How would you feel if you were strolling down the street and saw an image that reminded you of yourself in the window of a police department? Now how would you feel if that likeness were being used to portray the...
opinion by jasonklym | 35 wks ago 289 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
Fried chicken, ribs, watermelon, Kool-Aid and a donkey with Senator Obama's head. These images appear on what is identified as a food stamp. The images were included in an October newsletter...
created by Karen Hatter | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 2440 views | 81 recommendations | 63 comments
"An Italian priest says he is organising the world's first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour. Antonio Rungi says The Miss Sister Italy online contest will start on his blog in September. "Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift...
Here's an interesting talking point: are men screwed over by societal gender roles as much as women? Not quite, obviously--discrimination against men isn't institutionalized--but it's stifling to be...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1059 views | 2 recommendations | 4 comments
Good news for parents of teenage boys and girls: a recent study suggests that young men are more motivated by a desire to form relationships than they are by sex alone."The data also suggest that teenage boys will be receptive to parental messages about the importance of...
created by azer | 1 year ago 618 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
I have to say this doesn't really surprise me. I've received some pretty weird Kinder Surprises in my day. One was like this weird leaf thing with a scary face that used an elastic band to propel it along the...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 611 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"I am convinced that this show is part of a conspiracy to bring back Jim Crow/anti-miscegenation laws. The people here are so much like every racist black stereotype that they are barely even recognizable as human beings. "
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Here's a provacative little musing on the mystery of blonde hair. The piece is a little lengthy, but it's a fun meandering through one "born-blonde" woman's thoughts. Hard news this ain't, but it might give you some fodder for this weekend's cocktail party."As any...
created by Rob Peters | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 745 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
It turns out that strong womyn are babes:"Busting stereotypes that peg feminists as ugly lesbians, a new study shows that having a feminist partner is linked with healthier, more romantic heterosexual relationships.
The study, published online this week in the journal Sex...
created by mtippett | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 608 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
A little fun on South Beach. We might do a live report if our photograper doesn't mind doing it nude. "MIAMI BEACH — Photographer Spencer Tunick is set to take over the Sagamore Hotel next week with a nude photo...
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"IT IS TRULY GROSS to me that a popular Latina stereotype for a certain lusty, lazy-minded American man (and I would go as far as to say "hateful" in the extreme of this specific type of racist thinking) is that of the Dirty Hot Latina Maid who longs to fawn over her White...
" More Stories Canadian researcher: Popular video games stereotype Asians Agence France-Presse Last updated 05:30pm (Mla time) 07/21/2006 VANCOUVER, Canada -- Some popular video games promote racist, negative stereotypes of Asians that would be unacceptable in other forms of...
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" Agence France-Presse Last updated 07:14am (Mla time) 07/21/2006 VANCOUVER, Canada -- Some popular video games promote racist, negative stereotypes of Asians that would be unacceptable in other forms of media, says a Canadian researcher. Robert Parungao studied four of the...
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