“When the former porn star Christy Mack publicly released graphic images of herself in a hospital bed Sunday night following a brutal beating by her ex-boyfriend, a mixed-martial artist known as War Machine, people took to social media in droves to lay blame and point fingers. And not everyone was pointing
“Bane”? Whatever. Having a unique name is the best!! I’m currently thirty-six years old, and I can tell you quite confidentially: you may travel the world, but you’ll never find another Chauntelle Tibbals. Now, this is not *just* due to the fact that we’re all unique and special snowflakes. I
Recently, the World Health Organization (hereafter, the WHO) released guidelines for helping to prevent the spread of HIV in several *key* populations. The WHO, who also monitors the whole world for epidemic outbreaks, says we need to decriminalize sex work and drugs if we want to stop (or at least slow)
The first ever convention dedicated to the rapidly rising “camming” industry – Camming Con – is happening soon, from July 31 – August 3 in Miami, Florida! Here is some (slightly copy edited) info about the show: Camming Con is the first conference of its kind that caters to the
I saw this a couple days ago, and it just killed me with wonder, amazement, joy, and – admittedly – a little bit of freak out. I present unto thee: Bear (1976) by Marian Engel. This book is Canadian, and it won the Governor General’s Literary Award (which apparently is a big
I recently came across this headline – “Tennessee Students Must Now Opt In To Pay Programming Fee After ‘Sex Week’ Controversy” (7/7/14). (ohhh that UT, the *other* UT) I generally think choices are good, but this particular choice may ultimately actually be… bad? In a nutshell, college students often pay
…or “Once Again, State of California & LA County Turbo-Charge their Race to the Bottom!” California – Los Angeles specifically – I love you. I am of you and your influence helped shape a large part of who I am today, but you’re really starting to test me with all
I am the proud mother of an eight month old puppy. She’s a large (55 lbs and counting) pink & white, often obnoxious and always precious, cheetah bunny. (She has cheetah spots all over her back and butt and sometimes hops around like a bunny.) Little Pinky has such short
I recently came across this article “Who’s Afraid of Peer Review?” by John Bohannon in the October, 2013 issue of Science (Vol. 342, no. 6154, pp. 60-65). In this piece, John explores what would happen if he (with the help of Science) concocted a spoof research article and submitted it to several open access (OA)
I recently contributed an op-ed piece to “bro” lifestyle & culture space, BroBible.com. Why?! you ask. Because contrary to popular belief, bros are capable of empathy and concern regarding wider social issues, too. I admit though that this piece, regarding similarities concerning ignoring mental health issues and sensationalizing relatively spurious factors