Too sexy for Xbox Live
The accusations have been flying after Microsoft banned the use of the gamertag “thegayergamer” on Xbox Live.
The Redmond giant have been accused to be “homophobic”, “a bigot”, “to not allow freedom of speech” and more.
But it’s all cleared up now, as a security manager for the company, Stephen Toulouse, explained on his blog.
Filed Under Art, Human Rights, Modern Life
More black than white, and yet so much difference
Most Brazilian newspapers today are talking about a study from IPEA (the Research Institute of Applicable Economy, in Brazil) that says that by the end of this year the black population will be bigger than the white one (bare in mind that, according to convention adopted in the country, a black person is anyone who claims to be black or brown, and the black population is the sum of all blacks and mulattos).
Reading that, made me think of an episode that happened back in 1996 to a friend. Read more
Filed Under History & traditions, Human Rights, Media & Society, Modern Life, Sport
Was it good for you?
Illustration by Lars Wannop
It has always been men’s dilemma, and I wonder if there’s ever been a girl not having faked one at least once.
Come on girls, we all know: we can imitate orgasm to please men - or just because we are tired or late! - and this fact drive our partners completely crazy.
Why?
Is it just because they want to know how macho they are? I don’t think so… there’s something deeper in this issue: first of all we are “western girls”; we are lucky because we are supposed to be not just blowup love dolls, but human beings having the right “to feel”.
Not all women in the world are so lucky.
Filed Under Diversity, Human Rights, World Health
Everybody get it up!
“An active sexuality improves the quality of life,” says Gonzalo Navarrete. He is the mayor of the Chilean suburb Lo Prado.
And these wise words are the basis for a new health law which includes an avid dosage of Viagra. Read more
Filed Under Human Rights, Modern Life, World Health
By-products of a chemical disaster born in children
More than two decades ago in the town of Bhopal, India, toxic gas seeped through the atmosphere, into people’s lungs and through their pores, filtering through every atom of their bodies.
The inescapable gas was the result of the world’s worst industrial disaster at a American pesticide plant, Union Carbide, in Bhopal on December 3, 1984.
Filed Under History & traditions, Human Rights, World Health
Kenya’s first eco-city
Another eco-city is growing up, but this time it’s not a virtual city neither a cathedral in the desert.
The new project, a residential settlement, will rise in a few years near Mombasa, Kenya, and it will be environmentally, socially, economically and culturally self-sustaining. Read more
Filed Under Environment, Human Rights, Modern Life
Naked + vacation = Nakation
“Beyond this point you will encounter nudity,” says a sign on the way to Avalon Resort in Paw Paw, West Virginia.
Yes, nudity. It’s the international in-thing among the sexually liberated, confident and rich who just want to be themselves on holiday. Read more
Filed Under History & traditions, Human Rights, Modern Life