Idea No. 24: Gay Sex was the Voldemort of the Renaissance

by MirandaThe Idea BlogPosted on 4,042 comments

Guest Blogger: Mairead Hynes So you have to feel kinda bad for Renaissance theologians.  They really, really wanted to tell people that they shouldn’t have gay sex– but they really, really wanted to do it without actually saying “don’t have gay sex.”  So they twisted themselves into all kinds of funky rhetorical shapes– they told …

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A Renaissance Sunset

by MirandaMy LifePosted on 1,273 comments

I do many things, but photography is not one of them.  Yes, I like to take pictures.  Lots and lots of really bad pictures in fact.  Once or twice I’ve managed to capture something that I actually like, usually after taking the same picture about ten times from slightly different positions. Today’s picture is not …

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