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Raelians Rocket From Clones to Clitorises; Thank GOD
from BadGalsRadio ~ I-riginal 100%GalBassed RooticalTruth February 24, 2008
Raelians Rocket From Clones to Clitorises Raelians Rocket From Clones to Clitorises By Eliza Strickland 02.19.08 | 12:00 AM Clitoraid is an nonprofit organization set up by the Raelian Movement to help women around the world who have suffered genital mutilation. The woman on the right of the photo is wearing a clitoris costume. Photo: Tony McNicol The Raelians have championed some strange causes in the movement s 25-year history, including aliens and human clones, but now they are going to bat for a body part the clitoris. The cult s leader, Rael, whose real name is Claude Vorilhon, has become outraged by the custom of female genital cutting, the primarily African practice in which part of a girl s genitalia is sliced away. Now the Raelian Movement has resolved to build a hospital in the West African country of Burkina Faso, where women could come to have their clitorises reconstructed. Rael thought this is a crime against humanity, says Lara Terstenjak, a spokeswoman for Clitoraid, a nonprofit set up by the Raelians to sponsor genital surgeries. Female circumcision is surprisingly prevalent throughout the world, particularly in Africa, where in some communities it is performed on 98 percent of the female population, despite legal prohibition. Coming as it does from the group that claimed to have produced the first human clone, the Raelians boast that they re sponsoring clitoris reconstruction seems open to question. Yet the group has reputable doctors on its side. The Raelians have recruited Marci Bowers, who runs a thriving sex-change clinic in Trinidad, Colorado, and has been called the rock star of transgender surgery. Bowers is a post-op transsexual herself. Bowers flew to Paris last April (on her own dime) to train with Pierre Foldes, an Ob-Gyn in Paris who reportedly invented the technique of clitoris reconstruction after many years of treating women in Africa. Foldes performs about 200 of these surgeries each year. According to Terstenjak, Foldes declined to get involved directly with Clitoraid, but he agreed to perform the surgery on women sponsored by the Raelians, and to instruct other doctors in his technique. Terstenjak says Clitoraid has sponsored six women so far, including several from Burkina Faso who were flown to Paris to have the surgery done. Foldes did not return a phone call from Wired.com, but Bowers confirms that the doctor worked on the six women helped by the cult. When Bowers first started talking with the Raelians, her working theory was that they were a little bit nuts, she says. But after a long, leisurely dinner in Paris with 10 cultured and international Raelians, she declared herself charmed. They weren t anything different. It s just that they bought into this philosophy involving extraterrestrial beings on earth, she says. I don t have to buy into the whole concept to do the work. During Bowers training with Foldes, they operated on 15 women in one day. Bowers remembers one of the young women they saw on the operating table. She was about 19 years old, and she and her twin sister had both had the genital-cutting procedure when they were little girls living in Mauritania. Her twin sister had died, the woman said, because the cut was too deep, and they couldn t stop the bleeding. Bowers recalls that the woman had the most severe form of genital cutting, called infibulation, in which the clitoris and inner lips of the vulva are completely removed, and the outer lips are sewn partially shut to leave only a small hole. Surgeries to reverse this kind of genital cutting have become fairly common in Europe as African immigrants become more westernized. However, Foldes is currently the only doctor who attempts to go the extra step, not just dividing the sewn-together skin, but also constructing a new clitoris. It s not terribly invasive, Bowers says. She explains that the surgeon first removes the scar tissue, and then looks for what the cutting procedure left behind. The clitoris, Bowers says, is almost like a snail. Most of it is curled up behind the pubic bone, but there s one tip pointed out, and that s the clitoris. So you re first exposing the remaining stump of the clitoris, and then bringing it forward with some suturing. Foldes performs the surgeries for free and in addition to his regular hospital work, Bowers says, and she expects to do the same. She plans to start seeing patients at her Colorado offices, and will fly to Burkina Faso for a month of surgeries as soon as the Raelians get the hospital built. She doesn t mind donating her time to the cause, and has also donated some money to help with the hospital: This is building karma, she says. While construction of what the Raelians call the pleasure hospital has been delayed, Terstenjak insists the building will rise within the next year. The group says it has bought a piece of land in a suburb of Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso s second-largest city. Here s a beautiful piece of information, Terstenjak says. There actually have been women coming out, known (genital-cutting) victims, and they want to help. They ve put themselves forward to the construction team, saying, we ve never done anything like this, but we ll carry bricks, we ll dig holes, whatever needs to be done. Terstenjak claims that more than 100 women are on a waiting list for the procedure in Burkina Faso, and that there s no requirement that these women join the Raelian Movement. However, one of the women who Clitoraid sponsored for the procedure is referred to as a guide, a term used in the Raelian hierarchy. There have been allegations that the Raelian Movement uses its doctrine of free love to attract recruits (such as this 2005 article from Wired.com), and sensual massage is reportedly a key part of their seminars. Some people say they were first attracted to the movement because they thought they would get laid, says Susan Palmer, a professor of religious studies at Montreal s Dawson College who wrote a book on the Raelians. But more than recruiting, it s a way for people within the movement to bond, she says. So could Clitoraid s effort to bring new clitorises to African women be a recruiting technique? Palmer laughs at the suggestion. That would be an extremely expensive and round-about way to do it, she says. They could just give them some food. Like the Christian missionaries they just feed people, and they flock to their churches. But that would be an old-school way of proselytizing. The Raelian Movement, as it prepares a better Earth for the extraterrestrial s return (expected before 2035), is nothing if not forward-thinking. What amazes me, Palmer says with a tone of respect, is that they are so inventive. Copyright 2008 BadGalsRadio ~ I-riginal 100%GalBassed RooticalTruth. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@badgals-radio.com so we can take legal action immediately. Plugin by Taragana
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Jason Rhoades “Black Pussy” at DAVID ZWIRNER
from recent posts - blip.tv (beta) December 07, 2007
James Kalm returns to make a brief walk through tour of this, Jason Rhoades largest and last installation. With Rhoades death in 2006, shortly after the completion of Black Pussy , this work stands as a final monument to his particularly unique Western American vision. Accumulations of various objects, hookahs, cowboy hats, hand blown bottles, as well as neon signs referring to female genitalia create a dense network of cultural and aesthetic motifs critiquing the new millennial hipster.
