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Small is Better: It Only Takes One

“Our generation doesn’t do activism.” the young blond coed said, as if activism is something that is carried in one’s genes that had skipped her cohorts altogether. And yet, having been a member of this year’s cast of the Vagina...

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Reclaiming Lust

It is not unusual for a college student, usually a very religiously observant, Christian male, to seek me out as a pastor to talk about what he considers to be a deep, dark, and difficult secret. In the manner of a confessional...

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There's a Winner in You!

  British researchers recently released a study that shows men who win a Nobel prize live on average 2 years longer than the Nobel prize nominees. They have no idea at this time why this is so, however, I find the...

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Being Hated / Being Love

I’ve been rehearsing for my bit part in the Penn performance of the Vagina Monologues. My part is to reveal the “not-so-happy” fact of 130 million forced clitorectomies in 28 countries at a rate of 3 million a year. This...

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