Bareback sex is a serious matter when it comes to HIV prevention. It is an issue difficult to address and which often triggers heated debates. Beyond the differences in  opinions surrounding bareback sex, it is obvious that sex with and without condom is not the same and bareback practitioners often emphasise the difference in sensation between protected sex and bareback sex. Real or not, this difference made some people thinking and got them to understand that not everybody is prepared to sacrifice safety to pleasure, and that if it …

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I would like to have blogged about this thought provoking excerpt from Russell Banks’ The Darling on the difference between empathy and sympathy.
“What was ethically and even practically wrong with having empathy towards the other? For a long time, I answered, Nothing. Nothing at all. It’s good politics. I see a blind man about to cross a street and think, He can’t see the whizzing traffic, he needs me to see it for him, to take his arm and escort him over to …

David McCandless puts a billion dollar back into context

Rating 3.50 out of 5

The french AIDES agency is at it again! Thanks to Elizabeth at Wisdom of Whores for spotting it.

Rating 3.00 out of 5

The MAC AIDS Funds (MAF) new campaign to raise awareness and funding for HIV-AIDS research brings together two glam artists, Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper. This women’s initiative aimed at strengthening the service network and resources available to women living with and at risk of contracting HIV.
The two artists will promote the sale of limited editions of lipsticks created to support the work of the funds.
Unlike Starbuck armchair’s activism, where less than 10% of what you spend on expensive lattes goes to support HIV/AIDS programmes, M-A-C decided that every cent …