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Man-Hating Feminism More Than Just A Myth

Octavia Sheepshanks | Posted 05.20.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Women, Women's Rights, Twitter, Women's Issues, University of Cambridge, Feminist, Man Hating, Male Feminists, Man-Hating, Feminists, Myths, Feminism, Cambridge University, UK Universities & Education News
Octavia Sheepshanks

When some of the most commendable feminists I know are men, this is a pretty confusing statement to be making. If we isolate roughly half of the population from the movement, what can we hope to achieve?

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Mediation Myths and Misunderstandings That May Affect Your Decisions in Divorce

Diane L. Danois, J.D. | Posted 05.10.2013 | Divorce
Read More: Mediation, Divorce, Myths, Family Law Mediation, Family Law, Divorce Mediation, Divorce News
Diane L. Danois, J.D.

The unknowns and avalanche of effects falling like dominoes are often too overwhelming for one person to handle: "How do I start the process? When is the best time for me to initiate the divorce? If and when I make the decision to divorce, should I litigate or mediate?" It can be mind-boggling.

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To the Motherless on Mother's Day

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 05.03.2013 | Impact
Read More: Sitcoms, Holland Taylor, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Psychology, Two and a Half Men, Myths, Adult Children, Impact News
Dr. Cheryl Pappas

Since we have officially begun the late-April through mid-May greeting card industry wind-up to M-Day, I thought it only fair to say a word on behalf of those for whom Mother's Day is actually Motherless Day.

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Shanda Freeman: An Expert Busting the Myths of Romance

HooplaHa | Posted 04.24.2013 | Women
Read More: Relationship Advice, Relationships, Love and Relationships, Dating Advice, Romance, Dating, Shanda Freeman, Experts, Myths, Love, Video, Women News
HooplaHa

Is it true that guys don't like girls who eat too much on the first date? Relationship expert Shanda Freeman stars in HooplaHa's latest series, What's...

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10 Credit Myths That Fool the Best of Us

Bethy Hardeman | Posted 04.11.2013 | Business
Read More: Credit Report, Credit Score, Myths, Can My Employer See My Credit Score, Credit Score Myths, Does My Income Affect My Credit Score, Credit Score Factors, Business News
Bethy Hardeman

Credit myths and rumors are unfortunately spread around all the time, especially on the World Wide Web. Today I'm wrangling 10 of the most common credit myths to help set things straight.

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Leave the Pope Alone

Gilles Herrada, Ph.D. | Posted 04.05.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Catholic Church, Cosmology, Divorce, Myths, Pope, Adam and Eve, Same-Sex Marriage, Judeo-Christianity, Gay Voices News
Gilles Herrada, Ph.D.

He and his Church are not exactly the problem, and even less the solution. A hypothetical acceptance of same-sex marriage by the Roman Catholic Church will fail to provide what same-sex lovers need from spiritual leaders.

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Because I Said So

Don Meyer, Ph.D. | Posted 03.27.2013 | College
Read More: Jeopardy, Myths, Sayings, Ken Jennings, Ken Jennings Book, Ken Jennings Jeopardy, Ken Jennings New Book, College News
Don Meyer, Ph.D.

In his book Ken Jennings has compiled "125 of the nagging Mom and Dad-isms that we all grew up with." To the best of his ability he has researched them and renders a verdict of "True" or "False." For some of them he acknowledges that the truth is not absolute.

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How Flawed Memories Teach Us What's True

Ben Thomas | Posted 03.22.2013 | TED Weekends
Read More: The Key to Memory, History, Neuroscience, Language, Songs, Brain, Mythology, Memory, Brain Science, Storytelling, Memory Loss, Myths, Music, Mind, Memories, TED Weekends News
Ben Thomas

2013-01-18-TEDplayvideo.jpgJussi Hovenen sings songs that few people care to hear nowadays. He's the last rune singer in Finland -- the only living man who can still sing most of his ancestors' great ballads and epics from memory.

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Debunking The Blood Type Diet (VIDEO)

Posted 03.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Blood, Blood Type, Myth-Busting, Blood Types, Myths, Blood-Type-Diet, Diet, Healthy Living News

If you're an avid follower of health trends then you might know of The Blood Type Diet, a diet that recommends different eating patterns based on (you...

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Beer Myths That Won't Go Away

Menuism | Posted 05.01.2013 | Taste
Read More: Menuism, Dark Beer, Guinness, Menuism Beer Blog, Beer, Miller Beer, Cold Beer, Myths, Craft Beer, Taste News
Menuism

Let's take a look at some of the most heinous falsities and set the record straight on dark beers, proper serving and storage temperature, and the damage done by years of beer advertisements.

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The Lowdown on Lactose Intolerance: 10 Need-to-Knows

Posted 02.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Dairy, Vitamin D, Milk, Healthy Diet, Lactose Intolerance, Cheese, Bslide-Dairycouncil, Facts, Myths, Diet, National Dairy Council, Yogurt, Lactase, Got Milk, Health, Tips, Calcium, Healthy Living News

There once was a time when all the milk you needed was provided daily at breakfast or suppertime, but times have changed and, as a busy adult, so have...

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3 Urban Legends About Digestion

Posted 01.29.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Digestion Facts, Urban Legends, Swallowing-Gum-Myth, Video, Digestion, Myths, Digestion Urban Legends, Digestion Problems, US News, Digestion Myths, Healthy Living News

By Tamara Duker Freuman for U.S. News We all love a good urban legend, and it can be especially fun when they turn out to be true. It recently d...

