The Gold Standard of Sexual Health and Other Reads This Week
By Wim Langedijk for HURS
The Gold Standard of Sexual Health and Other Reads This Week
HUR Reads is our definitive shortlist of the most prominent articles from around the web.
By HURS Team
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Maren Hassinger Likes Her Art With a Twist
Maren Hassinger’s largest retrospective, Living Moving Growing at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, traces more than five decades of work shaped by movement, performance and material experimentation. As Jori Finkel writes, the exhibition highlights the artist’s ability to transform industrial wire, branches and newspaper into sculptures that feel remarkably alive, while reaffirming her influential place within contemporary American art.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Set against walks through Los Angeles, from UCLA and the Santa Monica Pier to Little Tokyo, The Paris Review profiles acclaimed poet Harryette Mullen, whose work draws on her Southern upbringing, linguistic experimentation and decades of teaching. In conversation with Sonya Posmentier, Mullen reflects on the creative power of constraints, wordplay and everyday observation, offering a fascinating glimpse into one of America’s most original poetic voices.
THE PARIS REVIEW
Melanie Thernstrom profiles Dr. Sally Greenwald, a Silicon Valley concierge gynecologist whose philosophy, “sexual health is health,” has made her a sought-after physician among wealthy women. Greenwald champions proactive menopause care, hormone therapy, and sexual wellness as essential components of long-term health, while challenging conventional medicine’s neglect of women’s health. The piece also examines the inequities of concierge healthcare, asking whether innovations available to the wealthy can eventually reshape mainstream medical practice.
THE NEW YORKER
Jemima Skala explores the creative partnership between Irish novelist Sara Baume and painter Mollie Douthit, whose friendship inspired Opening Night, an illustrated memoir that blurs the boundaries between art and life. Through conversations on collaboration, influence and the uneasy idea of the “muse,” the pair reflect on how mutual curiosity, shared cultural references and deep friendship have shaped both their creative practices long after the book was finished.
ANOTHER MAGAZINE
A new exhibition, titled Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now at London’s The Photographers’ Gallery, reconsiders seven decades of Japanese history through the work of 26 women photographers. From overlooked pioneers such as Yamazawa Eiko to contemporary figures including Hiromix and Mika Ninagawa, the show highlights artists who challenged social conventions while reshaping the visual language of Japanese photography, offering a long-overdue addition to the historical record.