July 24th, 2008, Written by
Semen Skater
Hope… In the news this week – at last ’a breakthrough’ with regard to treatment for prostate cancer. Hailed in a BBC News article as ‘the most significant advance in the field for 70 years’, and cautiously applauded in other news articles, it is claimed that the drug Abiraterone, which works by blocking the hormones which cause the [...]
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July 22nd, 2008, Written by
Private Dick
Well, let’s take a look at the past few months, let’s be contentious and up the ante. Stealth taxes have made the populace meaner, people having twigged they now have less in their pockets. The working classes ( and dare we use the term ‘working’ in these classless times? One M. Thatcher supposedly having done [...]
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July 19th, 2008, Written by
Semen Skater
That’s right – thought ( or perhaps even wished) we’d gone away? Incarcerated in Norway, or condemned by Marxist Feminists to a cell in New Hampshire perhaps? Nope, just biding our time and having our new website constructed, so you can expect more news, views and ooze and other vital discharges from the squirting pens [...]
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April 3rd, 2008, Written by
Semen Skater
This is The Red Knob fanzine. It’s about sexual health. It is targeted at a specific male cultural group according to principles of social marketing segmentation – it applies the sociology theory of masculinities to define the masculine group it is aimed at, and uses language and humour, cartoons and imagery that may offend the [...]
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February 21st, 2008, Written by
Private Dick
I watched a programme tonight about pensioners and their hardships in relation to keeping themselves warm on a State pension in Britain – given that fuel prices have risen by 73 percent since 1970. Last week’s news covered how much petroleum companies had made in profit… Coincidence? I think not. The real money is in [...]
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February 18th, 2008, Written by
Semen Skater
Equal opportunities? Whether it’s STIs or guidance on how sex and relationships education should be delivered, let’s have a level playing field! It’s time we moved on from the one-size fits all approach – one camp of people ‘dictating’ how SRE should be delivered whilst credible theory and guidance from another camp offers valid ways [...]
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February 15th, 2008, Written by
Private Dick
Standing in the reception of the Youth Offending Service I currently work for, a colleague from the training department came in with a brown cardboard box filled with literature, condoms and a prosthetic penis/condom demonstration model. She began a conversation, elaborating to myself and the others present, how she would be using the contents of [...]
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