Thank goodness this is the first Google return for that four-word combination

Dash introduced Empowerment to this last year, so praise and blame is all due to her: As usual, The Midwest Teen Sex Show, a tongue-in-cheek (and a couple other body parts, too) sex ed program contains more sound advice between sight gags than the literature at some higher learning institutions. Very NSFW language and simulated amorousness.

Pres. Wild forum tonight

Actually, in like an hour and a half, at 7 p.m. on the first floor of the AMU. Mea culpa.
Do try to make it; the event really is a unique one to the college experience. Let the highest on high hear what a real student has to say.

Cultural artist explores intersection of religion and homosexuality

This looked cool.  Artist, Lloyd Newson’s new piece, “To Be Straight With You,” involves both dance and spoken word. From the NY Times:
The piece…looks at religion and sexuality through the words of more than 85 people interviewed in Britain.
Ideas for the piece, which features a multiethnic cast, began brewing many years ago, precipitated by a [...]

Are young evangelicals less conservative than their parents?

Even if the answer is yes, that wouldn’t mean they are more liberal, whatever that word means nowadays. In any case, they are less enthusiastic for McCain,surprising in light of his choice of Palin, who many see as the culminationof twenty years of organizing on the Christian right’s behalf. From Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research:

Young evangelical [...]

Bailout fail-out smokeout

A list of what representatives voted yea and nay for the bailout. For real this time.

Apparently Sarah Palin has also forgotten 9th grade civics

Allegedly, in a yet-undisclosed clip from the Couric interview, Sarah Palin couldn’t discuss any other Supreme Court decision besides Roe v. Wade:
Of concern to McCain’s campaign, however, is a remaining and still-undisclosed clip from Palin’s interview with Couric last week that has the political world buzzing.
The Palin aide, after first noting how “infuriating” it was [...]

Update: Wasilla charged victim’s insurance companies for rape kits

Via Slate:
The Wasilla police chief, Charlie Fannon, is on record as having tried to bill victims’ insurance companies, not the victims themselves, for the rape kits. In other towns in Alaska, hospitals were trying to bill victims, prompting an Alaska state law forbidding the practice. If this practice still seems creepy or exclusive to macho, [...]

Slate hits rock bottom

Slate, which maintains a feminist blog, has a cover story on the “Sexy Puritainism” of Sarah Palin.
At least they could have gotten the sects right; Palin was raised Catholic and now attends anArminian Pentecostal church, and Puritains are of course Calvinists.

Review: “Reproductive Health and You,” a pamphlet from MU’s Student Health Center

The pamphlet starts out by stating:
 ”The reproductive system is one of the most fragile systems in your body…That’s why it’s important to know and understand the issues that can arise–that way you can better protect yourself.”
Oh, so one can protect themselves by [flips through pamphlet]…erm…Condoms? No…Testing partners for communicable diseases? No…Mutually frank communication? No…But what…?
Ah! [...]

WA State bar unanymously supports marriage equality

From the Examiner:
OLYMPIA, Wash. (Map, News) – The Washington State Bar Association is now on favor of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.
The resolution was adopted unanimously last week by the group’s 14-member Board of Governors. Board president Mark Johnson of Seattle says there was considerable opposition and he knows some will be distressed, [...]