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Entries Tagged as 'Cultural Oddities'

HOW TO POOP AT WORK

July 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

BY AMBROSIA BIERCE

With this contribution we continue our exploration of scatological mysteries in everyday life, suggested by our resident pop anthropologists. For further reading on our everyday scatological challenges, see: INTER FECES ED URINAM
We’ve all been there but don’t like to admit it. We’ve all kicked back in our cubicles and suddenly felt something […]

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Tags: Cinema & Television · Cultural Oddities · Humor · The Unairbrushed Female

Inter feces ed urinam—the last feminist frontier?

July 14th, 2007 · 4 Comments

MANY WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT DISCHARGING THEIR NATURAL FUNCTIONS IN PUBLIC, EVEN IF THEY DON’T FEEL THE SAME ESTHETIC PANGS WHEN FULFILLING THE UNIQUELY MESSY TASK OF BIRTHING. BELOW, TWO REPORTS FROM THE MOST RECONDITE OF FRONTS. WILL THE INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE FABLED ETHEREAL CONNOTATIONS OF THE “GENTLER SEX” AND THE INEVITABLE BIOLOGICAL […]

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Tags: Cultural Oddities · Gender Mysteries · The Logical Misanthropist · The Unairbrushed Female