The man who thought orgasms could save the world

Psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich fell out with Freud, led the 'sexual revolution' and became a hippie icon. As a new book about him comes out, Neil Armstrong explores his life and legacy.

The orgasm, it is generally accepted, is A Good Thing. An intensely pleasurable experience that can promote bonding between partners. But might it be even more than that? Do orgasms prevent illness? In fact, are orgasms linked not just to the well-being of the human body but to the health of the body politic? Are they intrinsically anti-fascist? Can they prevent totalitarianism?

- BBC

 

The Most Creative Photos Of The World Naked Gardening Day 2020, Even In Isolation

Every year on the first Saturday in May, gardeners are encouraged to shed their clothes and tend their gardens naked, just as nature intended. The free-spirited proponents of naked gardening are usually nudists. But it’s not just other nudists that are encouraged to garden in the buff. It’s anyone who desires to experience a stronger bond with nature. 

- Design you Trust

 

Seth Rogen and the Secret to Happiness

How the comedian (and director, writer, ceramist and weed entrepreneur) has made a career out of mining the pitfalls and possibilities of adolescence.

Seth Rogen’s home sits on several wooded acres in the hills above Los Angeles, under a canopy of live oak and eucalyptus trees strung with outdoor pendants that light up around dusk, when the frogs on the grounds start croaking. I pulled up at the front gate on a recent afternoon, and Rogen’s voice rumbled through the intercom. “Hellooo!” 

- NY Times

 

The uncomfortable reality of The Rolling Stones song 'Brown Sugar'

Rock ‘n’ roll, from its very origins, is inherently touched by darkness, but for ‘Brown Sugar’, The Rolling Stones seemed to be operating with the steadfast aim of mining the depths of rock’s densest dark matter and packaging it in a thrashing little ditty. It might not sound that way on the melodic surface, but few songs have a darker undercurrent than this troubled 1971 icon. 

The subject matter is two-fold, and neither brings any light to the other. Ostensibly the song is about Africans who were sold to New Orleans plantations and raped by their white masters. The connotations of this horrific overture were then played upon to impart the metaphorical double meaning of being a slave to the narcotic demands of brown heroin. 

- Far Out

 

Fumetti: The Collection Of Finest Examples Of Sleazy Lowbrow Art The World Has Ever Known

Italian comics also known as fumetto, plural form fumetti. The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. The term fumetto (literally little puff of smoke) refers to the distinctive word balloons that contain the dialog in comics (also called nuvoletta, “little cloud”, in Italian).

Sure, these grindhouse movie posters could get racy and over-the-top, but nothing compares to the fumetti in terms of jaw-dropping sleaze performed with artistic skill.

- Design you Trust

 

Found Photos - Anonymous Stripper Party

 Anonymous Stripper Party

-  American Suburb X

 

The Quest for a Floating Utopia

Can casting away from established society to inhabit sea-based colonies save us from the problems of modern life—or are we bound to repeat our mistakes?

- Hakai Magazine

 

Friends by Robin Dunbar review – how important are your pals?

The psychologist’s fascinating study of friendship finds that the quality of our relationships determines our health, happiness and chance of a long life.

- The Guardian

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THE MOMS AND DADS OF ONLYFANS RISKING EVERYTHING TO MAKE ENDS MEET

Far too many people think sex worker parents are unfit to raise kids. But OnlyFans is helping these performers grow as moms and dads — even with their future at stake

- MEL Magazine

 

'Joy every day': New Yorkers reveal their fabulous apartments – in pictures

Sally Davies’s portraits of larger than life characters in their equally colourful homes offer a glimpse into the grit, elegance, poverty and humanity of an ever-changing city.

- The Guardian

 

WeedFeed: The Creative Content Platform Inspiring The Cannabis World

“In many ways, WeedFeed is my baby,” shares Ben Kraim, the creative mind behind some of today’s most popular Instagram accounts, both in and beyond the cannabis world.

- Forbes

 

How to think about your own mortality (without getting depressed)

When he was 19, B. J. Miller, a Princeton student at the time, was on the way to a Wawa with friends when he decided to climb a commuter train near campus. “Just out on the town horsing around, doing nothing particularly crazy,” he says. “We had done crazier things.” This time, though, was different: Miller was electrocuted when electricity from the overhead wires jumped to his wristwatch. The electrical burns were so severe that he ended up losing three of his limbs. It was that harrowing, near-fatal accident that drove him to go into medicine and, ultimately, palliative care, working often with terminally ill patients. Now, nearly 30 years later, he’s co-written (with Shoshana Berger) a book called A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. 

- GQ