Conversely, in an onsen in Japan, it's rude to come in covered in a towel, because one person's "modesty" then makes it awkward for everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

Any time there's an online community of young men, it usually makes me nervous. www.searchengine.show/an-anthropol...

"Roughly 4% of people experience some kind of synesthesia; In people with sexual synesthesia, it’s the sensation of orgasm (or occasionally even sensual touch) that provokes the wash of color." www.scientificamerican.com/article/sexu...

"little attention has been given to the story of the girl, how she came to be exploited and how she has coped with what happened to her and the ensuing political scandal." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

Running Man was like buying an antifa coffee mug at the Disney store. But you can't make me mad at Glen Powell--- especially after that fanservice towel scene.

Tonight!! Free show!

"In addition to the obvious human rights violations posed by the changes—which would amend policy to allow children to be targeted by biometric surveillance—it would put a target on the back of trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming people" www.erininthemorning.com/p/dhs-wants-...

"The team carried out multiple simulations to see if the injuries could have been sustained through other activities, like accidentally stepping on each other’s tails, muscular strain during motion, fighting, being hunted, feeding or walking." www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...

"The child-like sex doll is "egregious and easy to point to because it makes headlines, but in reality, the everyday situation we're dealing with is, for example, a cream that's not exactly the real deal, but looks legitimate," said Da Costa." www.reuters.com/business/ret...

"Over three years, multiple federal judges in Alabama have used secret proceedings and strong-arm tactics to harass Charles and other lawyers who are fighting for LGBTQ rights in the South." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

In other words: Michigan woman fighting to not be treated like tupperware for a fetus. rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/27/p...

"A series of lawsuits has, at least temporarily, blocked the administration from enforcing restrictions on millions of dollars of funding for upcoming grants and forced it to return grants it took away from some nonprofits working with LGBTQ+ victims." 19thnews.org/2025/10/dome...

Niqabs and burqas have -unquestionably- been used to oppress women and remove them from public life. But I'm don't support a law that regulates women's clothing. These laws are not going to free women, they're going to remove options for refugees communities. www.msuexponent.com/news/state/b...

Shout out to the people of Chewy for quality products, customer service, and every order comes with a free piece of cat furniture.

A night of tee-hees and tatas! Perfect for the friends night out or a date! laughitoff624.eventbrite.com

"These feelings of not identifying with gender highlight an unexpected belief shared by conservative politicians and by many within transgender and queer communities: the assumption that everyone has a gender identity." theconversation.com/my-gender-is...

"Recent analyses indicate that in 2025, the gender wage gap widened for the second consecutive year, with men’s earnings rising 3.7% while women’s did not change. Researchers speculate that return-to-work mandates may shoulder some of the blame." www.forbes.com/sites/adiaha...

Even the researcher who discovered the SRY gene says it's not a reliable proxy for determining sex. www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

"The survey shows that most women move to the cities in search of better employment opportunities... Widespread expectations that women will prioritize housework and childcare also diminish young women's educational prospects, motivating them to leave rural areas." www.npr.org/2025/11/03/g...

"“This fragmented landscape of menopause support and education leaves people vulnerable to financial exploitation, may propagate misinformation and is likely to amplify existing menopause-related health inequities.”" www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

So many of our ideas about the immutability of biology and gender are based on bad science... or literally nothing at all. kpfa.org/episode/bion...

"The findings suggest that social conditions and national policies may shape people’s access to physical activity and their ability to maintain physical health." www.psypost.org/study-finds-...

"Released in 2019, “Gender Queer” follows Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns...The books is a candid look into the nonbinary author’s exploration of identity, chronicling the frustrations and joys and epiphanies of eir journey and self discovery." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

"For women who meet CSBD criteria, the degree of distress, disruption to daily life, & comorbid mental health issues (including anxiety, depression, & trauma histories) are just as significant as for men, even if absolute frequency of behaviors is lower." www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/too-...

"In a typical month, 29% of respondents reported experiencing discrimination in the office, compared to 18% when WFH. These patterns held across types-- from being underestimated to being excluded from social activities & experiencing sexual harassment." theconversation.com/remote-work-...

