Courage

This seems to be a discussion focused on genitals, body front, and adjacent surfaces.
 
Is that to be taken to mean that back and arm hair are beyond the pale? Even "dads" in porn seem to remove back hair. My options would run from the irritating (Nair) to impractical (shaving) to the inconceivable (waxing), so I'm curious.
 
I don't plan on doing anything about it, but it is good to know how others see you.

if you're into VR, david sf has been working on virtual reality mediation apps - they're really good (i was helping him test them out last april when we were recovering from our motorcycle accident, so i might be biased) - you can see more about them at heal-vr.com

My favorite Hockney piece has always been a photographic collage, The Scrabble Game (1983).
 
I don't agree with the criticisms of shallow or cheery--both because I don't see his work that way and because I don't see those qualities as automatic negatives. To each his own!

My favorite Hockney piece has always been a photographic collage, The Scrabble Game (1983).
 
I don't agree with the criticisms of shallow or cheery--both because I don't see his work that way and because I don't see those qualities as automatic negatives. To each his own!

I have loved David Hockney’s work for years, like Matisse, and Frank Stella, his work is often dismissed as being “decorative” as if it were somehow a sin for paintings to be pretty, colorful, easy to look at. He has been an innovator too working with Polaroid photos and Video. Like Picasso, and Matisse, his designs for the stage have also been important. I have had the pleasure of seeing productions of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde”,and Richard Strauss’ “Die Frau Ohne Schatten” Hockney’s sets, costumes, and lighting added to both productions.

My favorite Hockney piece has always been a photographic collage, The Scrabble Game (1983).
 
I don't agree with the criticisms of shallow or cheery--both because I don't see his work that way and because I don't see those qualities as automatic negatives. To each his own!

You might be making a "mountain out of a mohel." Yuk-yuk-yuk.
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohel
 
Sorry--I couldn't resist. I have nothing to add that more knowledgeable people haven't already said better than I could.

Re: Costs of and requirements for PreP.
 
Pardon my ignorance--I only have become active to any degree in the past few years. Besides the actual pills, what are the costs and requirements for use of PreP?
 
Someone mentioned regular testing. Is that about it?
 
Funny story: when I asked (on @Funguy 's rec) about Gardisil as an older adult and my doc looked at me and asked if I was going to be using sex workers. Awkward!

I think this is important. A hobbyist magazine I read recently ran a story about a school that is "woman and trans" friendly and got some blowback in the letter column lecturing about how the mag's demographic didn't want to hear about it. The managing editor made a very good and brave response. I'm not trans, but wrote my once-a-decade letter to express solidarity.
 
"Yes, we must indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang seperately"--Ben Franklin

Having grown up uncomfortable with the concept and identity, it's still a bit of a struggle to identify with the terms. I've settled on "gay" because it's short, it explains the situation, and it demonstrates solidarity with the people who've fought so hard.

Having grown up uncomfortable with the concept and identity, it's still a bit of a struggle to identify with the terms. I've settled on "gay" because it's short, it explains the situation, and it demonstrates solidarity with the people who've fought so hard.

Having grown up uncomfortable with the concept and identity, it's still a bit of a struggle to identify with the terms. I've settled on "gay" because it's short, it explains the situation, and it demonstrates solidarity with the people who've fought so hard.

It's a hobby dominated by old white guys. The magazine probably doesn't want to be a front in the culture war, so I'll leave it at that.

If it’s a hobbyist magazine, the mag’s demographic is by definition queer.

Having grown up uncomfortable with the concept and identity, it's still a bit of a struggle to identify with the terms. I've settled on "gay" because it's short, it explains the situation, and it demonstrates solidarity with the people who've fought so hard.

If that is how you describe yourself, that's fine, but the question is broader than that. I describe myself as gay, but that's about me, not the community. Bi, trans and intersex people are not, by definition, homosexual (although they may also use that label). There is a debate whether LGBT, LGBTI or LGBT+ is a single community, but that is a deflection. They suffer types of discrimination and oppression that are similar so it helps to make common purpose. I think the important thing is to recognise that whether you include the I or the + or the other letters is not a deliberate act of exclusion of the letters you omit, it`s linguistic economy.

I consider Grace Slick's descent from White Rabbit to We Built This City to be an argument for the forced retirement of rock stars. :-P

I consider Grace Slick's descent from White Rabbit to We Built This City to be an argument for the forced retirement of rock stars. :-P

Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane/Starship, although as a group The Doors would be a close competitor. They're from my teens.
 
However, I listen almost exclusively to K-pop these days. The most recent Western anything I've been excited about is Janelle Monae's album Dirty Computer, but I haven't made the time to listen to all of it yet.

Skimming this, I felt like splitting out issues:
 
(1) The removal of Ingalls Wilder's name from the award.
 
(2) Discontinuing teaching of Ingalls Wilder's (and others') work to children.
 
(3) The censoring of Ingalls Wilder's work.
 
One can be con- one or two of them and be pro- the other(s). For instance, I'm against (3). If you wanna read it, knock yourself out. Because, freedom.
 
I'm for (1) because the ALA gets to name its own award. I'm also for (2) because there's better stuff out there for most* kids to read, that will (hopefully) beget more reading--which is the point of teaching "reading" as a subject.
 
*Given limited class time, choices have to be made. If your kid has a thing about the grinding details of frontier life, the Little House books are a blast.

Where I am, they've gotten more aggressive in their asks. Once I was outside the office, told the guy asking I left my wallet in the office, and he told me to go get it--that guy's been at it for months and seemingly doesn't remember I'm not giving him anything.
 
I generally don't give money to anyone but buskers. I keep my conscience in check by giving to the homeless shelter and food bank.

I didn't realize the music thread was an old thread! Someone exhumed it and I didn't look at OP date.

I am moved this old thread has been resurrected.

(Inspired by @latbear4blk) :
 
The song you can't get out of your head *right now*--not your "favorite" but the one between your ears at the present time.
 
Mine is "She Don't Use Jelly" by The Flaming Lips, which I heard for the first time a few weeks ago.
 

My favorite act right now is Cake, which is a band from my 20s (though I didn't discover them until a few years ago).
 
My other favorites in general descending order are Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Blind Melon. Recently the Flaming Lips have been in my head...a lot.
 
Through Shazam and YouTube, I've been discovering older artists and now have a much greater appreciation for 60s and 70s rock, and to my great surprise, older country, folk, and even standards.
 
The reason your 20s bands stand out: science!
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-we-stop-discovering-new-music-around-age-30-2018-6