Reverse cowgirl: the worlds most dangerous sexual position
Posted on June 10, 2024
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More pain than pleasure. Photograph: LightFieldStudios/Getty Images/iStockphotoMore pain than pleasure. Photograph: LightFieldStudios/Getty Images/iStockphotoPass notesSexWant to avoid a penile fracture or an ‘aubergine’ deformity? Of course you do. Here are some positions it might be best to steer clear of
Name: Reverse cowgirl.
Age: Anybody’s guess.
Appearance: Like two people trying to elicit the answer “Tetris” in a round of nude charades.
So it’s some type of adult game? Sort of. It’s a sexual position.
[Read More]The secret world of breast cancer: 17 surprising things I wish Id known
Posted on June 10, 2024
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‘It’s reassuring to know that everything that happens to you has happened to someone else …’ Hilary Osborne. Illustration: KIKA KLAT/The Guardian‘It’s reassuring to know that everything that happens to you has happened to someone else …’ Hilary Osborne. Illustration: KIKA KLAT/The GuardianHealthI thought I knew all about the disease that took my mother when I was nine. But on being diagnosed myself, my eyes were opened to the myths and realities
[Read More]This much I know: Thelma Madine |
Posted on June 10, 2024
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This much I knowInterviewThis much I know: Thelma MadineMegan ConnerThe Big Fat Gypsy Wedding dressmaker on being good, going to prison and finding a decent psychicEveryone is entitled to their opinion about My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. I've been called "a dangerous spokesperson", but I think the series is very true to the travelling community.
Demand for dresses is higher than ever, but my clientele remains 80% gypsy. Travellers don't take no for answer.
[Read More]You smart, you loyal: how rap culture embraced the meme
Posted on June 10, 2024
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Hip-hopFrom Rick Ross and his ‘pear’ to DJ Khaled and his, well, everything, rappers are capitalising on the magic of gif-based brand building
Last month, DJ Khaled took his jetski out for a spin in Miami, got lost, dodged police and Snapchatted the whole misadventure to his 2 million-odd followers, prompting amusingly po-faced news stories in the Daily Mail and USA Today. It was the coronation of the Miami music magnate as the current king of the rap meme, which in recent years has become an integral part of hip-hop culture.
[Read More]'Anyone for dippity-bix?' | Television industry
Posted on June 9, 2024
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Television industry'Anyone for dippity-bix?'Classic sitcom is finally returning to the BBC - and it's all thanks to a couple of suburban Australians. Rupert Smith reportsIf you've been anywhere near an Australian, or a gay man, in the past 12 months, you've probably heard about Kath and Kim. It's a sitcom in the tradition of Steptoe and Son and Absolutely Fabulous: a tiny cast of characters, based around a central family relationship, and lethal with satirical edge.
[Read More]Depeche Mode review who knew synth-pop could be this colossal and life-affirming?
Posted on June 9, 2024
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Depeche ModeReviewTwickenham Stadium, London
Dave Gahan is a mic-spinning, limb-bending, theatrical marvel as the band gallop through decades’ worth of hits. And the presence of Andrew Fletcher, the keyboardist who died last year, is touchingly felt
Depeche Mode have been thrilling stadiums for 35 years now. Immortalised in their classic tour movie 101, their first ever megashow, at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, established rules of engagement which pertain to this day.
[Read More]Former aides warn of running out of time to prevent Trump re-election | US elections 2024
Posted on June 9, 2024
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US elections 2024Former aides warn of ‘running out of time’ to prevent Trump re-election Sarah Matthews, Cassidy Hutchinson and Alyssa Farah Griffin insist Trump’s behavior would be worse if he wins second term
The re-election of Donald Trump in 2024 could “end American democracy as we know it”, according to three women who worked for him in the White House during his chaotic term in office.
All three gave testimony to the US House committee investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat as well as the 6 January Capitol attack staged by his supporters.
[Read More]French skinheads go on trial over 2013 death of anti-fascist activist | France
Posted on June 9, 2024
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France This article is more than 5 years oldFrench skinheads go on trial over 2013 death of anti-fascist activistThis article is more than 5 years oldFatal beating of Clément Méric, 18, led to protests against far-right resurgence in France
Three French former skinheads are going on trial in connection with the death of a young anti-fascist campaigner which led to protests and the banning of three extreme-right groups.
The death in 2013 of Clément Méric, an 18-year-old politics student who had survived childhood leukaemia, shocked France and led to large demonstrations against what was seen as a resurgence of far-right and neo-Nazi groups.
[Read More]Nobody really knew what happened: tracing the life of Syd Barrett
Posted on June 9, 2024
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Documentary filmsA new documentary looks back on the highs and lows of the mysterious Pink Floyd co-founder, troubled but too often misunderstood
In rock star portraiture, it behooves a writer to avoid straightforward presentation of cliche. The story of a troubled virtuoso tormented by their own genius, turning to drink and drugs, then flaming out before their time has been told over and over again. And so in the making of Have You Got It Yet?
[Read More]Pop sensation Dorian Electra: 'I'm not a woman dressing as a man. It's more complex' | Pop and rock
Posted on June 9, 2024
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Pop and rockInterviewPop sensation Dorian Electra: 'I'm not a woman dressing as a man. It's more complex'Ben Beaumont-ThomasThe gender-fluid star talks about performing as a stripper, giving queer people strength and dressing up as Bono
Invariably, queer pop stars worship David Bowie, and Dorian Electra is no different. “My dad got me into Bowie from a really young age,” they say. “I looked up to androgynous rock stars.” What’s less common is worshipping Bono.
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