I’m still on the fence when it comes to Season 3 of Heroes. While everyone agrees that while Season 1 was absolutely stunning, Season 2 was disappointing. Season 3 seems to have its ups and downs, reminding me of a dissonant adult trying to be a teenager again. This show is still one of the… Read More Review: Heroes, Season 3, Episode 11
I was once told that leading a chaste life takes so much energy it’s almost impossible. He was referring to chastity in the broader sense of the word, i.e. not only not having sex outside marriage, but also not dressing in a provocative way & controlling one’s urges and thoughts. If you talk to people… Read More Chastity, sexuality and the ‘lovely’ murkiness porn creates
Yeah, you read that right. He’s 17 now, btw, in case you started doing the mental math. Read the original MTV article here.
Reclaiming my Religion By: Nadira Artyk My relationship with Islam has never been straightforward. I grew up in Soviet Uzbekistan, hearing my grandfather recite the Koran on a daily basis. Sometimes he would translate a few verses for us. I was drawn to the beauty of the prose. I sensed a strong connection and especially… Read More From IHT.com: Islamic Feminism
I was surfing WordPress and found this lovely quote: I tell my daughters that AIDS is an Equal Opportunities disease. It doesn’t care what gender you are or what race you are. It doesn’t care how old you are or how Stupid you are. AIDS loves it that you have sex, the more you have… Read More World AIDS Day: Addendum
To end World AIDS day on both a serious note and a less serious one, I’d like to point out that AIDS is only a killer if we don’t deal with it face on. As a society, we are so focused on finding a cure that we often forget that it’s not the only way… Read More World AIDS Day: Ending it with a Shiver then a Smile
At first sight, it might not seem like this article had anything to do with HIV/AIDS – but it does. One of the major obstacles to controlling the pandemic in Third World countries has been a lack of access to antiretrovirals. So any action taken against pharmaceutical companies could have an impact on the HIV/AIDS… Read More World AIDS Day: The quest for cheap and efficient antiretrovirals continues
It might sound cliché, but to understand the present and plan for the future, one must look to the past. On this, the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, the CBC has put up an archive of its radio and television clips regarding HIV/AIDS since 1981, when doctors first noticed an unusual number of Kaposi’s… Read More World AIDS Day: Looking back
Here is a small part of another wonderful essay Helen Epstein (author of The Invisible Cure) wrote. AIDS and Africa’s Hidden War By: Helen Epstein One October evening in 2001, in an impoverished shantytown in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, David Potse entered the house of a former girlfriend, and raped her 9-month-old… Read More World AIDS Day: AIDS and Africa’s Hidden War
You probably haven’t had the time to read Helen Epstein’s The Invisible Cure by now (since most of you should be working or studying for finals, but also because I just posted about it this morning). I have been following Mrs. Epstein’s work and have found a great essay she wrote for the Virginia Quarterly… Read More World AIDS Day: The Underground Economy of AIDS