Taboos

Play-Doh Pornos On "Parade"

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Nathalie Djurberg New Museum, Claymation, Nathalie Djurberg, Video, Nathalie Djurberg Parade, Animated Shorts, Hans Berg, Slideexpand, Taboos, New Museum, Female Artists, Animation, Arts News

Considering her animated videos mostly incorporate some cocktail of torture, bestiality and sexual abuse, Nathalie Djurberg was quite shy in person. S...

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Breaking Yet Another Taboo -- Is It a Good Thing for Our Psyche?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Sex Abuse, Boardwalk Empire, Child Abuse, Game of Thrones, Sibling Incest, Golden Globes, Incest, Shameless, Freud, Horseplay, Psychoanalysis, Oedipal Complex, Modern Family, Twincest, Homeland, Two and a Half Men, Hazing, Oedipal Tragedy, Taboos, Incest Taboo, Step-Parents, Entertainment News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

Incest in the arts and literature is not new -- going back as far as Greek mythology -- but it was almost always disguised or implied. Now these twisted romances are depicted in graphic detail for all to see.

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Code of Silence

Jessica Keener | Posted 12.08.2011

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Jessica Keener

In the 1960s, a time of social restlessness and change, I was a teen growing up in a Boston suburb. Like many teenagers, I was part of a small clique ...

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The Last Taboo

Louis Licari | Posted 10.29.2011

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Louis Licari

Older men have been dating younger women for years, raising eyebrows and causing the judgmental snickers of middle-aged women and men for years. In the last decade, the tables have turned.

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Considering Divorce? Surprise--So Are Your Friends

Elisabeth Joy LaMotte, LICSW | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Marital Status, Community, Divorce, Separation, Taboos, Friendship, Divorce News
Elisabeth Joy LaMotte, LICSW

For most, deciding to separate is no easy feat, especially if children are involved. The process of making this tremendous decision is usually predic...

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Interview with a Philosopher: A Class on Porn

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sexualization, Pornography, Education, Philosophy, Socrates, Sex, Taboos, War, Violence, Jenna Jameson, Jacob Held, Tom Morris, Porn, The Unexamined Life, Cultural Taboos, Torture, Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Feminism, Obscenity, Freedom of Speech, Healthy Living News
Tom Morris

Hugh Hefner long ago shocked people nationally and sought to make them think in new ways by personally philosophizing about sex, love, and pornography...

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Full Disclosure: Have Mommy Bloggers Gone Too Far?

Wendy Sachs | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Julie Myerson, Memoirs, Mommy Bloggers, Children, Privacy, Taboos, Internet, The Lost Child, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Healthy Living News
Wendy Sachs

Am I breaching the natural maternal pact with my young children when I use them as the backdrop in writing about my own experience in motherhood?

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