Welcome to the June 30, 2011 edition of the Objectivist Round Up! This is the twelfth time that Erosophia has hosted and I’m happy to report that the Carnival is still going strong! Today’s quote is not from Ayn Rand, but I have a strong suspicion that she’d concur: “When the Republic is at its [...]
by Jason Stotts Australia is in the news again as they continue to become more anti-sex and move to censorship in an attempt to suppress information in their country. After their China-esque firewall (see “Australia Following China’s Lead?“) failed, they’ve now pressured ISP’s to do the blocking themselves: Starting next month, the vast majority of [...]
by Jason Stotts In a move that makes them the sixth state in the union to do so, the State of New York has legalized gay marriage! This is a victory for all advocates of individual rights and opponents of christianity and its hatred of humanity and human happiness. New York joins: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, as well [...]
by Jason Stotts Whenever you’re approached by a christian who wants to convert you to their way of thinking just remind them of Luke 14:26: “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be [...]
by Jason Stotts Note, I was originally intending to have this published on Father’s Day, but it wasn’t ready in time. Today, on the day that we celebrate fatherhood and thank our fathers for bringing us into existence and raising us well, I think it makes sense to discuss what fatherhood is, and paternity more [...]
by Jason Stotts Not everyone knows this, but all fetuses start out as more or less female until it is about 7 weeks old or so. At that point, sex hormones cause the proto-female sex organs to close and begin to build the penis. In the picture below, A and B are before sex differentiation. [...]
by Jason Stotts I’ve been behind on a number of things recently, but I’m finally getting caught up. These are some of the news stories that I’ve been meaning to blog about as they came up, but didn’t get a chance to yet. 1. Female Ejaculation: The Long Road to Non-Discovery A very nice in-depth [...]
by Jason Stotts I was perusing this week’s Objectivist Blog Carnival when I noticed a post that sounded interesting: Benjamin Skipper’s “You Can Only Hate What’s *There*.” Now, I was interested in this because I’m very interested in theories of emotion and this piece sounded particularly misguided by the title. The piece didn’t disappoint. The [...]
by Jason Stotts Today’s random fact is that the term “riding shotgun” refers back to the Old West, when wagonners would hire guards to sit next to them on the wagon seat to defend against Indians or outlaws. The rider would carry a shotgun for this purpose and doing this became known as “riding shotgun.” [...]
by Jason Stotts I think one major thing that a lot of people need to get past in order to make their sex lives better is the idea that kinky is the same as being bad or immoral. It is not necessarily these things at all. A “kinky” sex act is one that is just [...]
