Freedom is an essential concept that has been debated for centuries. It refers to the ability of individuals to exercise their rights and liberties without restrictions or constraints from others. In...
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: How language can express sexuality, eroticism, and intimacy without explicit naming
Queer temporality refers to the way that LGBTQIA+ people experience time differently from cisgender heterosexual individuals due to societal pressures and expectations placed upon them. This concept...
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: Understanding queer temporality: how it affects sex, eroticism, intimacy, and relationships
The process of choosing a name for oneself has been regarded as an essential part of human identity since ancient times. For many individuals, their given names are an integral aspect of who they...
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: Choosing a name for oneself as an exercise of moral agency: gender and sexuality, eroticism and intimacy
As a society, we have inherited many things from the era of European colonialism, including its ethics regarding morality. This essay argues that this set of ethics has shaped how we view sexuality,...
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: How colonialism shaped our attitudes towards intimacy & eroticism
Gender is the social construct that dictates how individuals are expected to behave based on their assigned sex at birth. It includes the set of roles and expectations associated with masculinity and...
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: Sexual experiences across cultures, identities, and practices
There has been an increasing interest in exploring alternative identities through art, including those that transcend traditional concepts of gender and sexuality. Queer art, which seeks to subvert...
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: Exploring gender, sexuality, and intimacy through queer artistic expression
In philosophy, there are three core ideas that underpin human experience: distance, selfhood, and fusion. Distance refers to the space between individuals, while selfhood is related to the sense of...
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: Why distance, selfhood, and fusion matter for queer intimacy?
There are many ways that queer artists have challenged traditional moral, cultural, and artistic norms through their work. One way is through the use of aesthetics of deviation, which involves...
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: Challenging conventions through eroticism: exploring queer art
What is holiness? How can one achieve it? These are two key questions in many religions. In Christianity, for example, holiness refers to being "set apart" from sin and evil and living according to...
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: Sexuality and holiness: exploring religious teachings on the body, intimacy, and spiritual growth
The concept of the stranger has been used for centuries to refer to an individual who is different from one's own culture, religion, ethnicity, or social norms.
It has recently been explored...
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: Erotic intimacy and queer theology: how embracing strangers can lead to divine encounters