Long Reads September 26th

Reviews and Responses to Naomi Wolf’s newest book, Vagina

Laurie Penny at New Statesman: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2012/09/problem-naomi-wolfs-vagina

Zoe Heller at The New York Review of Books: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/sep/27/pride-and-prejudice/?pagination=false

(favorite sex positive feminist writer) Jaclyn Friedman at Prospect: http://prospect.org/article/vagina-myth

Katha Pollitt at The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/article/169888/naomi-wolfs-vagina-no-carnations-please-were-goddesses#

Wrap Up: Feminist Hate Read Panel at The Millions: http://www.themillions.com/2012/09/the-feminist-hate-read-book-club-reads-naomi-wolfs-vagina-a-new-biography.html

Thoughts on the Serendipity of Traveling: http://killingthebuddha.com/mag/dispatch/serendipity/

Ex-Pats Seeking Community: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/what-happens-when-you-live-abroad/

Ladies, the Republican Party is not your friend (more from Katha Pollitt): http://www.thenation.com/article/169630/women-who-love-republicans-who-hate-them

Review of Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/oct/11/imaginary-friends/?pagination=false

Review of Junot Diaz’s new short story collection:

http://www.themillions.com/2012/09/the-you-in-yunior-junot-diazs-this-is-how-you-lose-her.html

Reflections on Salman Rushdie’s new memoir:

http://www.themillions.com/2012/09/salman-the-messenger.html

Indonesia’s Anti Corruption Curriculum:

http://devpolicy.org/educating-against-corruption/

http://edukasi.kompasiana.com/2012/05/08/gila-kurikulum-pendidikan-korupsi/

http://www.tabloidjubi.com/jayapura/8939-kurikulum-anti-korupsi-bukan-solusi

On new documentary “The Artist is Present” and performance artist Marina Abramovic:

Juliet Jacques at New Statesman: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/art-and-design/2012/09/marina-abramovic-artist-present

Francine Prose at New York Review of Books: http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/sep/06/marina-abramovic-when-art-makes-us-cry/

Interview by Andrew Goldman for NYTimes Magazine: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/magazine/the-devil-in-marina-abramovic.html?_r=0

http://the-talks.com/interviews/marina-abramovic/