Rise Of The “Religious Assailant”
Reuters has brought a new phrase to the surface in an effort to describe someone religiously and politically motivated to attempt to murder peaceful political demonstrators. “Religious assailant” is far…
Sex
Protesting Censorship in Sask will get you Censored
A Swift Current person censored a dancer criticizing the Saskatchewan Government. The Premier’s home is Swift Current. A recording is available and is not really work safe. Rosie Bitts Interrupted…
Sex Ed Redux
The papers are full of stories about the fight for and against new sex education legislation. Wynne seems to be holding her ground this time, though, so I’m not sure…
Ontario’s Sex Education
As Frank Zappa sang in his 1968 song, What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?: What’s the ugliest Part of your body? What’s the ugliest Part of your body? Some…
Where Abstinence Sex-Ed Goes Wrong
She's being completely condescending. "You can look up anything on the internet" Then refers him to site on abstinence education! — Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) April 15, 2015 "You'll find a…
Changing the Curriculum
Months ago, Kathleen Wynne proposed guidelines for sex ed in Ontario, and many parents are still furious. A group called Campaign Life Coalition has put quite a spin on it…
On Sex Ed, Double Standards, and the Red Herring of Consent
We discussed Erin Anderson’s article from Friday’s Globe and Mail in my philosophy class on Friday, and it provoked a whole gamut of topics. I’ll try to encapsulate some of…
It’ll Be Fast: On Yes Means Yes
Globe and Mail. I was struck by the report of an intimate exchange between a man and woman in today’s Globe & Mail; the woman later questioned how consensual the…
Conservatives Learning Lessons of History
11. Government handing over the most vulnerable to religious groups has worked out well in Canadian history: look at the residential schools — Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) November 10, 2014 1.…
Words, Your Brain and Sex
One of the reasons I’m a dedicated librocubularist* can be found in a story on IFL Science that is headlined, “Learning New Words Activates The Same Brain Regions As Sex…
Ghomeshi claims he was fired by CBC over sex allegations
The plot is thickening around Jian Ghomeshi’s departure from the CBC as the radio star announces a $50-million lawsuit against the public broadcaster. The post Ghomeshi claims he was fired…
To think, he was once the King of Spain
I think #JianGhomeshi learned the one way to trend at the top of Twitter that's as bad, or worse, than dying. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) October 27, 2014 “Someone also…
Scottish Fish Invented Sex
I'm not sure I can bear hearing that the Scottish invented both #curling AND #sex. http://t.co/n7AdaO9EcI #Scotland — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) October 20, 2014 Microbrachius dicki was the fish that…
How to Not Commit a Sex Crime
You participate in a sex crime if you search for or look at revenge porn. It is really that simple. A Richmond, B.C., woman hopes her story of having nude…
Sex, violence and TV shows
We just finished watching the third season of Game of Thrones on DVD this past weekend. Before that, we watched The White Queen, another DVD series (one season only, although…
Avoid Brown’s Social House
Nicola Tee wrote: Hey! Just wondering why you have the archaic & sexist rule that your waitresses have to wear a minimum 1″ heel while they’re on their feet all…
On That List of Excuses for Not Having Sex Floating Around the Interweb
I wanted to chime in on a facebook discussion about that list (a man made a spreadsheet of his wife’s excuses for refusing sex), but it wasn’t started by an…
Montreal Fringe: Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed Burlesque
“Butt sex should never be a surprise.” So begins the very catchy tune that opens Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed Burlesque. Alternating skits and burlesque numbers with vox pop video segements,…
Should your daughter get the HPV Vaccine?
I can understand the anxiety about the vaccine. I can. Something that is intimately tied to our daughters sexuality is really freaky especially when we’re talking about children that we…