December 2011
Bachmann's platform: "I'm the least gay-friendly" →
gaywrites:
Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is using her anti-gay track record as one of her strengths in comparison to her fellow candidates, the New York Times reports.
Again, this is not a surprise - her web site lists “supporting the family” and “defending marriage” as some of her political priorities. Oy. From the NYT:
“Mitt Romney has defended gay marriage and even signed...
Israeli textbook calls homosexuality a curable... →
gaywrites:
The most recent edition of a major psychiatry textbook in Israel has caused major controversy for referring to homosexuality as a disorder that should be treated “to aid normal sexual development.”
It cites American psychiatrist Charles Socarides, who infamously believed homosexuality to be “curable,” in stating that “the most accepted approach” to “deal with” an LGBT person is to...
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?”
– Ernest Hemingway (via human-voices)
Pastor to rape victim: “He should have killed you.... →
religiousragings:
atheistme:
When I was 16 years old, I was raped at knife-point by a stranger. Not having a clue how to handle it, I decided to confide first of all in my pastor. While I was literally still bleeding from the attack, he told me (and I quote) “It’s too bad that you didn’t force him to kill you instead. That way you could have at least died a virgin.” That was the sum total of...
Scientists from Japan and Russia believe it may be...
abaldwin360:
physorg.com
Teams from the Sakha Republic’s mammoth museum and Japan’s Kinki University will launch fully-fledged joint research next year aiming to recreate the giant mammal, Japan’s Kyodo News reported from Yakutsk, Russia.
By replacing the nuclei of egg cells from an elephant with those taken from the mammoth’s marrow cells, embryos with mammoth DNA can be produced, Kyodo said,...
How abuse changes a child's brain →
The brains of children raised in violent families resemble the brains of soldiers exposed to combat, psychologists say.
They’re primed to perceive threat and anticipate pain, adaptations that may be helpful in abusive environments but produce long-term problems with stress and anxiety.
“For them to detect early cues that might signal danger is adaptive. It allows them to react, to try and avoid...
