Frederica Mathewes-Green, "Let's Have More Teen Pregnancy," National Review (Sept. 20, 2002)
This article really amazed me when I first read it, not because I so much either agree or disagree (I mean for the most part I disagre, but it's more at an intuitive, gut level), but because the simplicity of its thinking is sort of breathtaking. I thought it was worth revisiting in the light of the whole Bristol Palin thing.
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The joy of Christian sex | The Sydney Morning Herald, July 18, 2008
This article quotes a good friend of mine...
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San Diego CityBeat - Don't marry him!
Response to http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200803/single-marry
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Transgendered Oregon man is pregnant (he says)
Thomas Beatie, who has undergone sex-change surgery and is legally male and legally married, has conceived a child via a home insemination from a sperm donor. He plans to carry the child to term. Others, however, are skeptical of his claims.
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Doing it and doing it and doing it well -- for God
"The 30-Day Sex Challenge: Are You Up For It?" asks Paul Wirth, the pastor of Relevant Church in Tampa Bay, FL. Married couples are supposed to have sex daily for 30 days, while unmarried people are supposed to abstain completely.
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Gay 14-year-old shot to death by classmate
Interesting that this happens while there's also a debate going on over whether it should be OK to include positive portrayals of same-sex couples in educational materials aimed at this age group. I suppose there are those who'd say that a 14-year-old boy
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IBlameThePatriarchy.com on why Valentine's Day is teh sux0rs
Kind of an amusing little screed. I like the re-captioned photo. "Because you have won my heart with this tacky underwear, I will wash your socks and raise your kids for a whole nother year!"
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A woman needs a man like a fish needs...
Ha ha.
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GetReligion.org's Terry Mattingly on Oprah's faith
Perceptive comments from religion-and-journalism blogger Terry Mattingly (http://GetReligion.org) on the religious significance of Oprah Winfrey. From January 2007.
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Canadian imam to launch hunger strike to protest domestic violence by Muslim men
Syed Soharwardy, deploring the fact that Muslims use religion as an excuse for perpetrating violence against family members, plans a hunger strike. He intends to call attention to the problem of domestic violence in Muslim families.
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"No Reservations" | Salon Arts & Entertainment
I was subjected to this twice last week, without audio - once on the plane from Houston to San Diego and once on the plane from Las Vegas to Philadelphia. It really irritated me and this review sums up why.
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Va-what?
On the etymology of the new word "vajayjay."
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Cartoon: varieties of hijab on the Syrian street
A cartoonist calling herself "Puppeteer" drew this amusing catalogue of the varieties of hijab she encounters walking to work each day in Damascus.
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Jared Diamond on male lactation: yes, it really is possible
Science writer Jared Diamond in a 1995 article lays out the evolutionary, clinical, and physiological facts concerning the possibility of male lactation in humans and other mammals. Apparently it's not as farfetched as one might think.
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"Milkmen: Fathers Who Breastfeed" (not a joke)
This will freak you out. Yes, there are a few documented cases of fathers lactating enough to feed their children. For the record, I haven't tried it, though there have been times when I wished I could.
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Iran: fashion police crack down on "non-Islamic" hairdos
No more eyebrow-plucking for vain young Iranian men, either.
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Legal & philosophical implications of the SCOTUS abortion decision
The underlying argument behind the SCOTUS decision on ND's partial-birth abortion ban is that [i]women[/i] need to be protected from having abortions, according to this commentator, and this is a new argument (though long familiar to anti-abortion activis
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Asskicking Dominican poetry slammer, Apollo Theatre: "Dulce de leche"
Poet Oveous Maximus lays down an ode to his mother and slams misogyny in his community.
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Linda Hirschmann: Why "choice feminism" is B.S.
A long article by Linda Hirschmann on how the idea of giving women "the choice" to stay home and raise children ultimately defeats the original vision of feminism. Her advice to women? Marry down. A provocative, thoughtful piece.
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