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When your son asks to dress as a girl, it means you failed as a parent.
You read that right.
A question posed on one of the stupidest websites on the internet, Today.com, asks “Is it OK for little boys to dress up as girls?” This is the answer that ends the article:
“I applaud you for letting your child be unique, imaginative and free from the constraints of our closed society,” one poster
Codebreaking: Nivea’s “Re-civilize Yourself”
Is this ad racist?
Lots of people sure think it is, and it may be, but it appears everyone missed the true focus of the ad.
August 18, 2011
Tagged ads, Advertisement, advertising, codebreaking, cosmetics, men, racism
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Mr. Rowe Goes to Washington, and Made the World Special by Almost Being Himself
Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame did his first dry run for public office by giving Congressional testimony a recently. He addressed the skilled labor gap before Congress.
That’s not bad– but it’s not the gold medal. That would go to someone else. I’ll explain that later.
In case you don’t know, Mike Rowe is the host of Dirty… Read the rest
The Fast and the Fatherless
When you watch most action movies, it’s easy to get caught up in the car chases, explosions, and hot chicks that define them. But when you look beyond those, beyond the trite dialogue, beyond the contrived plots, is there anything there? In most action films, there isn’t. So they don’t last beyond a single picture. But the The Fast… Read the rest
April 29, 2011
Tagged cars, father, film, freudian, men, movies, oedipal, postmodernism, psychiatry, psychology
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Bills Paid on Time
This song and video plays very delicately with gender and sexuality. If you’ve ever read Robert Greene’s The Art of Seduction, you’ll recognize the seductive archetype of the dandy, one of the more interesting and powerful ones. A woman who dresses in a masculine fashion, who commands and leads, yet still retains her femininity. More common is the converse,… Read the rest
Males like it when a woman ovulates. (No they don’t.)
In a as yet unpublished study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 80% of male monkeys tested were able to tell which female was ovulating by picture alone.
They presented male monkeys with two pictures of the same female’s face: one from a day on which she was ovulating, and one from a time before she was
Everyday Totemism
Everyday-carry.com is a pictorial blog that calls for readers to submit photos of their
small items or gadgets worn, carried, or made available in pockets, holsters, or bags on a daily basis to manage common tasks or for use in unexpected situations or emergencies.
The blog description concludes by saying,
In a broader sense, it is a
