Diary of a Young, Nude Humanist: Archive

Diary of a Young, Nude Humanist

August 2010

18 posts

Brooklyn Book Fest

aliciakennedy: Will I remember to go this year? Let’s find out! If I can remember, this is probably the only panel I’ll attend: Kafka on the Block. In conjunction with BAM’s Next Wave Festival performance of Metamorphosis (Vesturport Theatre, Iceland) directed by Gísli Örn Gardarsson, BAM hosts a panel discussion on Kafka’s legacy with Joshua Cohen (Witz); Francine Prose, (Reading Like a...

Critical Thinking About Art →

Art and thinking! Yummy yummy!

I want to marry a nice Mexican Catholic boy.

mirandamasoquista: Weird since I’m in no way religious. I just want my children growing up with something to believe in. A child without hope is far too sad. There’s nothing sad about raising children without hope for something you know isn’t true. Won’t it be sad when they find out later that they had been lied to and put their hope in something completely false and...

A New Fight Over Abortion Access →

welcometomanhood: rabbleprochoice: liberal-lad: The Daily Beast: From deceptive advertising to flat-out lies, crisis pregnancy centers prey on desperate young women looking for help. Joyce C. Tang on new laws across the country fighting back. When 21-year old Amy found out she was pregnant, she was torn between knowing she couldn’t support both herself and a child, and her religious...

IAm the daughter of Pharyngula's PZ Myers on... →

You know what i just fucking realized?

edibledreams: hungerforlove: thispainisonlytemporary: You know how its a law or some shit that girls cant walk around without their shirts on or whatevs how come guys can walk around with their shirts off? I understand we have more to show but honestly who gives a fuck if the girl doesnt care about her titties showing why should you?lol feel free to not even read this post im being...

Father of a transgender tween speaks out →

This is such a sweet post.

July 2010

33 posts

Argentina legalizes gay marriage, continues to... →

welcometomanhood: stfuconservatives: (via greaterthanlapsed)

“But where is the evidence that shows kidneys are better than dialysis? What...”

– -Deb Hodgkin at SheThought.com in a post titled “Science-based Hippies?” Although this isn’t what she is talking about specifically in this article, this is what I’m getting at when I explain why I don’t shave my legs or armpits. But do read the article because I am...

“Humans are visual, emotional and sexual creatures. Porn provides a point of...”

– JennaMarie over at SheThought.com in an article titled “Thinking Critically About Porn”

Have children always worn gender-specific... →

genderqueer: “No. For most of U.S. history, nearly all infants, regardless of gender, wore dresses. Only in the 20th century did sex-specific clothing come into fashion: Boys started wearing pants, while girls continued to wear dresses. There was a second unisex period in the 1970s, with many catalogs from that decade presenting boys and girls in identical-looking pants. This trend was part of a...

Obama bans abortion for women in high-risk... →

welcometomanhood: goodreasonnews: whyinthehell: “We need you to act immediately to undo a disturbing decision from the Obama administration. Remember all the hard work you and other ACLU activists did to defeat Rep. Stupak’s draconian abortion coverage ban during the health care debate? Well now, the White House has decided to voluntarily impose the ban for all women in the newly-created...

Target Donates $150,000 To Fund Anti-Gay Politics.... →

jlamere: feralnostalgia: ifighttheonesthatfightme: mohandasgandhi: sweetupndown9: Welp. Looks like I’m boycotting Target. A friend of mine posted this on Erika’s facebook. I’m really glad I saw this before I moved, so I can avoid there store when I shop for my new house stuff. From the article. Follow the money. At least, that’s the message delivered by an article at sfist.com by...

CALLOUT FOR SEX WORKER PARTICIPATION: EVERY HO I...

faketrain: ‘Scuze the promo of a project that a dear friend of mine is creating. What is this project? EVERY HO I KNOW SAYS SO is a video project documenting the advice that we sex workers want to give to our lovers, partners and dates on how to be supportive to us. This video will be a resource for partners/lovers of sex workers who struggle to understand and accept sex work. Who is making...

Anonymous asked: Good idea to separate topics. With so much online by you, this may be the beginning of your own publishing empire!

Washington state pharmacists have duty to fill... →

Religion gets in the way of women’s rights once again.