
Straight From the Horse's Mouth

God expelled man from Paradise did He make him feel disgust. Man began to hide what shamed him, and by the time he removed the veil, he was blinded by a great light. Thus, immediately after his introduction to disgust, he was introduced to excitement. Without shit (in both the literal and the figurative senses of the word), there would be no sexual
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For one of my generation to be interested in the old-time ways and stories sometimes brought tears to my elders' eyes. It brought questions, too, including the ones I began dreading as soon as I bought my plane tickets: When are you getting married? followed shortly by Why not?
Minal Hajratwala • Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents
They are product, their status as living creatures an awkward but necessary interlude in their painful journey to the shelves of our local supermarket. Grim establishments like this are dotted all over the British countryside. I see one regularly from the window of the train that commutes between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and I wonder at the misery it
... See moreRichard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
Yamina ne comprend pas pourquoi Brahim s’entête à vouloir endurcir Omar. À ses yeux, faire profiter ses enfants d’une vie agréable et facile les récompense de la pénibilité de leur propre vie, sinon à quoi bon avoir traversé tout ça ? Est-ce qu’il faut qu’Omar descende à la mine et se retrouve la figure pleine de charbon pour prouver à son père qu’
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