by Jason [Note: today's words are from Etymonline.com and not Chambers, since Chambers didn't have these words listed] Today’s words are the technical names for “blow job” (fellatio) and “eating out” (cunnilingus). Fellatio: 1887, from Latin fellatus, pp. of fellare “to suck,” from PIE base *dhe- (see fecund). The sexual partner performing fellatio is a fellator; [...]
by Jason Stotts (Picture Source: Wikimedia-Commons) Apparently someone in the California Parks Department has decided that they’ve had enough with nude beaches and are trying to ban nudity on the beaches. This, of course, has the nudist and naturist organizations up in arms trying to prevent this from happening. The USA Today has an article [...]
by Jason Stotts For those looking for some good holiday gifts for the person who has everything, or who just has a good sense of humor, check out Despair.com. They have a large selection of, by far, the funniest posters ever made. For example, Government: Or, the quintessential Objectivist poster: So, check out their site [...]
by Jason Stotts The latest op-ed out on Ayn Rand is now by Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic Magazine. His understanding of Rand seems to be better than some of the others and you can tell that he has a personal affinity for Objectivism. Check it out: “The Real Rogue Warrior: Ayn Rand, not Sarah [...]
by Jason Stotts In this week’s edition of Sexual Etymology, we’re going to look at the origins of the words “penis” and “vagina.” I think you might be somewhat surprised at what we find. Vagina: (n.) passage from the uterus to the vulva. 1682, New Latin, from Latin vagina (sheath, scabbard) perhaps cognate with Lithuanian vozti [...]
by Jason Stotts In case you haven’t seen it yet, Craig Biddle of The Objective Standard has a really nice little essay up about “saying grace” at Thanksgiving dinner called: ”Don’t Say Grace, Say Justice.“ One thing I’d like to point out to my more rational readers is that if your family still doesn’t know that [...]
by Jason Stotts Now that we’ve had time for people to think about our last Aporia, let me give my own opinion on the matter. I think that Cogito is fundamentally correct to say that: “you can’t consent to your own murder, just like you can’t consent to your own rape.” This distinction is important, [...]
by Jason Stotts The Telegraph (UK) is reporting that a hacker has broken into the computers at Hadley CRU and has taken confidential data that allegedly shows that the team at Hadley doctored the evidence in favor of anthropogenic global warming and tried to keep skeptics from publishing papers to the contrary. I can’t wait [...]
by Jason Stotts I recently heard about the case of Armin Meiwes, a German man made famous after he was arrested in December of 2002 for eating Bernd Jurgen Brandes (who consented to both his murder and the eating of his body). Meiwes was originally tried for manslaughter, although the case was later reopened and [...]
by Jason Stotts In a series I’m going to be calling “sexual etymology,” I’m going to explore the origins of some of the words that are in our sexual vocabulary. I’m going to do this once a week or so. If you have any requests, make them in the comments and I’ll add the word [...]
