Tag: religion

Male birth control could be the future – but are men ready?

On March 25 of this year, researchers of the Los Angeles BioMed Research Institute and the University of Washington successfully completed a 28-day trial of a male birth control pill that is designed to restrict sperm production. Although the pill has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal and has yet to receive FDA approval, […]

Vacation in Turkey – Everything You Need to Know

Located in a place where the East meets the West and where tradition is shaped by religion and history, there is a country called Turkey. Only 3% of the territory is placed in Europe, and the other 97% of it is in Asia, with stunning natural beauties, white beaches, the ancient legacy of the people […]

Meghan Markle’s historic moments

Meghan Markle made history in the royal family when she got married to Prince Harry. Here are all the ways she made it. An American Meghan Markle was born in California, and she was the first American to be officially engaged to a member of the royal family. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that […]

26 Italian Women Having Affairs With Priests Ask Pope To End Celibacy Vow

It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: Twenty-six women wrote a letter to the Pope …  But it’s a reality reported by the site Vatican Insider: 26 Italian women who are having affairs with Catholic priests have written the Pope asking him to end the church’s celibacy vow. The women reportedly met each other […]

Sorry, But Tom Cruise Is Not Leaving Scientology — And He Probably Never Will

If you’ve spent any time on the internet in the last few days, you’ve likely seen a couple of posts on your favorite blogs or a few of your faves tweeting about a story in Star magazine claiming that Tom Cruise is finally, at long last, leaving the Church of Scientology. Star cites an “insider” who says Cruise […]

6 Additional Scientology Horror Stories We’d Like To See Covered In A “Going Clear” Sequel

Interest in Shelly’s whereabouts got actual media attention after actress Leah Remini left the Church in 2013, and filed a missing persons report. Remini says that when she attended Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ wedding in Italy in 2006, she was surprised to see best man, David Miscavige, without the company of his wife, and […]

Pray Tell: “Spring Breakers” And The Faith of Faith

Spoiler alert! This post contains spoilers about the movie “Spring Breakers.”  When I heard that Selena Gomez had been cast in a Harmony Korine movie, my brain kind of exploded. Korine is known for his dark, sexualized films (like “Kids,” which made Chloe Sevigny a star), while Gomez is a Disneyfied, baby-faced princess who until […]

The Soapbox: Why Macklemore’s Costume Matters

Last Friday, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed a surprise music concert at the Experience Music Project Museum in Seattle. Awesome, right? Only, because it was a surprise, Macklemore wanted to go a bit incognito and donned a costume. But the costume was anything but awesome. To me, and many others, the costume looked like a negative […]