10 Things Every Adult Should Know

Sometimes it's hard to come up with a full-length, balls-to-the-wall rant, but a lot of "too long for Twitter, too short for a whole post" ideas float in and out of my head all the time. Here's 10 things every adult really ought to know, but a lot of people are apparently just too fucking [...]

The Ultimate Civil Libertarian

… or, keep your laws out of my bedroom, off my body, and away from my pipe! That's me. I am the ultimate civil libertarian … a small sampling of my cherished beliefs regarding personal freedom. Legalize gay marriage … not only should homosexuals have the same rights to make themselves miserable as straight people [...]

routine infant mutilation: how fucking barbaric can you get?

See now, when you read that headline, you agreed instantly, didn't you? "Infant mutilation?! Good gracious, nobody could get behind that!" Yeah, nobody except for the parents of 70% of the men in the United States … quite possibly including you, dear reader. Yes, YOU. I personally know the list includes my mother and the [...]

It's a Sin … and that's why we like it

For everything I long to do / no matter when or where or who / has one thing in common, too: It's a, it's a, it's a … it's a sin. It's a sin. ~ Pet Shop Boys, It's a Sin Sin is rubbish. Utter fucking rubbish. I am somehow expected to believe that there [...]

sexual taboos in america: a generational progression

A brief and off-the-cuff summary of societal sexual taboos in American culture from the Victorian era to the present … based on my entirely non-thorough readings and personal conversations. Victorian Times: Everything. Female orgasm was medically known as "hysterical paroxysm", and a "cure" for the uniquely female disorder of hysteria was to have a qualified [...]