, the straight heterosexist hegemony manages to find new ways to assert its dominance over all who do not share its presumptions.

    Today, hangers on the back of an hotel room door.

    Every day something different.

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4 responses to “Lent Booklist”

  1. RevRuth Avatar

    Interesting to read your comments on Quarantine by Jim Croce. I too read it some years ago and wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. But I think it was a good thing to have read.

  2. kennedy Avatar
    kennedy

    Link to Aberdeen website has an extra .uk

    Kennedy

  3. Steven Avatar
    Steven

    An interesting list – I think I might have a look at Vision upon Vision. I am currently reading The Inescapable Love of God by Thomas Talbott which has been excellent so far.

  4. Russell Goulbourne Avatar
    Russell Goulbourne

    Wonderful–thank you! I’ll try Arditti’s Enemy of the Good first.

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