Showing posts with label humiliation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humiliation. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Wayne Koestenbaum on Alec Baldwin's Humiliation

In an eerie coincidence, Wayne Koestenbaum talked extensively on the Bat Segundo show, Monday Dec. 5, about Alec Baldwin's public humiliations one day before Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight on Tuesday Dec. 6.

Koestenbaum visited the Institute on October 20 to talk about his new book, Humiliation (2011).

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Shame on Us

In anticipation of Wayne Koestenbaum's visit to Albany on Thursday, October 20, Joseph Dalton of the Times Union reviews Koestenbaum's new book, Humiliation (2011), a philosophical exploration of personal embarrassment:

"I don't embarrass easily," says author Wayne Koestenbaum "That's because I'm used to gay culture's flamboyant embrace of embarrassing positions."

Perhaps it's that bravery, that hold-your-chin-up attitude, that allows Koestenbaum the courage to delve so deeply into the shame, guilt and suffering of others. Read more.

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