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WILLIAM NARDI - UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 Earth as lover, not mother Four years ago, when art Professor Elizabeth Stephens filmed the documentary “Ecosexual Love Story,” in which she and her partner licked trees, played with mud, and made love with the environment while naked, the term “ecosexuality” was still somewhat unknown. But a lot has happened since then, and ecosexuality isn’t such a mystery anymore — Google trends show interest in the term has increased exponentially over the last 12 months, seemingly exploding. That interest can be traced in part back to Stephens, a UC Santa...

Courtesy of reader BK, a link to an economic analysis of woman-coddling divorce laws.

Live coverage of the rally at the U.S. Capitol online:The Right Scoop live streaming starts at 11:30 a.m. EDTC-SPAN 3 will be showing the rally live on cable/satellite and online here.The rally is being organized by the Tea Party Patriots.Speakers (via TPP) Ted Cruz , US Senate (TX) Mike Lee , US Senate (UT) Rand Paul , US Senate (KY) Michele Bachmann , US House (MN) Jim Bridenstine , US House (OK) Dave Camp , US House (MI) John Fleming , US House (LA) Louie Gohmert , US House (TX) Tom Graves , US House (GA) Richard Hudson , US...

Information compiled from the Washington Post, “Congressional Sex Scandals in History,” and other sources. 10. Sen. Daniel Inouye. The 82-year-old Hawaii Democrat was accused in the 1990s by numerous women of sexual harassment. Democrats cast doubt on the allegations and the Senate Ethics Committee dropped its investigation. 9. Former Rep. Gus Savage. The Illinois Democrat was accused of fondling a Peace Corps volunteer in 1989 while on a trip to Africa. The House Ethics Committee decided against disciplinary action in 1990. 8. Rep. Barney Frank. The outspoken Massachusetts Democrat hired a male prostitute who ran a prostitution service from Frank’s...

FREMONT, Calif. - The name on the birth certificate was Edward Araujo Jr., but the teenager preferred the first name Gwen. At age 17, before getting a chance to make the name change official, Araujo was beaten and strangled after the people she thought were her friends found out she was biologically male. This week, Araujo's family asked a court for a posthumous name change to Gwen Amber Rose Araujo. "She's Gwen to me, and I'm her mother," Sylvia Guerrero said outside the courthouse. "This is who she was. She's transgender and she's Gwen." Superior Court Commissioner Thomas Surh called...

Transgender Teen Caught Off Guard By Suspicions Witness Says 'Gwen' Was 'Shellshocked' Apr 26, 2004 4:03 pm US/Pacific HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) Transgender teen Eddie "Gwen" Araujo appeared "shellshocked" the night the people she thought of as friends began demanding to know if she was male or female, a man who was at the house testified Monday. Jaron Nabors said the pretty 17-year-old was beyond surprised at the questions, which arose when suspicions about Araujo's gender erupted on Oct. 3, 2002, following an evening of drinking. "She seemed like she was in shock because she wasn't talking much," said Nabors,...