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Did You Know? May Is National Masturbation Monthnew

If you didn't know May was National Masturbation Month, you're not alone. The annual observance doesn't have a hugely high profile. It started in 1995 in -- where else? -- San Francisco, as a response to the forced resignation of U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders.

Philadelphia Weekly | Liz Spikol | 05-18-2009 | Sex

Tags: National Masturbation Month, sex & reproductive issues, sexual health, masturbation

'First City Review' Brings a Bit of Lit to Phillynew

If you think about Philadelphia the way some natives do, you might not think it's the best place to start a new literary magazine. But Michael Pollock, editor of the stellar new First City Review, out of Northern Liberties, thinks differently.

Philadelphia Weekly | Liz Spikol | 07-21-2008 | Media

Tags: media

Write Here?new

How do I serve my readers when I no longer know who they are?

Philadelphia Weekly | Liz Spikol | 02-04-2008 | Media

Tags: media

Mumia's Case Isn't as Simple as Some Make it Seemnew

Murdered by Mumia, a new book co-authored by conservative radio talk-show host Michael Smerconish and Daniel Faulkner's widow comes at a time when Abu-Jamal is closer than ever to receiving a new trial.

Philadelphia Weekly | Liz Spikol | 12-17-2007 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Philip Dawdy's Gone Blog Wildnew

Can the country's best online mental health journalist make a go of it in our new media landscape?

Philadelphia Weekly | Liz Spikol | 06-04-2007 | Media

Tags: media

Changing the Mental Health Procedures Actnew

Pennsylvania Senate Bill 226 would compel some people with severe, disabling mental illness to receive outpatient assisted treatment -- it isn't forced hospitalization, but it is forced treatment.

Philadelphia Weekly | Liz Spikol | 05-21-2007 | Science

Tags: Health & Science