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Fruit Fly

The New Abnormal

George Heymont | Posted 01.01.2013 | Arts
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George Heymont

Yes, We're Open is filled with many San Francisco-centric jokes that will resonate with hipster haters ("I'm going to a bacon party at an art gallery"). As Luke's hapless friend Brett, H.P. Mendoza gets to wear one the worst neckties ever seen onscreen in the history of cinema.

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A Plus-Size Woman Out With A Gay Man: Don't Assume You Know Her

Amelia | Posted 01.26.2013 | Gay Voices
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Amelia

It is assumed that the reason that plus-size women are often BFFs with gay men is that they can't get affection from other men, or even get dates, and that gay men pity them and are using them, giving nothing back. Well, I am one of these women, and those assumptions just don't fit.

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Bugs Do Drugs, And New Study Explains Why

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 02.21.2012 | Science
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Bugs do drugs. That sounds like a line from bizarro-Doctor Seuss, but it's actually the word from Emory University scientists--who say that a type of ...

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In Case You Weren't Scared Enough: Palin on "Fruit Fly Research"

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

Fruit flies are more than just the occasional vehicles for research relevant to human disabilities. They are literally the foundation of modern genetics.

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