Liberia’s new rape law: The new law… broadens the definition of rape to included “penetration by any foreign object not just a penis.” Anyone under 18 is “automatically deemed not to have given consent”. Gang rape carries a penalty of life imprisonment. I’m concerned a tad about the under 18s automatically not being allowed to […]
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Spent the weekend feeling like I’d survived a big, brutal fistfight. Drank a lot of orange juice. Rearranged my room. Doing some re-filing/organizing because I’ve got to many projects going. Went to see “Brokeback Mountain” with Jenn (it’s good, and I understand why it had to be Another Gay Tragedy movie, but still), ate some
The guy using the women’s restroom here at the office and leaving behind puddles of urine and raised toilet-seats in his wake has been apprehended. One of the women here in the office (not me) put the smack-down on him. No more urine on my shoes. Yay! I get enough of that bullshit on the
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Edits have finally begun. Should be making the rounds again by October, though if I could swing it this summer, that would be great. _____________________________ Thirty-Six: The Cats Zezili pulled back the sheet covering the body, still half-hoping the face would not be one she knew. The sheet stuck to the lips. Zezili tugged it
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“The View From Africa,” by Binyavanga Wainaina (abridged. See the link for the whole thing): Some tips: sunsets and starvation are good Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the coverof your book, or in it, unless that African has won the NobelPrize. An AK-47, prominent ribs, naked breasts: use these. Ifyou must
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SKATER girl Avril Lavigne wants to get rid of her trademark men’s shirts and ties and become a fashion model. What, was she getting hit on by too many women? I’d consider that a compliment! I sometimes distrust it when women make the decision to “give up” on being “boyish,” or wearing comfortable clothes. I
I see there’s a reason I had a nightmare about my credit card balance last night. Sweet Jesus.
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I went to the doctor again yesterday, this time to PP. For the last six months, I’ve been suffering from what I thought were recurring yeast infections. If you’ve had these or had a partner who’s had these, you know that they make walking uncomfortable, kill most of your sex drive, and make sex uncomfortable
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Chapter 19 Nyx blew out of Punjai and hit the radio a couple of times with her palm, but all she got was misty blue static. It was going to be a long ride. She spent the night in the bakkie after making good time, about halfway to Mushtallah. She kept as far off the
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