Category Archives: She Blinded Me With Science

How to have sex in an MRI scanner

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A Dutch scientist from the University of Groningen enlists two friends to help him find out (a) whether sex in an MRI machine is feasible, and (b) what can be learned from it. As it turns out, the answers are … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Isaac Asimov on stupidity

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

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Dear Mississippi…

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Sorry to resort to pictures, but it seems that an awful lot of anti-choicers have difficulty reading. Amazing how many of these unsentient adults there are in Mississippi Goddamn, and how many of them take seriously the notion that a … Continue reading →

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Toronto Zoo’s gay penguins go viral

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

By now you’ve surely heard of Buddy and Pedro, the two adorable little African penguins at the Toronto Zoo who’ve struck up an adorable little same-sex pair bond but are being separated in order to mate their “top-notch genes” with … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: The ultimate stupid sex trick

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Just file this one under “it’s all fun and games until someone breaks his penis”: A penile facture, or “broken penis,” is an injury that occurs to the erect penis. There are no bones in the penis; the “fracture” refers … Continue reading →

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An icky, creepy (yet strangely apt) similarity

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Separated at birth? On the left, “Dr.” Marcus Bachmann, spouse of a certain US Republican presidential aspirant, and professional homophobe who always sets my gaydar bleeping. On the right, John Wayne Gacy, psychopath, serial killer of young men and repressed … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with “crisis pregnancy” centres?

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Well, for starters, there is NO SUCH THING as a “crisis” pregnancy. That word is utterly meaningless. And then there’s the fact that all this weasel-verbiage exists for a reason: to bamboozle unwary women (and girls!) into handing their decision-making … Continue reading →

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The bald truth about Chavecito’s new look

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Something’s missing in this picture of the president of Venezuela. But what? Oh, I know. It’s his hair! Like many a chemotherapy patient, Chavecito has opted for the quicker, tidier solution of simply buzzing it all off, rather than waiting … Continue reading →

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Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. Mood music, maestros: Thank you, fellas, that was…uh…lovely. Okay. Here goes. I saw this comment piece, by someone hilariously named Ally Fogg, in the Grauniad last night. It was an eye-roller, to say the least, full of blanket assertions … Continue reading →

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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A Canadian documentary that starts with the CIA’s failed, lame attempt to develop LSD as a truth serum/mind-control agent. Instead, it became the catalyst for thousands of old beatniks and young hippies, formerly staid scientists and political activists to all … Continue reading →