Macedonia's Hopeful Holocaust

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" Macedonia boasts one of only four major Holocaust memorials in the world (the others are in Jerusalem, Washington, and Berlin). For a country of 2 million people with fewer than 130 Jews and no tourism to...

Pepsi Max "Love Hurts," Separatist Commercial

The 2011 "Pepsi MAX- Love Hurts -- Crash the Super Bowl" commercial depicts a *Diasporan woman kicking, slamming, snatching and throwing, as tools for managing and controlling of her husband's diet, and he accepts this, without complaint.  Ultimately, when the husband...

Denver Public Schools Sorry For 'Insensitive' MLK Jr. Lunch

An interesting question is why should this be seen as offensive.  lt is good food enjoyed by southerners, black and white. " a parent complained that a school lunch meant to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....

The Vancouver Police Department is Lying

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...

Racist Images Included and Mailed in Republican Newsletter

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...

Priest to hold nun beauty pageant

"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...

Gender stereotypes suck for men too

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...

Inside the Mind of the Boy Dating Your Daughter

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...

Controversial Kinder Surprise a slap in the face

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...

10 Ethnic Stereotypes on TV

"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. "

Are blondes dumb?

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...

Feminists are Hot

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...

600 People To Pose Nude At Sagamore Hotel

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...

Carrying the Cross of the Conqueror

"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...

Canadian researcher: Popular video games stereotype Asians (INQ7.net)

" 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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