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This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Category Archives: freedom
Jun
30
2010
The Dishonour of Honour Killings
Recently, here in the Great White North, a murder trial ended and the accused were sentenced to life. A father and his son killed his daughter, all because she was too progressive to be a good little Islamic girl. Muhammad Parvez and Waqas, his son, murdered Aqsa Parvez on December 10, 2007, in the guise of [...]
Also posted in Battle of the Comments, Current Events, Dating, Dimestore Philosophy, feminism, keeping it real, Laws, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Religion, sexuality, Society, Specifically Steff, Women's Department Tagged aqsa parvez, burkas, burqas, Crime, culture clash, fundamentalism, hijab, honour killings, immigration, islam, life sentence, muhammad parvez, murder, muslims, pakistan, parvez family killing, pierre elliott trudeau, saudi arabia, traditionalism, trudeau, waqas parvez 4 Comments
May
06
2010
Add Another Voice to the Fray
For everything I’ve published this week, four have gone into the depths, filed under lock and key, not fit for sharing. Too personal, too exploratory, too unconnected, too any-number-of-things. A lot of what I batted around regards my relationship with sex: Where it’s been, where it went, why it changed, why it matters, what it [...]
Also posted in Best of Steff, better sex, blogging, Communication, Dimestore Philosophy, Gay or Straight?, History, keeping it real, Kink, Life 101, Lifestyle, Loving and Knowing Yourself, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Politics, Psychology & Moods, relationships, Sex, sexuality, Society, Specifically Steff, writing Tagged audience, average people, bdsm, Bondage, demographic, freedoms, Kink, Lifestyle, middle of the road, Oral Sex, Politics, preferences, sex blogging, sex trade workers, sex writing, sexual tastes, styles, the sex community, writing about sex 2 Comments
Jul
13
2006
A Fondness for Figments
I’m feeling a little blue. I’m getting a stiff back, so I know my mattress needs flipping. I’ve just done that, and have changed my sheets besides. If anything reminds you you’re single, it’s changing the sheets. You’re changing them because it’s been long enough. It’s time. Not because you got hot’n’sweaty and did wrong-but-so-right [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Being single, Dating, Journalling, keeping it real, Life 101, Specifically Steff Tagged accepting it, being a different person, different lover, different people, getting over it, getting past it, growing, growing up, hurting, leaving him, moving on, regrets, relationships 8 Comments
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