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The Mythology Of Teen Boys 'Snapping'

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 03.11.2013 | Parents
Read More: Psychiatry, Teen Boys, Violence, Psychology, Parenting, School Shootings, Myths, Weapons, Guns, Mothers, Teenagers, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Education, Parents-Teens, Sex, Teen Boys and Mental Health, Fathers, Parents News
Barbara Greenberg

Teen boys and other individuals who commit violent crimes do not simply snap. Rubber bands snap. People do not.

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The Myth of Santa

Caren Chesler | Posted 03.05.2013 | Parents
Read More: Christmas 2012, Believing in Santa, Christmas, Santa Claus, Childhood Innocence, Make-Believe, New Year's Eve, Myths, Santa, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Caren Chesler

Eddie had been saying, "San-ta! San-ta!" all week, but now that he was face-to-face with the man, he just sat there and said nothing. He didn't look particularly happy, and yet he didn't look particularly sad or frightened. He simply sat there as if Santa's lap was a chair like any other.

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Was It A Unicorn OR Something Even More Bizarre?

Posted 12.08.2012 | World
Read More: Unicorn, North Korea Unicorn, Mythology, Unicorn Lair, Myths, North Korea, Kirin Myth, World News

Was it a unicorn or something even more bizarre? In a bizarre twist to the earlier claim that archeologists had found a secret unicorn lair in Nort...

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The End Approacheth And Recedeth: Apocalypse As Myth

David Kudler | Posted 01.26.2013 | Religion
Read More: Joseph Campbell, Apocalypse, Mayan Prophecy, Myths, Mayan Calendar, Armageddon, Mythology, Religion News
David Kudler

What is certain is that the idea of apocalypse -- the myth of the word's end -- exercises a real, enduring power over the human imagination. Not a year goes by when some would-be prophet or other begins counting down to doomsday.

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Inside The Mind of a Whistleblower

Brian Penny | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Whistleblowers, Facts, Myths, Off the Bus, Brian Penny, Whistleblower, offthebus2012, Offthebus, Politics News
Brian Penny

I love being a whistleblower. I'm proud of it. When I wrote my last article about being a whistleblower, the response I received was overwhelming. Ma...

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15 Old Wives' Tales People Really Believe

Posted 01.27.2013 | Weird News
Read More: 15 Urban Myths, Video, Hp, Old Wives Tales List, 15 Old Wives Tales, Old Wives? Tales, Urban Legends, Urban Myths List, Myths, Weird News News

EDITOR'S NOTE: Our friends at TruTV have shared with us the 15 most believable old wives' tales, superstitions and urban legends. Did you believe...

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Mythology and Science; Or, What Do We Want From Popular Science?

Gregory Schrempp | Posted 12.08.2012 | Science
Read More: Science, Popular Science, Myths, Mythology, Cosmos, Science News
Gregory Schrempp

Carl Sagan (Cosmos), citing the origin of everyday chemical elements in stars, concludes that "We are, in the most profound sense, children of the Cosmos." Obviously Sagan is not talking literally, but just as certainly he knows the power of anthropomorphic appeal.

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Top Ten Stem Cell Myths and Urban Legends

Paul Knoepfler | Posted 12.02.2012 | Science
Read More: Adult Stem Cells, Stem Cell Research, Myths, Embryonic Stem Cells, Science News
Paul Knoepfler

Stem cells. Understandably, just that phrase evokes all kinds of different reactions from people. They might reflect a preference in favor of a part...

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Five Common Public Relations Myths... Busted!

Jennifer Nagy | Posted 11.26.2012 | Small Business
Read More: Public-Relations, Small Business, Pr-Tips, Public Relations Professionals, Public Relations, Marketing, Business Marketing Tips, Myths, Marketing Tips, Small Business Marketing, Small Business News
Jennifer Nagy

One of the most undervalued marketing tactics is public relations. This is most likely because most people have no idea what PR is. I've debunked the top five most common PR myths to show you how PR can help you to market your small business more effectively.

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Literature of the Soul

Ombretta Di Dio | Posted 11.24.2012 | Books
Read More: Literature, Art, Gulliver's Travels, Social Network, Delusions, Books, Myths, Motivation, Culture, Writing, Reading, Books News
Ombretta Di Dio

My affair with books reached an obsessive level of magnificence, from Louisa May Alcott to Jane Austen and George Orwell. I read whatever I could find in my parents' house. Reading was a part of my daily routine, just like eating or drinking water.

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The Mythology Of Burning Man

Derek Beres | Posted 11.05.2012 | Religion
Read More: Joseph Campbell, Burning Man 2012, Burning Man, American Mythology, Myths, Mysticism, Mythology, Slideexpand, Religion News
Derek Beres

My sojourn to the festival in the desert verified something: This is the most widespread example that America has at consciously creating a modern mythology.

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Jason Gilbert

The 9 Biggest Tech Myths You Should Stop Believing

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 09.01.2012 | Technology
Read More: Video, Captain Gadget, Laptop Charging, Popular Tech Myths, Technology Myths, Apple Virus, Megapixel Myth, Megapixels, Macs Virus, Qwerty Keyboard, Slideexpand, Myths, Tech Myths, Technology News

In the tech world, as in just about any other sphere, there are certain myths, campfire stories and old wives' tales that get passed down and repeated...

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Dirty Dozen Travel Myths

William D. Chalmers | Posted 10.30.2012 | Travel
Read More: Hotels, Adventure, Trains, Cruises, Digital Photography, Travel, Aaa, Myths, Travel Blogs, Flying, Travel News
William D. Chalmers

It is near the end of summer and we are all just coasting along until Labor Day. Many of us are now susceptible to believe things that just aren't true -- like campaign commercials! Travel is no different. Urban legends and false truism abound among us fellow travelers.

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