Approaching Significance.

Has “Pony-Play” Gone Mainstream? Pony play is...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:44:00 -0400

Has “Pony-Play” Gone Mainstream?

Pony play is animal play that can be sexual or non-sexual. You have to appreciate human variation. Did anyone else see the Bones episode with pony play?

"Who ever said that pleasure wasn’t functional?"

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:28 -0400

“Who ever said that pleasure wasn’t functional?”

- Charles Eames (via creativerehab)

fuckyeahforensics: omg lol

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:44:10 -0400

fuckyeahforensics:

omg lol

anitadada: d.i.f.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:40 -0400

anitadada:

d.i.f.

Photo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:02:41 -0400

museum-of-odd: This dissection highlights the muscles of the...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:00:38 -0400

museum-of-odd:

This dissection highlights the muscles of the head and neck. The sternocleidomastoid rotates and flexes the head. It is the long strip of muscle obliquely oriented along the neck. The temporalis, masseter, and the orbicularis oris are important muscles of mastication. The temporalis is the flat wide muscle on the side of the head. The masseter is the thick muscle of the mandible and the orbicularis oris surrounds the mouth. (Museum of Health and Medicine).

Work/leisure.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:58:52 -0400

Work/leisure.

biocanvas: The trigeminal ganglion is a bundle of nerve cell...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:00:18 -0400

biocanvas:

The trigeminal ganglion is a bundle of nerve cell bodies that lies just near the jaw. Its job is to process sensory information like touch and temperature that is received around the face. Seen here is the trigeminal ganglion in an early developing zebrafish embryo.

Image by Fengzhu Xiong, Harvard Medical School.

"Since the mid-1970s, the state has executed 77 people. Florida has also exonerated 24 people who’ve..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:56:07 -0400

“Since the mid-1970s, the state has executed 77 people. Florida has also exonerated 24 people who’ve been sentenced to die—the most of any state. In other words, for every three inmates executed, one is set free.”

- Timely Justice Act: Florida’s horrifying plan to make it quicker and easier to execute its death row inmates. - Slate Magazine (via not-ideal)

darksilenceinsuburbia: Boogie. Demons...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:29:14 -0400

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Boogie. Demons Series.

Anyanka.

Tree.

Twins.

Yoma.

Website

Scot Sothern’s black and white photographs of prostitutes...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:53:11 -0400

Scot Sothern’s black and white photographs of prostitutes in Los Angeles.

(via)

I see Serial Killer Apron, not a Gentleman’s Apron....

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:39:56 -0400

I see Serial Killer Apron, not a Gentleman’s Apron. Although the hammer might be applicable to both.

great blog :)

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:36:21 -0400

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Work.

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:59:02 -0400

Work.

moshita: Hand colored lithograph showing the nerves in the...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:00:19 -0400

moshita:

Hand colored lithograph showing the nerves in the brain, along with muscle mass and tissue, 1843

P.S. Duval, published in Philadelphia by Carey & Hart

Photo

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:33:58 -0400

fuckyeahforensics: Odaxelagnia is a paraphilia concerning sexual arousal through biting, or being...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:30:55 -0400

fuckyeahforensics:

Odaxelagnia is a paraphilia concerning sexual arousal through biting, or being bitten.

"When I drink, I am generally more sober than at other times."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:13:35 -0400

“When I drink, I am generally more sober than at other times.”

- Charles Downie

Statement taken from the 29 year-old Charles Downie after killing his brother during an argument in 1884. In the latter part of the 19th century, the majority same-sex homicides occurred in saloons or right outside of saloons on the street. Despite the locations, most academics point to the working-class norms of violence and aggression in males and not the use of alcohol in these disputes.

Chicago Times, September 6th, 1884.

The Fat-Shaming Professor Evolutionary psychologist (this is off...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:06:29 -0400

The Fat-Shaming Professor

Evolutionary psychologist (this is off to a bad start) and University of New Mexico professor, Geoffrey Miller gave some unsolicited advice to PhD applicants. He has since deleted the tweet and apologized, but the internet is forever and we all have the screen captures to prove it.

Is this how we represent ourselves in academia? Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident and academics are not immune from being ignorant assholes.

Follow the link to read more about the story.

How do you feel about the coffee withdrawal diagnosis?

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:52:35 -0400

Hello!

I am not a fan. At all. Coffee intoxication was in the previous version of the DSM; but that was also a mistake.

Without getting too much into it, the amount of “significant impairment” that would be required for a diagnosis and treatment would be ridiculous. It would be better to study these in different terms; the etiology of coffee withdrawal (or intoxication) can be found in underlying disorders. Why are we creating diagnoses for symptoms? Let’s not medicalize every aspect of our lives, please.

The DSM is not doing so hot, just ask the NIMH.

What are your thoughts?