Comfy Shooooos!
As you may know, if you’ve breathlessly followed my medical issues detailed here, I have recently been admonished to wear only supportive shoes because I have completely fucked up my entire left leg with my bad, bad habit of wearing flat and unsupportive shoes. I’d heard this before, of course, but until I started undergoing [...]
...read moreOrganization Holds Masturbate-a-Thon; Hundreds Expected to Come
At least that’s the headline I would have written: LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of Britons are being urged to attend what is being branded as Europe’s first “Masturbate-a-thon”, a leading reproductive healthcare charity said on Friday. Marie Stopes International, which is hosting the event with HIV/AIDS charity the Terrence Higgins Trust, said it expected up [...]
...read moreSo All I Have To Do Is Keep Them Chained Up And Half-Starved?
Lauren passed on this little item from the BBC: Study finds that hungry men prefer larger women. A study of 61 male university students found those who were hungry were attracted to heavier women than those who were satiated. The hungry men also paid much less attention to a woman’s body shape and regarded less [...]
...read moreMaking It Universal Would Cut Down on the Slut-Punishing
Doctors now urging that the HPV vaccine be offered to boys: A government advisory committee agreed a month ago to recommend the vaccine for girls ages 11 and 12, for girls and women ages 13 to 26 who have not yet received the vaccine, and for women who have had abnormal pap smears, genital warts [...]
...read moreHelp For a Suicide Hotline
Shakespeare’s Sister has some links about George Bush’s defunding of the highly effective 1-800-SUICIDE.
...read moreThe Vulnerability of the Aged
There’s a weird story developing here in New York involving charges that Brooke Astor’s son is robbing her blind while failing to provide her with proper care. Mrs. Astor is very, very old — 104 — and was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a few years ago. She’s also quite wealthy (though less so, her grandson alleges, [...]
...read moreGreat Idea
Christy Hardin Smith has a great idea for the heat wave: And while I’m thinking about it, a whole lot of folks don’t have the money for air conditioning, what with rising energy prices and grocery prices and gas prices and…well, you know, pretty much everything the way it is. So if there is an [...]
...read moreIn Praise of Sensible Shoes
I’ve known for a long time that my biomechanics below the waist were, to put it delicately, fucked.
...read moreUhhhh….
A new study, apparently, has found that working long hours is worse for women than for men because women who work long hours tend to eat more unhealthy food and consume more caffeine than men who work long hours. Now, nowhere do I see a mention of the home lives of these women. Because this [...]
...read moreHow Much CO2 Do You Emit?
Calculate away. I emit 6100 pounds of Co2 each year, which is less than half of what the average American does (average: 15,000 pounds). And most of mine comes from flying home to Seattle once or twice a year. But then, I don’t exactly live like the “average American.” I share a small apartment with [...]
...read moreGay Marriage Killed the Dinosaurs
Why things like same-sex partnerships get us all up in arms, but we couldn’t care less about actual threats to our safety, well-being and way of life. A must-read article, which I am not excerpting because the whole thing is so good.
...read moreCharlotte Allen Would Rather Her Daughters (and Yours) Have Cancer Than Sex.
Amanda calls her a “moral monster,” and I couldn’t agree more. Now, here’s the latest from an immunization panel affiliated with the National Centers for Disease Control: force every single little girl, female teenager, and young woman in the country to be vaccinated against cervical cancer–actually against sexually transmitted disease that can cause cancer. Here’s [...]
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