Tag Archives: free speech
Ferlinghetti: 100
By Elsadorfman – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link I unexpectedly found myself in New York City last week. One of the best things about a creative life is that I can grab my gear and run at an opportunity like this. I had pending writing deadlines and some design work to do, but I [...]
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, beat generation, censorship, centenary, free speech, Howl, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Radical Sexual Mystic
Ida Craddock was a 19th century champion of free speech and women’s rights who is of particular interest to Insomnia due to the occult mysticism that permeated her voluminous, pioneering writings on human sexuality. Craddock is considered the first great hero of the sexual revolution — she can also be seen as its first martyr. [...]
