sexuality
Top 3 meta-on-sexuality sex scenes in movies
...lf together but by the time they arrive at the barn it's clear de Sade is perhaps more nervous than she is. It suddenly becomes clear how much he cares for her, how she's the only friend he's had in this place, his best friend ever, maybe, considering the harrowing times they've shared, and he wants this to be good for her. He wants this to be perfect and joyful and so, so much fun and he dreads t...
Pod people: Birth control or religious liberty?
...ved in decisions about who is hired and fired by religious groups. Wait a minute. That sounds familiar. Please hear me say that there is no way to cover this story without hitting the birth-control angle and hitting it hard. However, there is no accurate, balanced way to handle this story without covering the larger religious-liberty angle, as well. I also know that the potential impact of the H...
Tags: the guest room, brith control, getreligion.org, on religion, religion reporting, scripps howard news service
The Human Cost of Anti-Gay Bullying
...disconcertingly widespread problem: according to a 2007 report by Stonewall, the gay and lesbian lobbying organisation, 65% of young lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils have been the victims of bullying, as have three-quarters of young gay people attending faith schools. And even if gay pupils are not direct targets, they are "learning in an environment where homophobic language and comments are comm...
Tags: maggie gallagher, pope benedict xvi, tony perkins, families of gays, gay teen suicide, anti-gay bullying
Farihah Zaman: Kill List: An Interview With Ben Wheatley
...lingering emotional disturbance that goes far deeper than your average hit or jump scare. The charming and hilarious Ben Wheatley spoke to me about growing up afraid in the '70s, co-writing the script with his wife, Amy Jump, and why being chased by a horde of naked people is so damn scary. Farihah Zaman: Much of what makes Kill List scary is the overall feeling of it rather than tangible eleme...
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February 1st One Year Bible Readings
...s. When we come together as the body of Christ each week, God's glory shines! Will you take a moment to really pay attention to God’s glory shining in your church as you attend a service this upcoming weekend? Proverbs - Proverbs chapter 6 verses 16 and 19 stand out to me - "There are six things the LORD hates--no, seven things he detests.....a person who sows discord among brothe...
Shemot (Wanderings) - Supplement
...: that is, that men ought to avoid any potentially sexually tempting situations. The concept of ervah is thus extended here from the unseemly and the grossly physical, to the erotic. It is beyond the scope of this paper to present a complete analysis of this subject in the rishonim and aharonim. For the interested reader I have included an appendix with a selection of some of the most salient ...
Review: Katawa Shoujo
...al” alike, walking wounded. Even the teachers at Yamaku Academy (who are, as far as we can tell, not disabled) show some emotional scarring. The name of the game is “the hedgehog’s dilemma”. Sometimes the “obvious” decision, an attempt to get closer, pushes the other character away. If you treat other characters as invalids to be taken care of or broken dolls that Hisao must “fix”...
Tags: freeware, interactive fiction, linux, macintosh, windows, 4leafstudios
Miss Representation Sparks Change As a Film, As a Movement
...ices – the things we choice to do and not to do, publicly, privately, and everywhere in between. None of us is perfect and we are all doing the best we can. Let’s remember this about our neighbors too – the ones we know and the ones we don’t. I hope in my lifetime that it will no longer be important to a woman to have a man say to her, “You are better at this than you think you are,” ...
Tags: advertising, body image, branding kids' brains, consumerism, growing up too soon, marketing shaping youth
Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Josephine Baker on Beauty
...ou think the perceptions of beauty have changed over the decades?” Josephine turns her honey-brown eyes on me, her hand touching her close-cropped hair. “It’s like this, chickadee. I was too skinny and dark for America, so I hit Paris in the 20s. By 1927 I was one of most photographed woman in the world.” “Maybe it’s because you were always topless in a short skirt,” Elizabeth smir...
Tags: news culture, sex, beauty, elizabeth tayor, feminism, josephine baker
Anthology Markets
...’ve ever submitted a story to a magazine before, then you’re probably already familiar with these formatting guidelines. You don’t need to include your mailing address, if you don’t want to. Make sure you have a valid email address on there, though. One that you regularly check. How long should it be? 2,000-30,000 words. Anywhere in between there is fine. That means no flash fiction, and n...
