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Secret lives of women
The ones I saw were about Polygamy, Munchausen Syndrome and Black Widows. So women in these shows were either brain-washed idiots who allowed themselves to be manipulated and owned by “religious” leaders and “prophets,” baby killers who broke what scientists consider one of the strongest social bonds, that between a mother and a child, or ( Read more... ) -
The inverse square law trumps the law of attraction
If you roll your eyes every time you hear more media hype surrounding the pseudoscientific 'think your way to victory' film The Secret, Scientific American has a short, sharp, shock of a reply to its dodgy claims about the mind and brain:
A pantheon of shiny, happy people assures viewers that The Secret is grounded in science: "It has been proven ( Read more... ) -
Lists
Probable Future Names of Hershey's Candies, Following the Progression of Kisses to Hugs.
by Daniel Nass, Daniel Peach and Robby Mcinnesh
Hershey's Kisses
Hershey's Hugs
Hershey's Handshakes
Hershey's Eye Contacts
Hershey's Awkward Silences
Hershey's Restraining Orders
Character From a Thomas Pynchon Novel or Someone Who Recently Sent Me Spam
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Sex, Drugs, and the Internet
"Allow me to advance a radical thesis: Today’s outbreaks of nasty online behavior are directly linked to the history of the counterculture in America, and in particular to the war on drugs" Jaron Lanier begins his attempt to answer the question: "Does anonymity breed nastiness in the online world?"
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A sad day
Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances
of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died
Wednesday. He was 84.
For anyone who's read and loved his books, anyone who reads In These Times, this really is sad news.
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Abstinence-only insanity
This kind of thinking really makes me sick. These double standards that stigmatize female sexuality are often perpetuated by women themselves. Are we ever, as a society of allegedly intelligent thinking human beings, ever going to break away from this or will we continue repackaging the tired old virgin/whore dichotomy?
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Decisions, decisions...
I've been toying with this idea for a long time now. I went halfway a year ago, but I think I'm finally ready to take the plunge... I want to cut my hair short. I haven't had short hair in many many years... It's a little scary, but exciting. I need the change. Now I need help deciding how I want it cut. I looked around and found a few hairstyles ( Read more... )
