Posts by Russell Brown
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Danielle,
Oh, trivial PS: what women currently take for the morning-after pill – giant doses which make you feel like hurling – are the (still used by some people for various reasons) higher-dose type of contraceptive pill which ALL women on the pill took back in the day.
I did not know that. I do know women who've had to take them as morning-after pills, and their reports on side effects varied from nothing to alarmingly nasty.
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Lilith __,
Do this in a hurry in the dark in a variety of locales. Anyone who can do this should have a medal. :-)
It used to amaze me that such a thing is even possible, really.
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Ben did say he was adding his experience to the bigger picture. I thought he expressed himself pretty honestly (and consistently), enough for me anyway to wonder if he was circumcised, or not, as that may have been his difficulty, or he may have been getting condoms a bit too small, stretchy as they may be. Maybe the reasons there is non use of condoms should actually be a study in itself, cos honesty is a good way to start to understand why. jmo though.
Quite.
Yep, all men are supposed to be able to use condoms happily and easily and effectively, just like all women are supposed to be able to reach orgasm, menstruate and breastfeed without complaint.
These are areas where no one needs to be made to feel guilty for not attaining the mean.
I suspect condom fit is a bigger issue than is generally acknowledged. The social baggage around bigger or smaller fits of that particular product makes the retail interface awkward – and you will not find obviously-marked bigger or smaller condoms in a supermarket.
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OnPoint: Transcription of new Rick Perry…, in reply to Cushla McKinney,
Unfortunately the politicians believe it too. Then they get into office and find out they can't. This is where Obama has come unstuck
I think he came unstuck because he hasn't played the Superhero/Cowboy figure in office, and that's what Americans seem to expect of their presidents now.
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Hard News: Friday is for ..., in reply to Peter Darlington,
Nice Ciara mix of Cause You’re Worth It from Chaos in the CBD here (Hat tip PAS man MikeE on Twitter)
That's bloody gorgeous. Local pride!
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Hard News: Friday is for ..., in reply to JackElder,
Thunderskank vs Russo covering Massive Attack's Teardrop - turns it from a stripped back, heartfelt slug of raw emotion into a gigantic slide of beats.
Wow. That shit's huge.
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Gah. I knew there was something I'd forgotten.
The new Jamie Xx mix for FACT magazine is brilliant. 30-odd mins of spooky house/garage.
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to 3410,
They’re still going.
NZH: Jim Hopkins: Time parents fought flawed systemThis is beyond ridiculous. Hopkins' column is completely mad.
To be fair, there has been one guest opinion piece in defence of sex education. But the editors have clearly worked out what's going to generate more page views.
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Hard News: Friday is for ..., in reply to Paul Williams,
That Leftside Wobble edit, fantastic, how’d it come to pass that I’ve not heard a remix of Who is He before… it’s screaming out to be remixed.
If you ever just have to have something on Soundcloud that doesn't have download enabled, this site will pull you out a 128k MP3:
Just paste in the page URL.
Still my favourite cover is by Me’Shell NdegeOcello.
Thank you for the tip!
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Hard News: Friday is for ..., in reply to Paul Williams,
Barkers, am I the only one that thinks that’s a little weird? Clearly their brand has changed from when I was in NZ, in a great way…
Little Brother was doing FN shirts for a while, but the shirts were expensive and definitely not cut for the Dad market.
Barkers came in last year -- possibly connected to LB's new arrangement with them -- and it seems to be working quite well.