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The Ugly Truth About HIV

The Ugly Truth About HIV

January 5, 2011 No Comments

An HIV testing campaign in New York is in big trouble for revealing the ugly truth about having the infection. It’s main premise is that “when you get HIV, it’s never just HIV.” Through a video ad it shows sad looking men and talks about the fact that “dozens of diseases” are more likely when people ...

Medication Helps Cure Teen Acne, HIV

Medication Helps Cure Teen Acne, HIV

March 18, 2010 No Comments

There is great news for HIV treatment this week. Both bananas and acne medication have recently been shown to help with the treatment of HIV.

Russian Authorities Positively Backward About HIV Infections

Russian Authorities Positively Backward About HIV Infections

December 1, 2009 No Comments

Russian authorities are refusing to let Svetlana Izambayeva adopt her 10 year old brother, preferring the boy remain in an orphanage to living with his sister. Why? Svatlana is HIV positive.

12 Myths And Facts About HIV And AIDS

12 Myths And Facts About HIV And AIDS

November 30, 2009 No Comments

With today being World AIDS Day it seemed a good time to discuss myths and facts about HIV. In spite of over two decades of research and science there is still a lot of misinformation about HIV. Some of these will be discussed below. Myth 1: You cannot get a test for HIV until 6 ...

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

Fifty Years Of A Clockwork Orange

When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...

Why Manly Skincare Is Better

Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...

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