April 2011

Y: The Last Man

Exploring Issues of Feminism, Gender and Sexuality

  Imagine a world suddenly hit with a plague, and just like that, all mammals carrying the male Y chromosome drop dead.  In a nutshell, you have envisioned the world and premise of Y: The Last Man. Within its first few pages, the comic series hits the ground running as you witness the apocalyptic aftermath of such a plague. Society's infrastructure collapses, food becomes scarce, and anarchy breaks loose.

Hologram Pop Star

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Hologram Pop Star

The Japanese love Anime and pop music so I suppose that it was just a matter of time before an Anime pop star appeared.  Miku Hatsune is billed as a hologram and appears in 3D at live concerts. She is based on a singing synthesizer and an animated character.  For more information, click here

First Gay Caveman Discovered?

When I first read this headline, I got pretty excited; I love it when we have new historical finds, particularly those that prove that people (and animals) have been gay since forever and it’s perfectly natural so STFU, Uncle Gary. But when I read the basis of the study it gave me pause.

The remains of this potentially gay caveman are thought to be so because he was buried without tools or weapons but instead with household jugs. That’s it; there was no sign of him, say, buried with his mate, but he was pointing eastward, which was traditionally a placement for female skeletons.