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Talk the Walk Time to drop the ‘S’ word By Maria Amir “Because women’s work is never...
The Road to Aletheia The circle(s) of life… By Maria Amir Heidegger defined the Greek word for...
Expanding the Web Vote ‘yes’ for digital democracy. By Aaron Grierson   We’ve all...
Them Wacky Words

Yinkel
n. A person who combs his hair over his bald spot, hoping no one will notice.

Anaception
n. The body's ability to actually affect television reception by moving about the room.

Chalktrauma
n. The body's reaction to someone running his fingernails down a chalkboard.
Featured Essays A Naked Industry
By Aaron Grierson Entertainment: illegal. Employment: dangerous. Each of these words has been used to describe the pornography industry. It is one of the longest standing industries and has grown in variety, if not popularity. This is due largely to the advent of the internet, which is connected to...
Featured Spotlight Spotlight Artist – Sonja Dimovska
 Have you always known you wanted to be a graphic artist? Graphic art is a medium I most frequently use to express myself. I have a feeling as if I have been doing that for my whole life. I have always found graphics as something very close to me, since my early beginnings. An unpremeditated choice of mine...
Featured Fiction Missionary Position
Missionary Position  By John Wesick   “You want something, Mr. Terry?” The braless Indian girl moved closer to the table, and the corner lifted the hemline of her tattered, silver dress even higher. “A line for me and my amigo.” Terry placed a few ten-thousand-peso notes on the table and slid them...
Featured Poetry Bipolar
I. A dove into a mirror; A crow into a tree. II. There is a word missing. —A.R. Chase     Archer Rose Chase is the unanticipated amalgamation of a Marine Biologist, a conservative Christian, and the sudden collision of science, religion, and art. She finds it ironic that her bio is longer than...

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