Thursday, July 17, 2014

NO PENIS, NO BRAINS....NOT A GOD!

Rapper Andre Johnson, who made headlines in April when he severed his penis before jumping out of his second story apartment building, told E! News that he did it because he is not a mortal man. “Yes, I was using drugs that night, but I was in complete control,” the rapper told the celebrity-gossip outlet.. “I cut it off because that was the root of all my problems. My solution to the problem was the realization that sex is for mortals, and I am a god…Those kinds of activities got me into trouble, and I came here to be a god.” Johnson performs under the name Christ Bearer. His group is affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan. Immediately following the incident, Johnson remained quiet. “People perceived me as crazy, so I never wanted to speak wholeheartedly on the matter,” he told E! News. “But now, in retrospect, the truth must be told.” The rapper, who said doctors were unable to reattach his genitalia, said he was not trying to kill himself, as initially suspected. “I didn’t want to kill myself,” Johnson said. “That was just my response to the demons. They were doing their best to get to me, but being alive solidified my thoughts. … I’m alive, penis or no penis.”

Monday, July 7, 2014

SWEET OLD LADY

California – A 60-year-old California woman who has been involved in a series of “neighborhood disputes” is jailed on three felony charges after allegedly spraying a “poisonous weed killer” in the face and eyes of a seven-year-old who lives in the same condominium complex.
Julie Rodenhuis was arrested evening after cops were dispatched to the development to investigate a reported assault on a child. According to police in Grover Beach, a coastal community 90 miles north of Santa Barbara, Rodenhuis sprayed the pesticide on the child, who was immediately treated by family members. The victim was subsequently treated by emergency service personnel at the scene and then transported to a local hospital, from which the child was later released.

4TH OF JULY COOKOUTS

NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) - An Inwood man is under arrest after throwing a woman onto the hot coals from an overturned grill and then stabbing her with a barbecue utensil. According to authorities, the incident happened on Saturday when Fredrick Walker, 43, pushed over a grill on Bayview Avenue in Inwood and then shoved the 56-year old woman onto the hot coals, striking her head against a sidewalk before he stabbed her in the neck. Another man tried to intervene and was burned by the hot coals. Walker is being charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and three counts of second-degree assault.

HAIRY WOMEN

Female Arizona State University students can receive extra credit for defying social norms and refusing to shave for 10 weeks during the semester. Women and Gender Studies Professor Breanne Fahs, encourages her female students to cease shaving their underarms and legs during the semester and document their experiences in a journal.   Student Stephanie Robinson said it was a “life changing experience.” “Many of my friends didn’t want to work out next to me or hear about the assignment, and my mother was distraught at the idea that I would be getting married in a white dress with armpit hair,” Robinson told ASU news.Men are also allowed to receive extra credit, as long as they shave their bodies from the neck down. Fahs says the experiment illustrates social issues with gender roles, particularly with the male participants. “One guy did his shaving with a buck knife,” Fahs said. “Male students tend to adopt the attitude of, ‘I’m a man; I can do what I want.” As the Director of the Center for Feminist Research on Gender and Sexuality Group at ASU, Fahs has been very active in women’s issues. Her academic journals have been published in outlets such as Feminism & Psychology, Psychology of Women Quarterly and Gender and Society. She has also authored books including Performing Sex, Moral Panics of Sexuality and her newest biography on the life of radical feminist and attempted assassin, Valerie Solonas. Participant and student Jaqueline Gonzalez said the experience allowed her to start on a path of activism. “The experience helped me better understand how pervasive gendered socialization is in our culture. Furthermore, by doing this kind of activist project I was no longer an armchair activist theorizing in the classroom.” she said. “So much is learned by actually taking part in the theory or idea we learn in the classroom, and we could benefit from this type of pedagogy being taken up by similar classes.”