Upcoming events in the Asheville area this week
...g in dozens of countries and thousands of cities and towns, the G8 and NATO will hold a rare simultaneous summit in Chicago this May. The world’s military and political elites, heads of state, 7,500 officials from 80 nations, and more than 2,500 journalists will be there. And so will we. On May 1, 50,000 people from all over the world will flock to Chicago, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful b...
Secret Men's Business – Women Must Not Read..
...ry time I’ve wound up with an abusive girlfriend it was always my fault, but that’s fine by me, because that empowers me to grow and learn from my experience. Are women seriously encouraged to grow and learn from being with an abusive boyfriend or are they always perfectly innocent? I’m sick of being told by feminists how ingeniously manipulative I am in con...
Timelines and Testations: Jesus, Sexonomics and Facebook
...ition of "sexuality," biblically defined: "For many, sexuality is simply what happens between two people involving physical pleasure. But that's only a small percentage of what sexuality is. Our sexuality is all the ways we strive to reconnect with our world, with each other, and with God." (Rob Bell, "Sex God," p. 42)... How might virtually all temptations (the three Jesus faced, or others y...
Tags: rob bell, ray van der laan, reading the bible, capon, time travel, spiritual formation
The Social Conservative Review: February 2, 2012
...ervatives engage in a “dramatic projection of one’s own views onto those of Jesus.” While it is only human for us to want the Savior to confirm our own predilections, there can be no doubt that, objectively, Jesus affirmed the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman, Old Testament teachings about human sexuality and personhood within the womb, or the dignity of every person such t...
This is rape culture: Unilad, lad's mags and the Daily Mail
...at threatening women with rape was par the course for the lads of Unilad. Articles and comments about how if your girl doesn't want sex, then that's still fun for one (advocating rape), as well as 'jokes' ('every hole is a goal', that '9 out of 10 people enjoy gang rape'), and sexualised insults ('take the sand out of your vagina'). A post on their Facebook page featuring a screen grab of a 10 yea...
Oral sex: By him, for her
...ut lines that share the latest tips to “go wild in bed” or “what every man really wants” would be the last magazine sold because everyone could simply follow the steps and have great sex. No. Sex is more than technique. It’s more than an act. It’s also more than intercourse. Sex has its own elegance within marriage. Marital sex – the most important and only appropriate type, in my...
Tags: sex and intimacy, marriage, married life, passion, relationships, sex
February 2012 Catgirl Critics' Media Mewsings
...na: (in the Purrple Orchid purrint yukata, Gold earrings and tail ring) Whassup? Mielikki: (her fey wings shimmer out of the Ice Blue Chrysanthemum yukata) Mellow Greetings! Jeannie: (in the White Shell Ginger purrint yukata and the Tuberose tail lei) Nihao. Elizabeth: (in the Emerald Green Philodendron purrint yukata) Aloha! Mary Nyan: (in the Hot Pink Ornamental Banana purrint yukat...
Year of the Dragon– a few comments on this tricky fellow
... to maintain communication with your Dragon, and acknowledge your Dragon's presence as often as possible."Excerpted from: the Native Americans of the North and Southwest there were a number of Dragon and serpent legends. Most of these Dragons and serpents stole children and were associated with water. Some stories may have been used to scare children away from water and thus the serpent became a ...
Tags: dragon totems, dragon in dream, dragon, snakes in dreams, chinese dragons, astrology
Smash Recap: The Play's the Thing
..., dead. What if Michael Riedel sees it? He’s going to destroy it, just like he did Spider-man! Who is Michael Riedel, you ask? Well, according to Tom, he’s a “Napoleonic little Nazi” who writes for the New York Post, and in giving him a shout-out on such a big platform, Theresa Rebeck has just bought herself fifteen years worth of favorable mentions from him. Well played, T.Rebeck (to be p...
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The Return of Rosie: OWN, Celebrity, and the Branding of Basic Cable Julia Himberg / University of Southern California
...h leading questions that prompt guests to promote OWN’s multicultural ideology, and with autobiographical tales of her own youth, coming out, and experiences as an openly lesbian celebrity. Click here to view the embedded video. “Meet Ben” Click here to view the embedded video. RuPaul surprises Ben on The Rosie Show (January 3, 2012) OWN marks both Winfrey and O’Donnell’s first foray...