Vice magazine reports that web access is essential to sex workers, not just to find clients, but also for safety. “One of the most basic elements of sex worker safety is client screening. It’s essential to make sure that anyone… Continue Reading
Vice magazine brings us a report on movies that include unsimulated sex scenes, including Love, Nymphomaniac, Starlet, and Stranger by the Lake. Most have been produced abroad and only received a limited US release, which isn’t as affected by an NC-17 rating. Still, despite the… Continue Reading
Smithsonian shares how the Ouija Board came to be: “In 1886, the fledgling Associated Press reported on a new phenomenon taking over the spiritualists’ camps in Ohio, the talking board; it was, for all intents and purposes, a Ouija board,… Continue Reading
The word “fetish” conjures up specific images for different people. Some think of leather and latex apparel, while others might imagine a corseted dominatrix, yet still others think about a pair of high heels. There are more fetishes in the… Continue Reading
John Michael Greer, editor of the new edition of Israel Regardie’s The Golden Dawn, will speak February 21, 2016 at William Blake Lodge in the Valley of Baltimore, Maryland. First published in 1937, The Golden Dawn has become one of the… Continue Reading
Marvin G. Perez reports for Bloomberg News that coffee prices are falling fast. A rainy season in the country led to better Arabica coffee growth, which has helped coffee supplies rise and prices fall. It’s part of a bigger global trend toward cheaper food… Continue Reading
Celebrity chef Mario Batali and Dogfish Head owner and brewer Sam Calagione have launched an effort to make beer out of food waste. According to Civil Eats, this beer “is dubbed ‘WasteNot,’ and it’s modeled after a pruno, or prison… Continue Reading
While Thelemites may not choose to celebrate Christmas, making a delicious and beautiful holiday themed dessert can be applicable to many feasts. On the Food Network, this episode of Outrageous Foods shows Bronwen Weber of Frosted Art in Dallas, Texas,… Continue Reading
Smithsonian reports that Norbert Pap of the University of Pécs believes that he may have found Suleiman’s final resting place in the ruins of the former Ottoman settlement of Turbek, in southern Hungary. “When Suleiman died in 1566 at the age… Continue Reading
Smithsonian tells us that researchers believe Stonehenge was first built in Wales, but then dragged to Wiltshire, where it stands today. “Geologists found evidence of tools, platforms, ramps, food and fires at a site in North Pembrokshire, Wales about 180 miles from Stonehenge, writes Romeo.… Continue Reading