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May 7, 2024
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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs
I Got Chased Through Central Park With a $10 Hot Dog and It’s All Thanks to YouTales of a tourist’s adventures in the US of A and the significance of your support.
May 7
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May 7
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AfroSapiophile
Wait, Are You Ugly or Are You Just Black in Europe?What a recent trip to the United States taught me about looks, identity, and belonging in the world as a Black European.
Apr 13
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Apr 13
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The Taoist Online
The Dangers of the “Awareness” Era: How Wilful Ignorance Can Restore Humanity“Awareness” or gratuitous perversion? A look at morbid curiosity and oversharing, and their roles in the decline of human decency.
Nov 2, 2023
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Nov 2, 2023
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Rooted
Hey, People Who Claim to Like Gin! Who Are You Trying to Fool?Puckered lips, watering eyes, loss of the will to live… Slow death? No, sloe gin.
Sep 22, 2023
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Sep 22, 2023
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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs
I’m Going to Sue the Idiot Who Gave My Father His Driver’s LicenseWhat happens when a geriatric optimist gets behind the wheel?
Sep 17, 2023
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Sep 17, 2023
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Bitchy
Sex with Animals and the Underage: Disturbing Markers of Manhood in ColombiaSan Antero: where the term “ass play” takes on a whole other meaning.
Sep 14, 2023
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Sep 14, 2023
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Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
Just Go Ahead and Die: The Disturbing Treatment of a Disabled Veteran in CanadaWhen a person who served their country becomes too costly for the government to maintain, is killing them the answer?
Sep 13, 2023
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Sep 13, 2023
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AfroSapiophile
A Nigerian Metalhead? Alternative Subcultures in BIPOC CommunitiesWhy representation of alternative identities is so important for POC.
Sep 3, 2023
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Sep 3, 2023
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The Memoirist
I Watched My Black Father Save a Racist Man’s LifeWhen bigotry meets survival, which one is likely to prevail?
Sep 2, 2023
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Sep 2, 2023
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The Taoist Online
The Summer the Sex Offenders Moved in & Forced the Girls to Cover upHow convicted offenders neighbouring a school raised important questions about human rights and the concept of safety.
Aug 26, 2023
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Aug 26, 2023
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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs
Once My Bra is Off, I’m Not Coming: Why Spontaneity Is the Bane of My LifeSome people need 3–5 working days' notice to make plans. It’s me, I’m some people.
Aug 13, 2023
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Aug 13, 2023
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The Virago
Are You Lonely Or Are You Just Alone?In the midst of a loneliness epidemic, is human interaction the best way to overcome it?
Aug 12, 2023
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Aug 12, 2023
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AfroSapiophile
“Qué Exótica”: The Fetishisation of Multiracial Women in SpainWhite supremacy + thinly-veiled racism = dating preferences?
Aug 8, 2023
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Aug 8, 2023
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ZORA
Being A “Hot” Girl: Humblebrag or Hindrance?Acid attacks, hostility and harassment: is extreme beauty all it’s cracked up to be?
Aug 7, 2023
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Aug 7, 2023
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Age of Empathy
I Owe Americans An ApologyThe lesson I learned from Americans that made my snobbery a thing of the past.
Aug 4, 2023
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Aug 4, 2023
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Correctiongate: Why American Publishers are the Marmite of Written EnglishAll’s fair in love and (linguistic) war(fare)
Jul 8, 2023
Jul 8, 2023
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The Hygiene Olympics has Black People in a ChokeholdIn a world where systemic racism affects the optics of cleanliness, can the Black community ever take home the gold?
Jul 13, 2023
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Jul 13, 2023
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Bitchy
Why Are We, Women, Terrified of Our Own Humanity?Grey hairs, wobbly bits, ageing, the ick — do we humans just hate ourselves? Let’s talk about it.
Jul 26, 2023
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Jul 26, 2023
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ILLUMINATION
Did You Know That Some People Literally Have No Thoughts?The musings of someone with ADHD & her BMS-having best friend
Jul 27, 2023
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Jul 27, 2023
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