politique
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Le terrorisme blanc aux Etats-Unis
Having flattened so many laws (and a good many innocents) in pursuit of the terrorist, the American majority is naturally loath to focus its attention on a terrorist who looks, talks, and dresses as they do. It is particularly uncomfortable for those in the country who feel most reflexively safe when « an American » is beside…
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The Newsroom : du sexisme et de la technophobie
Aaron Sorkin was on « Fresh Air » Monday afternoon, and he told Terry Gross that he « like[s] writing about heroes [who] don’t wear capes or disguises. You feel like, ‘Gee, this looks like the real world and feels like the real world — why can’t that be the real world?’ » Yes, a fantasy land where male…
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Evan Darling
Evan Darling has always loved cars, but he entered professional racing in 2007 with a larger goal in mind: he wanted to be a role model for gay teens. When he came out to his parents at age 18, in 1986, they reacted so badly he had to move out. But since then, he’d gone…
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How badly do you want it ?
Bruce Labruce jette une lumière différente sur une histoire sidérante dans une discussion en deux parties avec l’artiste trans* torontoise Nina Arsenault sur le tueur présumé Luka Magnotta. In our conversations you also had some interesting ideas about the sad, recent death of porn star Erik Rhodes, who appeared in my movie L.A. Zombie. How…
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Carmen Carrera et visibilité trans*
Carmen Carrera, candidat de la saison 3 de Rupaul Drag Race, a fait son coming-out trans* au début de cette année. Cet extrait de What Would You Do de ABC finit heureusement mieux que ce que pouvait laisser craindre les premières minutes.
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Bath Salts, la dangereuse insaisissable
The last four decades have seen plenty of whipped-up hysteria about various fad intoxicants of the moment. But the fear generated by bath salts seems well earned. Dr. Mark Ryan, director at the Louisiana Poison Center, called bath salts « the worst drug » he has seen in his 20 years there. « With LSD, you might see…
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Les films snuff, ennemis du crime
Somewhat unsurprisingly, gore site fans use the « guns don’t kill people » argument when addressing this question. « I genuinely believe you already have it in you to do something like that, » says Niki. After watching over a decade of gore videos, Niki says, « I’ve NEVER had the idea to harm another human being EVER. » Gorehounds say…
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The liminal phase
She didn’t sleep with scuzzy car guy just because she was desperate for the stability. She slept with him because she’s in a liminal phase. Liminalty is the scary in-between times in our lives, the weird time when we’re not who we used to be but we’re not quite who we’re going to be. Joan’s…
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Pourquoi je ne passerai plus jamais par iTunes pour louer ou acheter un film
Hier, j’ai essayé de regarder avec mon mec un film via iTunes et c’était la première et dernière fois. Melancholia, de Lars Von Trier, coûte 16,99€ à l’achat en HD, 13,99€ en SD, et se loue pour respectivement 4,99€ et 3,99€. Comme je refuse de cautionner des tarifs iniques, je me rabats sur la location…
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Taubira, cible privilégiée
La nouvelle garde des sceaux n’aura pas eu à attendre longtemps pour subir sa première salve de critiques. Issue du Parti radical de gauche (PRG) et élue guyanaise, Christiane Taubira est, depuis sa nomination, l’une des cibles privilégiées de la droite et de l’extrême droite sur le Web. » Christiane Taubira cristallise les rancœurs sur…