Category Archives: Laws

Jun
04
2009

Opting Into Ignorance

Freedom of education? Not on my tax dollar, bub.
The province of Alberta, here in Canada, has opted to make matters of sex, sexual orientation,* and religion OPTIONAL for their students. Parents can yank their kids out of school when they disagree with the premise at hand. [Story here.]
Religion? Okay. Fine. I’ll give you that. Make [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in AIDS & STDs, Dating, Education, Gay or Straight?, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Sex, Society, Steff Rants, Viginity, casual sex, censorship | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (4)
Apr
22
2009

RANT: BDSM Films are “Torture-Based” Porn?

One of the most offensive things to me is when journalists — people who are paid to get messages right — get things wrong.
Like here, in the San Francisco News, where they describe fetish films with bondage and sado-masochism as being “torture-based” films.
Talk about an economic stimulus. California taxpayers have paid $46,791 so that employees [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Current Events, Lifestyle, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Sex, Society, Steff Rants, censorship | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (7)
Nov
20
2008

eHarmony: The Battle for Gay Rights in a Nutshell

I’ll get to the changing-your-life follow-up on the weekend. News comes first.
Back in 2005, eHarmony got slapped with a lawsuit for discrimination because gays couldn’t use the service. Now, personally, considering their overpriced, weird cult-like dating service, I kinda thought eHarmony was doing gays a favour. But I agree with the spirit of the lawsuit, [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Best of Steff, Dating, Gay or Straight?, Marriage & Other Commitments, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (10)
Nov
10
2008

Update on Murder

It’s official — my brother’s friend was murdered by a filmmaker trying to recreate a death from the show Dexter. He had paid actors and everything. John, my bro’s now-deceased friend, was indeed lured to the garage in which he would be killed (as there is no corpse, but investigators say the “forensic evidence” gathered [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Current Events, Dating, Ethics, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, casual sex | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)
Nov
01
2008

Internet Murder, Story at 11: The Death of a Friend

We’ve feared the worst and today have found out that the worst was something even beyond our imagination. Details are sketchy, but what we know is this:
My brother’s best friend from high school and the years that followed took off years ago to live up north. Being that they’re the original “internet geeks” dating back [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Current Events, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Specifically Steff | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)
Oct
01
2008

Gay Bashing in Gay-Tolerant Vancouver

Some of us Vancouverites are PROUD of how gay-friendly this city is. I’m straight, and I think the fact that we’re one of the “gayest” cities in the world makes us, well, frankly, fun.
Yet even here there is intolerance. And if it’s here, then we still have a lot of work to do in the [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Gay or Straight?, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Society, Steff Rants | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)
Aug
18
2008

Unprotected Sex: What if Condoms Make the Guy "Soft"

I am militant now, in my “old” age, about protection during sex. The question is, why isn’t everyone?
The images, albeit creepy and disturbing, are some very effective AIDS-awareness posters from France. I thought they illustrated this posting well.
A reader named Helen left a great comment today on a posting I think everyone should read, personally, [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in AIDS & STDs, Best of Steff, Dating, Hygiene & Health, Men's Department, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Questions From Readers, Sex, Society, Steff Rants, Women's Department | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)
Aug
09
2008

Edwards: The Politics of Infidelity

I’ve never been a John Edwards fan. Any guy who claims he’s a leftist for poverty activism but spends $400 a month on an unremarkable haircut just strikes me as being strangely out of touch with the very people he claims to be fighting for.
But, then again, I pay $15 for my haircut, so what [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Best of Steff, Current Events, Ethics, Marriage & Other Commitments, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Sex, casual sex | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (10)
Aug
06
2008

My Dear, Dear Stalker

My would-be-stalker has fucked up.
See, if you ever think your email has been hacked, don’t just change the password — change the display name so that when someone receives an email from you, it says it’s from a new name.
Like, let’s say my emails would show up as being received from Smurfette Davies. Well, this [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Best of Steff, Ethics, Humour, Specifically Steff, Steff Rants | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)
Aug
01
2008

Bush Rides Again:Birth Control Defined as "Abortion"?

I know I’m Canadian, and I’ve not had to live under George Bush, but as a girl next door, I have spent much of the last eight years comprehensively alarmed by the steady erosion of freedom under this current American administration, and the assault on the sexual choices and options of the voting public, among [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Best of Steff, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Society, Steff Rants, sugasm | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (6)
Jul
14
2008

Who Killed Chandra Levy?

Sure, Mondays sometimes suck because they’re the start to the week. But that’s sometimes exactly why they rock, too. I’m taking my Monday the easy way — slept in, having some lattes, and then I’ll casually amble in by bike around noon. Why end the weekend sooner than necessary, hey?
But let’s talk about what I’m [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Current Events, Politics | Tagged , , | Comments (4)
Jun
24
2008

Of George Carlin and Obscenity in the Courts Today

It’s 12:30am and I have a pretty solid rule of no writing latenight anymore, ‘cos it gets my mind revving for bed, but then I shouldn’t have stumbled on the midnight airing of Larry King, on which a few comics are lamenting the loss of George Carlin.
Bill Maher nailed it nicely, in speaking of both [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Best of Steff, Current Events, History, Hollywood, Humour, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, censorship | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)
Jun
23
2008

Carlin is Dead, Long Live Carlin

Freedoms are something we take for granted in places like the US and Canada… until someone comes along and takes those freedoms.
The trouble with being “free” is we don’t always realize how limited that freedom truly is. That’s why we have people like George Carlin in our lives, people who push buttons.
Or we did. George [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Best of Steff, Current Events, History, Hollywood, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Society, censorship | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (3)
Sep
22
2005

Harrass this, you PC bastards

When I recently whored myself for more topics, Grover Flanagan asked this:
Ooh! Ooh! I’ve got one! A new girl just started at work. She’s either as tall or just a bit taller than I am, cute as hell, and built like a brick house. (what a winning hand!) I’ve introduced myself, but have no idea [...]

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