Relationships: What the Hell are you Saying!?

Posted by Alex on December 31, 2008 under Social Awareness, gender relations
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Alex Seeks

I get this feeling that I don’t interpret the world the way my female friends do. I see the signs all over: from the way they ask me questions like “What are you wearing on Tuesday?” to the way they talk about events that I was certainly present for, but somehow missed like “I wonder what’s bothering Juan.” Juan’s bothered?

I feel like the kid who didn’t have cable must have felt when everyone on the bus started talking about favorite episodes of Fraggle Rock. “I know it’s a T.V. show, but what the hell is a fraggle?” [1] Read the rest of this article »

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Hepburn After Reading

Posted by Rich on November 8, 2008 under Boys and Girls, Guest Stars, Social Awareness, gender relations
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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Let’s get this out in the open: I am a hopeless romantic. I believe in one true love for all. I wish for the fairy tale ending to every story. I watch and thoroughly enjoy what can only be described as “chick flicks.” I’m a working 20-something male and am not ashamed to announce any one of these things in public. So, you may be wondering why (as alluded to in my previous article) I am single.

This week, I would like to take a retrospective look at modern society’s portrayal of women. Yes, that sound you hear is that of a dead horse being beaten, but I’d like to take that a bit further and look at why, I believe, the odds for men like myself are quickly dwindling and what we can do about it.
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Boys and Girls: Boys like Criers

Posted by Stephanie on October 30, 2008 under Boys and Girls, gender relations
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So, lately I’ve been crying a lot. The past year has been really hard on me. Long story short, my family pissed off some tribal gods or something sometime late last year. This unknown infraction resulted in the death of three close relatives in about nine months. The last one was this summer, so I’m doing a lot better …at least until I get to church. Then I cry like a freaking fire hose.

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