milkboys » Controversy & Opinions http://blog.milkboys.org The Boys Blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:32:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Husbands & Husbands http://blog.milkboys.org/article/husbands-husbands/ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/husbands-husbands/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:10:23 +0000 Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/husbands-husbands/ More >]]> An interesting exchange with a small boy who meets a gay couple at a family function
 
 

For this boy it was a simple step of logic. First, he admits he knew about husbands and wives but had never seen a husband and husband before. He says: "This is the very first time I’ve seen husbands and husbands." And then he draws his conclusion: "So that means you love each other." A logical conclusion, but one so many people seem to miss.

]]> http://blog.milkboys.org/article/husbands-husbands/feed/ 30 Smoking is Gay. For Real. http://blog.milkboys.org/article/smoking-is-gay-for-real/ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/smoking-is-gay-for-real/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:45:00 +0000 Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/smoking-is-gay-for-real/ More >]]> It looks like the Onion has more influence on the real world than they might prefer to think. Their satire video about a teen health campaign that compares smoking to being gay triggered a discussion about what comedy is allowed to say when it comes to minorities. The French, who aren’t exactly squeamish when it comes to sex or racy content in advertising, are already a step ahead. A controversy has erupted over an ad that some feel has gone a step too far: it doesn’t just evoke oral sex, but actually simulates it. And these salacious images are targeting young people in what is actually a laudable campaign — trying to stop them from smoking.

The ads are meant to link smoking to submission and have a caption that reads: “Smoking means being a slave to tobacco”

The campaign of the Droits des Non-Fumeurs (Non-Smokers’ Rights) association features male and female adolescents kneeling at the waist of a businessman with a cigarette in their mouth.. Queer activists are concerned the ads could rehash prejudices and clichés against gays; an organisation for rape victims says “the campaign trivialises sexual abuse -- worse, it implies guilt on the part of the abused”. France’s conservative minister for families, Nadine Morano, said she would take measures to get the advert banned on grounds of “public offense to decency”.

Tobacco is the number one cause of avoidable deaths as well as of cancer in France, according to the health ministry. Half of French students over 14 have tried smoking at some point. While Droits des Non-Fumeurs argues that young smokers tend to ignore adverts focusing on health, other activists were doubtful about the effectiveness of the provocative posters.

What do you think, are these ads too much or just enough?

]]> http://blog.milkboys.org/article/smoking-is-gay-for-real/feed/ 34 I have to tell you something… http://blog.milkboys.org/article/i-have-to-tell-you-something/ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/i-have-to-tell-you-something/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:12:19 +0000 Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/i-have-to-tell-you-something/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4YUY4feys
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Someone has to state the obvious ;)

]]> http://blog.milkboys.org/article/i-have-to-tell-you-something/feed/ 10 You don’t need to be so tough http://blog.milkboys.org/article/no-need-to-be-afraid/ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/no-need-to-be-afraid/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:53:20 +0000 Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/no-need-to-be-afraid/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQi6NymyZoM
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This Norwegian public service announcement for gay teens is floating around the net for years now but people ask me about it every now an then so i thought it wouldn’t hurt to post it again. The text says "You don’t need to be so tough""
]]> http://blog.milkboys.org/article/no-need-to-be-afraid/feed/ 16 GAY = SIN http://blog.milkboys.org/article/gay-sin/ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/gay-sin/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:15:00 +0000 Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/gay-sin/ Original Source | Download this Video ]]> http://blog.milkboys.org/article/gay-sin/feed/ 27 Omar http://blog.milkboys.org/article/omar/ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/omar/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:04:20 +0000 Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/omar/ More >]]> Omar is one of five French short films against homophobia. The story is pretty easy to follow even with my poor French skills from school ;) The other videos can be seen here. Thanks to shezatokyo for posting this on the milkboard.

 

C’est l’histoire d’Omar, un jeune homosexuel qui vit dans une cité. Une cité qu’il aime et qui l’aime mais où la pression est telle qu’il ne peut vivre, ni même révéler son homosexualité. Pas même à son meilleur ami Morad. Jusqu’au jour où son histoire d’amour cachée avec Arthur est découverte. Une décision s’impose alors : renoncer à son amour ou quitter la cité pour d’autres horizons.

]]> http://blog.milkboys.org/article/omar/feed/ 20 Everything is Relative http://blog.milkboys.org/article/everything-is-relative/ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/everything-is-relative/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:04:00 +0000 Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/everything-is-relative/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdrCalO5BDs

The yearly US defence budget is nearly the amount we would
need to feed and educate every child on earth for 5 years

More Relations

]]> http://blog.milkboys.org/article/everything-is-relative/feed/ 63 My new Dress http://blog.milkboys.org/article/my-new-dress/ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/my-new-dress/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:33:39 +0000 Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/my-new-dress/ More >]]> I know it  doesn’t really fit in here age-wise but it was way too cute to skip it. And it has an important message about gender clichés of course. Try to ignore the horrible subtitles, rather be thankful there are some; Spanish speaking people tend to believe everyone speaks their language conspicuously often ;)

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]]> http://blog.milkboys.org/article/my-new-dress/feed/ 69 Periodical Political Post *34 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/periodical-political-post-34/ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/periodical-political-post-34/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:14:43 +0000 Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/periodical-political-post-34/ More >]]> English

 

German

]]> http://blog.milkboys.org/article/periodical-political-post-34/feed/ 10 Consciousness http://blog.milkboys.org/article/consciousness/ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/consciousness/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:24:25 +0000 Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/consciousness/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ5bUZYsz2I ]]> http://blog.milkboys.org/article/consciousness/feed/ 27