Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Stupid Sex Tricks: Fisherwoman’s Friend?

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Things that make me glad I’m not married:These cock lozenges are supposedly favors for bachelorette parties. I wonder if sucking on one relieves a sore throat, or just aggravates it.

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Teh Heterostoopid: Would you let this man near your boobs?

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

For that matter, would YOU do pot-legalization activism with him?Meet Rob Kampia–tacky dresser, wannabe player, and all-around ball of sleaze. Also someone who gives drug-policy activism an extremely bad name, and will probably set the project back decades on the … Continue reading →

Have you heard? Feminism is CRAP!

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

It’s totally true, ladies and gentlewomen, because some opinionated little snot on Facebook said so just yesterday. Yep, right in time for International Women’s Day. Lovely!Wasted a lot of good time and electricity saying so, too. But damn, she sure … Continue reading →

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Happy Women’s Day, fellas…

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry over this… Male cosmetics sales in Britain are growing at twice the rate of the female market, according to a survey, with the need to look good for job interviews and the … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with the CBC of late?

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Let Humberto da Silva explain it to you, he knows:Some time ago, I was dismayed by a lousy piece of CBC reporting on the situation in Venezuela, and now I know it’s not my imagination, nor is it a coincidence, … Continue reading →

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More Music for a Sunday: Anti-war electronica at its finest

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I was just going on 18 myself when this came out, so this song hit home hard for me. I’m guessing that the average age of US combat soldiers in Iraq is about the same as it was in Vietnam.Closer … Continue reading →

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Colombia: Electrical capitalist paradise? NOT.

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Remember Enron? Ah, capitalist electricity…According to my three-day headache from last week, Colombia is a better place to live than Venezuela because (a) it’s capitalist, and (b) it has no electrical shortages. Well, one of these statements is true (although … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Holy guacamole with awesome sauce

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

See if you can detect a common element in these two very different tunes. First, the country:I have a confession to make: This song is one of my earliest childhood faves. Even when I was barely talking (at less than … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: In like a lion…

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Yes, this is a real tattoo. And the dude who owns it weighed in here to brag about his blunder. Someone please inform him that the name “de León” doesn’t mean “dude who bones like a lion”, it just means … Continue reading →

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Dear Dan Savage…

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Dear Dan:Have I told you lately how much I love and adore you? In your latest Savage Love column, you wrote in response to a Torontonian reader: WHEREAS you’re writing from Canada, and WHEREAS my Canadian readers patiently endure my … Continue reading →

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