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The Penis’s Hydrostatic Skeleton (possibly NSFW)

Here’s the question: increasing fluid pressure inside a penis makes it enlarge, but what makes it inflexible? Not a lot of people have the…uh…inspiration to explore this area with scientific rigor. Fortunately, Diane Kelly happened upon the necessary inspiration and she shared her insights at TEDMED.

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Studpidity

Sometimes happy accidents create brand new words that fill and hitherto unnoticed gap. Such is the case with “studpidity”.

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Can We Level the Title IX Playing Field?

Is it time to rethink how scholarships are distributed in college athletics? The head-butting between Title IX and Football has resulted in some inequities that should be addressed for the health of all college varsity sports.

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The XY Problem in Sports

The spector of gender development disorder complicates things mightily when it comes to athletic competition. For one South African runner, this has created a bit of a problem.

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Why Are Poopy-heads So Afraid All the Time?

You see it everywhere: in the media, in bars, in prayer groups, at rallies. It crosses all races, political orientations, genders,perceived intelligences, and more. What is it? Fear. Not just the fear of ohmygod I’m being chased by an angry grizzly bear

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Genderless Pronouns – Ey, Em, and Eir

English changes all the time. Our standard pronoun structure has served us well, but it does have weaknesses. It’s time that we fill the gap of not having a non-gendered pronoun. Whether in academic writing, or just because we want to be inclusively generic, ey/em/eir fit the bill easily.

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