A FREE screening of Jennifer's Body starts at 730, then we burlesque about it! All at 254 S 12th St

The obvious caveat is that correlation doesn't equal causation- the kind of motherfucker who can go straight to banging first thing in the morning before work is an energy monster. www.vice.com/en/article/m...

"Divorce lawyers say pet custody is one of the most volatile parts of modern breakups. One told Business Insider that people “will fight more about a pet than over money.”" www.vice.com/en/article/w...

"The uncertainty has led many medical students to shy away from specializing in obstetrics. And now, many established providers are choosing to leave the field altogether or move to states without restrictive abortion bans." www.damemagazine.com/2025/07/10/w...

Can someone explain to me how this helps anything? How does this improve flight safety or efficiency? What is the logical reason that employees of Spirit Airlines need to know someone's gender in order to cram them into a tiny seat and lose their luggage? www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/a...

I enjoy the mental gymnastics required to argue that a prefix is a biological construct. I guess I was ADAB- assigned doctor at birth. www.gainesville.com/story/news/e...

"Various cast members displayed shockingly narrow conceptions of how women should act and what role they should play in a relationship – and made me feel like we were revisiting societal issues I *thought* we hashed out decades ago. " nwlc.org/season-nine-...

"But abortion pill patients still had to physically travel to an abortion clinic to meet with a doctor, which often meant dealing with harassment from protesters — all barriers that were supposed to be eliminated by mifepristone’s approval." www.damemagazine.com/2025/10/07/m...

An excellent use of your time. podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/s...

If trans people are gender nonconforming — and many of us are — then we’re “not passing,” which makes us freaks. At all times, the assumption is that we are playing dress-up, imitating cis people, who set the standards for what is real." www.damemagazine.com/2025/10/22/t...

“When the government is consistently attacking services that are specifically provided to trans people, it emboldens … a small group of anti trans vigilantes to harass people on the streets, in the bathrooms, at the doctor’s office,” Gooch said. www.texastribune.org/2025/10/24/p...

"These women represent a new generation pushing back against traditional gender roles, demanding respect and personal safety despite structural barriers and societal expectations. Their resistance shows that change begins when women empower themselves." www.dw.com/en/indias-wo...

"Add curated bodies, porn-shaped expectations, and the temptation to script messages with AI, and anxiety creeps in. Many choose to wait, not out of prudishness, but because the conditions for sex feel riskier or less authentic." www.findarticles.com/internet-res...

"A group of scientists has instead demonstrated in mice that spinal cord circuits also participate in arousal, mating, and the rhythm of sexual intercourse." www.techno-science.net/en/news/the-...

A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle. Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

High Potential is Veronica Mars for Boomers.

"People diagnosed with cancer face the possibility of sexual dysfunction after undergoing cancer treatment. Although patients are willing to receive care and information about sexual health, organizational barriers to receipt of this care still exist." www.cancernursingtoday.com/post/patient...

This site is questionable source for info, but it's good that Christians are increasingly noticing that their savior never once mentioned homosexuality or being trans. cbn.com/news/world/m...

"Despite increased visibility in recent years, nonbinary individuals remain underrepresented in psychological & health research. They are often analyzed together with binary transgender people, a practice that risks erasing differences between these groups." www.psypost.org/review-of-12...

"He told The Guardian the role was “liberating.” He elaborated: “Enormously, because basically he can fuck anybody. That’s quite a charge. It’s important to make that believable.”" www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/14/r...

"While Homer does not explicitly clarify the nature of Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship, many scholars, including Plato in “Symposium,” have interpreted their closeness as evidence of romantic love" www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/10...

"The couple’s pose looks as if it could be from a soft-core porn film or a dominatrix’s website: A man, his trousers dropped, crouches as a woman sits on his shoulders, paddling his bare backside with a small, bushy broom." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/a...

"We are watching this ideological question play out violently, attempting to delineate which bodies are “American,” what behavior is “American,” and what art, what literature, what television is “American.”" truthout.org/articles/cal...

"This new bill, backed by the Trevor Project as well as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, would modify the Public Health Service Act to reinstate those services & require the Secretary of HHS to maintain them. The bill now moves to committee." 19thnews.org/2025/09/lgbt...

"Trump and his cronies are not only undermining support systems for people with mental illness but also worsening some of the same issues they claim to prioritize, including minimizing crime and reducing homelessness. " www.motherjones.com/politics/202...