By: Daniel Finnester - Hirsutism: The study of hair and its cultural implications. (see disclaimer below) For the purpose of this article hirsutism is the sociological study of men's facial hair. So, what does hair mean on a guy's face? It says a lot more about the individual than…
By: Hank Dulap Jason Dale Bolton was only 16 years old when four assailants brutally tortured and murdered him in front of a group of witnesses that, because of the 'bystander effect' and diffusion of responsibility, neither helped nor testified against the men responsible. To this day, Bolton's assailants…
By: Stephanie Miller "UK lesbian artists band together to combat homophobic bullying." In essence, The L Project is part non-profit organization bringing together lesbian artists for the purpose of drawing awareness to the LGBT community and other organizations involved with the LGBT community, and it's also part artistic project.…
By: Amanda Übermansch Perhaps both the problem and the solution with PIPA and SOPA being so publicized is that many people didn't realize that international legislation aimed at a plurilateral agreement among countries, on a voluntary basis, called Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) acts in the same manner as PIPA…
By: Stuart Billingsly Sexual anorexia is a term that refers to a man's inability to get an erection in any sexual context without the aid or supplement of porn—to which in many cases it's entirely solitary. And scientists have found that the number of men suffering from sexual anorexia…
By: Frank Thompson First off, I'd like to apologize for putting up a story that turned out to be completely false and framing it as if it were true. Unfortunately, like everyone, I am bound to be mislead at times. But then I began surfing the web to see…
Here's what I look forward to: A day when (some) straight people no longer feel the need to say they're ‘straight, but they support LGBT rights.’ Too bad there's still the compunction to make that distinction. Gay rights = human rights. We're all the same. Someday orientation will be…
By OcJim Who are the people responsible for the starvation of education in America and the heartless treatment of the vulnerable? We all have a role in this disgrace, but the biggest role can be laid at the feet of the rich -- most notably, Wall Street marauders, conservative…
The role that the educational system should play in the lives of individuals is to educate them to be conscious, critically thinking individuals who do not passively accept knowledge but question the knowledge that is being taught to them. Education should be taught to give students the skills and…
The year was 1984. My wife Catherine and I were living in Lancaster, CA, a small, blazingly hot town on the western edge of the Mojave Desert, where she and I had moved to help care for her sick mother. Here's pretty much exactly how I will always remember…