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Head up! The term mansplaining is relatively new, but the concept is an old one. If you’re not familiar, the term refers to when someone (most often a man, thus mansplain) explains something to someone (typically a female) in a condescending or patronizing way. If you’re a woman, then chances are this happens to you on a weekly if not daily basis. However, figuring out what to do about it can be a bit challenging. About 10 years ago, I worked as a barista part time as an excuse to get out of the house and to satisfy my coffee addiction. I was a pretty successful writer already at the time, but I loved the human interaction on a regular basis (working from home can get lonely!). One day, a regular customer came in and started to explain a new web app to me. He had gotten an important detail wrong, and when I politely corrected him explained to me in a condescending way that I was wrong because he had read an article in PC Magazine about it and pleasantly suggested I should “See if my...

by  Frederic Jage-Bowler   With gentle, serene images, Paola Calvo’s documentary  Violently Happy  offers a glimpse inside  Schwelle 7 , choreographer  Felix Ruckert ’s sun-drenched physical performance space in Wedding – a space where all kinds of experimental body practices, from the spiritual to the sexual, unfolded until it shut its doors in 2016.  Violently Happy  features members of the community and Ruckert himself talking about their lives, ideas and BDSM desires, as well as depicting Schwelle 7's activities: myriad bodies involved in everything from meditation to mass orgy. A snapshot of Berlin sexual freedom and experimentation, the film plays at Moviemento through February 15. So what exactly was Schwelle 7? To me, it’s a playground for adults. It’s about having fun through sex and role play. And, like in kids’ play, sometimes you bruise your knee and get hurt a little. To me, it was primarily about having fun, more than about inflic...

The Tennessean NASHVILLE — A rural Tennessee Republican lawmaker is blaming the media for backlash after filing legislation that  opponents say takes aim at same-sex couples  who want to have children through a surrogate by declaring those children illegitimate under state law. Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, a Republican from Lancaster, Tenn.,  filed legislation  Thursday that would repeal a state statute that declares children conceived via artificial insemination as "legitimate," if they are born to a married woman and her consenting husband. On Monday, she and Senate sponsor, Sen. Joey Hensley, a Republican from Hohenwald, Tenn., issued a joint statement after what they called "extremely inaccurate interpretations" of the bill portrayed by the media. "These reports upset the many husbands and wives who struggle with fertility by reporting that repealing the law would ‘label the child as illegitimate despite the couple being married and both...

Valentine’s Day is either the world’s most romantic holiday or straight up garbage, depending on your opinion. But is it actually a good day to find ~love~? These brave souls decided to go on first dates on V-Day and the outcomes range from sweet and swoon-worthy to "WTF just happened?!". Read on for nine crazy first date stories from February 14th. 1.  "I went on a Valentine's first date with this guy who I met through work. He was super cute, super funny, and we got along so well. We went out to dinner and a movie, and went out for drinks afterwards. We were having such a good time, and I was just thinking about how lucky I was to have found him! Anyway, while we're at drinks he starts getting kind of weird. He starts shifting in his seat and avoiding eye contact, really nervous.  I thought he was just going to ask me to head back to his place, but then he got on one knee. He asked me to marry him!  I instantly froze and then excused myself to use the restroom...

  1990 was a year of life and death for Clark Martin. His daughter was born, and he was diagnosed with cancer. Over the next 20 years, as his daughter took her first steps, experienced her first day of school, and eventually grew into a smart, fiercely independent teenager, doctors waged a blitzkrieg on Martin's body. Six surgeries. Two experimental treatments. Thousands of doctor visits. The cancer never went into remission, but Martin and his doctors managed to keep it in check by staying vigilant, always catching the disease just as it was on the brink of spreading. Still, the cancer took its toll. Martin was riddled with the effects of anxiety and depression. He had become so focused on saving his body from the cancer that he hadn't made time for the people and things in his life that really mattered. His relationships were in shambles; he and his daughter barely spoke. So in 2010, after reading an article in a magazine about a  medical trial that involved giving peopl...