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Transvestism as a Hobby?
Many men have a compulsion to dress up as women as a temporary and often secretive outlet. Maybe some such nominal transvestites as a group deserve rehabilitation, especially if they frame their activity as part of an eccentric gentleman's hobby to maintain their sanity and social life.
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Abstract Laws That Enmesh Our Lives
A list of “laws” and principles that describes patterns in life, socioeconomic theory, explanations and decisive moments, sometimes in jest.
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Lennon’s Last Words: Life in Comments
Over 40 years after his assassination, what do people really think about Beatle's leader John Lennon? Maybe thoughts in comments are better than biography. But interestingly, his fans mainly seem to come from Britain and the USA and only 25% of the sample of comments are US.
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Do Clothes Have Gender?
Many men who incorporate women’s fashion into their sartorial presentation state that clothes have no gender, to deflect raised eyebrows or criticism. We argue that clothing often is gendered and it’s possibly more honest to state a preference for women’s clothing.
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How To Do Crypto
Crypto currency is now mainstream. More and better exchanges, crypto wallets, banks and services are cropping up. Now you can work with real money & crypto. Here's a simple guide.
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Stocks to Avoid? Towards an Ethical Portfolio: 10 + to Watch.
Here are at least 10 stocks for you to consider. Some of them may be obvious. But it's also about having an ethical portfolio. What stocks should you reject and why? Choose wisely. Markets can go up and down and investments remain risky.
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The Islamic Call to Prayer Makes Inroads to the West
"Allahu Akbar!" The call to prayer through loudspeakers is now being established in the West. It has met opposition in countries where such amplified noise was allowed or requested in the past. Should we complain or embrace a new diversity?
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Gender Wars: Trans rights over Women's rights
The LGBT movement is beginning to lose its T. Why? There is now a raging battle about how women should be defined and whether men are colonising women's spaces in a way that defeats aspects of what the feminist movement stood for.
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Bread-Maker? - Use Your Dough!
Bread-makers or bread machines are now extremely versatile but you may rely on it to churn out your favourite breakfasts on a weekly basis. Using the dough recipes may allow greater flexibility to produce the freshest, tastiest breads for your meals.
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Plastic Free Shaving
Modern shaving culture encourages plastic waste, expensive cartridges, creams, packaging, pollution and costs time and money. Solutions that are cheaper and don't make life difficult are still around.
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Fiction Phobias to Close You Down? Are you X-Phobic?
Phobias are meant to be medical terms, not insults to shut down debate and stymie free speech. It seems that many of the most popular and infamous phobias represent a new kind of social justice blasphemy that you violate at pain of losing your job. Meanwhile, we still need real insults.
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Review – M&S Heatgen Polo-neck Bodysuit: Lingerie For Men
Whereas some men are exploring women's lingerie for personal use, bodysuits are relatively unknown. Here we highlight a woman's bodysuit also popular with some men as outerwear or thermal wear, in the light of a more expensive bodysuit also reviewed in a prominent lingerie blog by men.
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Plastic-Free Periods: Eco-Friendly Sanitary Products
With single-use disposable plastic being a large part of women's sanitary products, there has been a slow but steadily increasing resistance to find alternatives that are less wasteful and disappear rather than accumulating in the environment.
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Should Bison Replace Beef?
At the beginning of the 19th century there were an estimated 30 million bison across the plains of North America. At the end, there were a few hundred. There is renewed potential for bison to replace cattle across the great plains as a source of sustainable beef and to re-wild North America.
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The Key To Losing Weight
Weight loss is a popular subject. Understanding physiology, psychology and using apps can help you to keep the calories off.
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Voltaire agrees to agree? The roots of the First Amendment
Did Voltaire say something half suicidal in the name of free speech? Well, those were the attitudes that Tom Paine ran with though revolutions made in the name of toppling tyrannical governments also resulted in huge bloodshed. Things were relatively more bloodless in the UK.
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Green Democratic Deficit: Lone Voices Across An Empty Stage
Severn Suzuki took to a world stage in 1992 to promote wildlife and the environment. No-one seems to have heard what she had to say. Will another teenager taking to the stage make a difference?
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Opinion: Do We Have A Misgendering Problem?
So what are your pronouns? Do you actually care? Misgendering is more of a problem if you identify a real woman as a man or vice versa based on misinterpreted cues.
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The Panasonic Fz300 - the Most Versatile Bridge Camera Ever?
A bridge camera has a versatile fixed lens and is cheaper and lighter to carry for a traveller. Here’s one of the best created.
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LGBT Is Not Enough
LGBT has a proud history but the lexicon of sexualities keeps growing from that, to LGBTQIA and counting. Many of those in that spectrum are getting as confused as "hetero-normative" that is itself splitting up.
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Gender Neutral Clothing: A Revolution in Fashion?
There is a growing trend where men are choosing to adopt feminine fashion. This follows a century in which women have been embracing or have begun to dominate spheres traditionally occupied by men. This cross-gender sartorial appropriation is underpinned by technology as well as culture.
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When Youtube Stabbed Its Content Creators
YouTube stopped working for many smaller content producers in 2018 when they put up restrictions on video monetisation. Their policies reward videos unequally and help to erase certain types of deserving quality content by busy, creative souls.
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High Street Carnage in Retail Revolution
High street stores are falling like dominos while survivors race to get online
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Unisex Names
The late, great Kenny Everett, one of Britain’s greatest comedy acts once featured a sketch where two men encounter each other through a computer dating system called “meet a mate”. They bear the names Lesley Phillips and Hillary Mason –...