25 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : One never knows when a homosexual is about - One never knows when a homosexual is about: at least I can claim I wasn't alive when this stuff was made
plasticbag : Glumbert.com has a 1950s Anti-Homosexual Propoganda film from the United States - [converted to Unicode] ?There's so much I'd say about this if I had more time. The important thing to remember is that there is a sizeable population in the US who would like to start making films like this again. Never believe that the progression in gay
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35 month ago
plasticbag : London Gay Speed-dating in Turnmills - So a couple of my straight friends have just decided that I need to go on a speed-dating evening in Turnmills in a few weeks time. I have no idea what I think about this whole thing. Votes from the floor?
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37 month ago
plasticbag : 'Tom! The token gay friend!' is best thing I've seen recently about our new status as happy nice desexualised and funny little pet people who don't have anything to worry about... - "As we learn from Tom, talking to friends and family about equality isn't always easy. In fact, it can be an adventure."
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37 month ago
plasticbag : Wikipedia has an article on the "Two-Spirit" identity that Native Americans with unconventional sexual or gender identities have claimed for their own... - "Two-Spirit is a term for third gender people (for example, woman-living-man) that are among many, if not most, Native American and Canadian First Nations tribes. It usually implies a masculine spirit and a feminine spirit living in the same body. It is a
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38 month ago
deusx : Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gets Injected With a Social Issue - Really getting tired of these religious whackos getting a say in public health issues.
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39 month ago
plasticbag : Consider this an appeal - can someone with clue please fix the Wikipedia article on "Penis envy"? - So, I've studied a fair amount of psychoanalysis, and I know this article on penis envy is bullshit, and it's been on my 'to do' list of things to fix for weeks, and I've got nowhere. So I'm putting out an appeal - can you make this better?
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43 month ago
plasticbag : The Mermaid by Heinz Insu Fenkl - An awesome piece of investigation into the figure of the mermaid, the siren and representations of female sexuality centred around the Starbucks logo
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45 month ago
plasticbag : The Smiths set for academic study - "Morrissey has enjoyed an up-and-down solo career Iconic 1980s indie group The Smiths are to be studied at an academic conference in Manchester, their home town."
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plasticbag : US military pondered love not war - more on the US Government's attempts to find a compound to make enemy soldiers shag one another - It occurs to me that the Ancient Greeks thought that almost romantic friendships made soldier more, not less, effective. Perhaps after the initial shock and traumatic discussions with parents, this might make an enemy army stronger!
Nelson Minar : Gay love bomb - Crazy chemical warfare experiments
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plasticbag : Slightly implausible Greeks get hot under the collar at the suggestion that Alexander the Great shagged the odd bloke - Drives me mad this stuff - firstly because it's not always been the case that a man who porks another man should be considered unmanly (sometimes quite the opposite) and because Alexander's relationships with men were clearly unusually passionate.
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