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Happy Belated V-Day: Biological Anthropology of the Penis
According to Pulitzer-Prize winning feminist, biologist and journalist Natalie Angier, biological anthropology started out as an attempt to make a ‘science’ out of objectifying women (mainly by conflating culturally determined elements of attractiveness with the work of evolution). Such research incites dispute because it supports oppressive cultural standards of beauty with pseudoscience, and thus presents [...]
Posted: February 16th, 2008 under New York, Research, University, adaptation, albany, anthropology, arms race, artificial vagina, beauty, behavior, bias, biological, biology, cheating, chimpanzees, competition, coronal ridge, cultural, dildo, egg, evolution, evolutionary, fertilization, gordon g. gallup, head, homemade, hypothesis, intrauterine, men, menstrual cycle, natural selection, objectification, oppression, orgasm, penis, psuedoscience, psychologist, reproduction, science, scientific, sex, shaft, sloppy seconds, sperm, spouse, standard of beauty, study, vaginal.
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Vibrators: All Abuzz about that Pecuniary Value.
As recently as Monday, according to the Associated Press, the Supreme Court left an Alabama ban on sex toys intact, meaning that you can still face a $10,000 fine or up to 1 year in jail… for a pleasure device. A second offense can lead to up to 10 years in prison. To quote a [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2007 under ACLU, Alabama, American, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New York, Texas, adult, associated, civil, colorado, court, district, fine, general, genital, happiness, human, jail, law, lawyer, liberties, medical, mississippi, morality, obscenity, offense, organs, owner, pleasure, politics, press, prison, public, religion, sex, sexism, sodomy, store, supreme, theater, toy, union, vibrator.
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Jean Grae For President
This summer, I attended the Randall’s Island, New York rendition of Rock The Bells. It was raining and cold, and my umbrella was confiscated as I entered the eight hour festival because it could be potentially used as a weapon – (another victory for the enemies of freedom and justice) Needless to say, the shows [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2007 under Beyond Beats and Rhymes, Brooklyn, Byron Hurt, City, Grae, Ibrahim, New York, Rock The Bells, Tsidi, agency, agent, artist, attack of the attacking things, beats, blog, candidate, crisis, date, dating, dating show, disrespect, easter bunny, election, female, gender, hip hop, hotline, jean, man, mate, music, musician, object, objectification, president, presidential candidate, raccoon, randall's island, rape, rapper, rhymes, sad, scene, select, single, speed dating, stiletto, stripping, triggering, umbrella, underground, undergroundhiphop.com, vote, whip, wildlife.
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