Monthly Archives: March 2010

This Week: Top Five Reasons I Don’t Want To Grow Up

Adulthood: more than half the world suffers from this terrible affliction. At this very moment millions of otherwise healthy children play innocently as this hunchbacked paedophile of the mind lurks in the shadowy recesses. For billions of future children there is no escape. Continue reading

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The Vagina Is Coming To Get You.

VAGINA. VAGINA.  VAGINA. VAGINA.  VAGINA.  VAGINA. VAGINA.  VAGINA.  VAGINA.  VAGINA. VAGINA.  VAGINA.  VAGINA.  VAGINA.  VAGINA. VAGINA.  VAGINA.  VAGINA.  VAGINA. VAGINA.  VAGINA.  VAGINA. VAGINA.  VAGINA. VAGINA. Seriously, people.  Get over it. Why is the word “vagina” so hard for people to … Continue reading

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This Week: Top Five Pieces Of Art I’ve Seen Lately

by Ben Kritikos Art: it’s not just for the rich, the goatee’d, and those with an excess of formaldehyde lying round the house. Galleries and museums are among my favourite places on earth.  I’m not sure if it’s the deliberate … Continue reading

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We Love… The Mooncup!

By Anna Jacob Squeamish boys look away now! This week, I’m going to be talking about vajayjays. I remember exactly when I found out about periods. I must have been about 10 and we were made to watch a video … Continue reading

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This Week: Top Five Stuff To Spread On Toast

by Ben Kritikos, with photos by Anna Jacob Toast: widely considered by the rest of the world to be Britain’s favourite food. I once worked in a Turkish-owned Tex-Mex restaurant in Surrey. I pointed out to the manager a few … Continue reading

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New Year Resolution: Part 2

Living in close quarters with the budding genius behind clothed porn blog False Modesty, you can imagine there are lots of smutty magazines lying around the flat. I’ve never had a comfortable relationship with pornography. Maybe it’s because of early … Continue reading

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Top Five Reasons I’m Ambivalent About God (Part V)

Why are we here? It is often argued that an existence without god is an existence without meaning. This is demonstrably false: non-believers aren’t committing suicide in the millions, or raping and pillaging for lack of a fear of punishment … Continue reading

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Top Five Reasons I’m Ambivalent About God (Part IV)

An Urge From Within, A Calling From Without Think about it like aliens for a second. There is no conclusive evidence that extraterrestrial intelligence exists, but the odds that we are alone in the universe are infinitesimal. Claims of first-hand … Continue reading

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Top Five Reasons I’m Ambivalent About God (Part III)

Supporters & Detractors For as many takes on the subject that exist, there are that many (and more) good arguments to support them by creative and knowledgeable people.  My opinions aren’t easily swayed by good arguments, now … but I … Continue reading

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Top Five Reasons I’m Ambivalent About God (Part II)

Religion Let me equivocate. I’m a huge fan of the Tao Te Ching, an ancient Chinese manuscript of uncertain age and authorship. No god appears in the pages of the Tao Te Ching, but it does tell of a mysterious … Continue reading

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