Coming ‘Hunger Games’
By OcJim Click pics to enlarge images... …
By OcJim Click pics to enlarge images... …
I am one of those unusual anomalies you find when thinking of political and ideological combinations: a male feminist. I proudly follow and support feminist voices, organisations, individuals and legislation in Britain, as well as the international feminist movements (such as increasing awareness of the Republican Party's war on…
In any culture or society, women or men can become victims of controlling relationships. Often the controlling behaviors may involve minor things and only over time become more controlling and painful. The controlled partners in these relationships are leveraged in some seemingly innocent way and become focused on pleasing…
This past June the Supreme Court overturned mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for minors on the grounds that it constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” under the 8th amendment. This comes on the heels of similar humanitarian rulings, such as getting rid of the death penalty for…
Circumcision (the removal of some or all of the foreskin of a male's penis) made headlines again in Cologne, Germany this week where a court ruled it illegal to circumcise an infant for religious reasons regardless of parental consent. This new law was apparently brought on by the case…
I became aware of the “Stonewall Riots” through Pride marches and protests while growing up in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s.
If there was one person who wasn't shocked about James's death, it was James, who stated more than once on his blog about his failure to “hang onto sobriety”...
Perhaps the most telling revelation in the book is the author’s discovery that sociopaths often use one particular emotion...It’s the ultimate empathic emotion called pity. If you pity someone you let them get away with anything.
A gay bar could expect to be raided at least once a month, no matter what “payoff” they gave to the NYPD. The Stonewall Inn was one of those bars.
The announcement of disingenuous Speaker of the House, John Boehner, threatening a worse fight over a budget ceiling, could mean even more dire consequences. Boehner’s announcement was somewhat subdued this time, revealing dull, fish eyes.