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Limited Appeal - What's that hole in Luc's leg?
from Limited Appeal December 03, 2007
Warren's Urban Legend this week, in keeping with the pattern for this segment of being total horseshit, is that skunk spray was formerly used to keep women virginal before chastity belts were invented. Where the spray was applied is a matter of debate, but Warren insists that it was used in the most offensive way possible. What sound does a spraying skunk make after its scent gland has been removed? Listen and find out. And if you can still manage to maintain an erection despite having been neutered, let us know via email (maskedman@limitedappeal.net). Theme music courtesy of General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners and Ipecac Recordings.
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Is the baby a girl, boy or both?
from - blip.tv (beta) September 30, 2007
Is the baby a girl, boy or both? The infant with CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA (CAH) was born with ambiguous genitalia due to in-utero (in the womb) exposure to excess androgens caused by a deficiency of the steroid 21-Hydroxylase. The enzyme, 21-Hydroxylase is critical in the conversion cascade of CHOLESTEROL (an elegant structure) to Aldosterone and Cortisol (Cortisone is essential for life). Aldosterone deficiency caused this infant, soon after she was discharged from the hospital, severe salt wasting, hypovolemia, hyperkalemia and shock. She is well today. Cortisol deficiency in these patients contributes to poor cardiac function and adversely affects others physiologic processes. This infant with CAH has two older brothers with the same enzyme deficiency. I had asked the mother, some years before to seek early prenatal care were she to become pregnant. Dexamethasone is the glucocorticoid of choice because is not inactivated by the placenta and must be given early in the pregnancy. The mother was given DEXAMETHASONE AT 17 weeks. CAH is an autosomal recessive condition and this little girl's parents are both known carriers. To minimize unnecessary dexamethasone treatment in males or unaffected female fetuses, a prompt diagnosis is crucial. If healthcare had not been unavailable to this mother, the appropriate doctor could have prescribed the DEXAMETHASONE knowing that seven of eight pregnancies will need to be treated, without need, to prevent one female with ambiguous genitalia. Dexamethasone and pregnancy, are there side effects to the fetus? Once, I saw how a pregnant lady died on her way to the emergency room because her OB doctor failed to properly treat her asthma (an inflammatory condition) the night before. I have saved many pregnant women with acute bronchial asthma by using DEXAMETHASONE, and I have seen no congenital malformations. This case again illustrates that in early conception, the fetus can be either female or male and the phenotype can be discordant with his chromosomal type. That is, a male fetus, XY, can be born a female if there are certain enzyme defects. This infant with CAH will need for life a mineral-glucocorticoid and Sodium Chloride (NaCl or table salt) supplementation and careful follow up. This infant female (XX) has a uterus, fallopian tube and ovaries. What about surgery or vaginoplasty? What would you do if she were homosexual? Prenatal exposure to androgens "may influence subsequent sex-role behavior." Though most women are heterosexual, the data shows that there is increased probability of this child being homosexual. The surgeon may choose an early surgical path (Vaginoplasty and Clitoral Recession?). He won't know, however, for many years if his decision was wise or not. As can be seen, being gay or straight is not that simple. Gay or straight, though, is NATURE. The fertility rate for patients like this one with CAH is about 60 percent. Without cholesterol, there wouldn't be human life. If you have an elevated cholesterol, LDL, you must reduce your risk factors and know that expensive Lipitor is not the only option, but we're paying an arm and a leg for its marketing. In terms of "New Drugs," I have always been very cautious. As a result, none of my patients have died from adverse a drug reaction. Annually, 100,000 Americans die due to an adverse drug reaction. On the video, you'll see a man that macerated his penis using chemicals because he was certain his wife had a lover. Human behavior is undoubtedly the most complex area of medicine. Men often confuse the Pearly Papules of the Penis as "warts," especially if they did something they shouldn't have. Children too often share oral secretions and readily infect each other with viruses. In wading pools, children too often share their germs. Recently, a 3-year-old was infected with the Herpangina virus. He had to be hospitalized for a week for hydration and pain control. Pregnancy and some drugs do not mix. You'll see in the video a patient with PHOCOMELIA (defective development of arms and legs, "flipper-like") due to THALIDOMIDE, which the mother took in early pregnancy for morning sickness. CAH can cause stillbirths. At UCLA's Anatomy Department, they have a median section of this stillborn for you to see and photograph, like I did. This is a medical video (not pornography) and is intended to instruct and save lives. In no manner do I encourage you to self-diagnose. If there are omissions or errors, I cannot be responsible. I am constantly reviewing and updating my work. Luis Lomeli MD A clinical image is often worth more than 1000 words.
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MT#26 - Angelic genitalia
from A Minor Technicality Podshow February 18, 2007
After a weekend of playtime and fun for a change, another MT splurges out into the world. Sorry, but I messed up the mic settings a little, doh! The joys of returning to a more sensible work/life balance Freelance developers who have no clue Conference calls, I loathe them Soap shops The best solution for genital transplant. With tunes from The Shakes and Jeff Kornberg sourced from the Podsafe Music Network Promo: Strange But True Radio : Aycliff Podcast Running time: 32 minutes. Direct Download here .
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