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Letting the Players Decide: The NCAA's Beach Volleyball Bikini Double Standard:
Hey guys, let’s talk about hypocrisy in college sports. If you have been keeping up with college beach volleyball, you might know about the restrictions surrounding what players can wear on the sand. Personally, I think the rules are a massive double standard, and it is time we call it out.
Body Autonomy and...
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adam_bovary:
Well said

Let’s be real for a second: on paper, Houston looks like a massive, concrete corporate gridlock fueled entirely by oil money and suburban sprawl. 🏙️ But if you peel back that thick layer of swamp humidity and highway exhaust, you’ll find one of the weirdest, grittiest, and most unapologetically chaotic alternative scenes in the country. 🎸
If you are an alt guy trying to navigate
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adam_bovary:
I've driven the panhandle of Texas. After the fires burned back any vegetation. And El Paso is the prime spot to enter Mexico. All in all, I had fun there. I live in Boston so I know the pains of driving in an unforgiving city.

If you thought my last post about getting pantsed by a dog in my Pokémon underwear was peak chaos, welcome to the sequel. I’ve realized my life is a walking comedy sketch, and it’s entirely because I am rocking the premium combo platter of Autism and ADHD (aka AuDHD).
Working in the trades with this brain is... an experience. Having AuDHD means I have two
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If you think working HVAC as an alt-guy is glamorous, let me humble myself real quick. I’ve already fallen through three different ceilings on the job (and my coworkers laughed their asses off).
But my absolute peak HVAC moment? Getting pantsed by a dog.
We roll up to a house, and this massive dog decides I’m public enemy number one. It takes off after me....
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cheekywhisper:
@chelsiegh Honestly, you just have to laugh at that point! 😂🤷‍♀️ At least my Pokémon underwear gave everyone a good show! 🎮⚡️ Gotta keep the job site entertaining! 🛠️🤪
chelsiegh:
Very true haha! @cheekywhisper
Houston isn't just one culture; it's a bunch of mini-cities mashed together. SuicideGirls works the same way. You take one exit, and you're looking at classic Goth models. Take the next ramp, and suddenly you’re surrounded by 90s Grunge aesthetics. Turn left, and you're looking at Cosplay nerds who can construct a flawless video game outfit from scratch. Every subculture has its own lane.

Hey ghouls,
If you haven’t curled up on the couch to stream Send Help on Hulu yet, what are you actually doing with your life?Sam Raimi is officially back in his bag, and he brought a massive bucket of fake blood with him.
The premise sounds simple on paper: two corporate coworkers (played by a wildly captivating Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien) survive a plane...
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chelsiegh:
My husband and I just watched this the other night! It was fantastic!
cheekywhisper:
@chelsiegh Love that! You and your husband clearly have excellent taste in movies.

For Dan

blog post by henrythevamp
Today would have been my brother, Dan's, sixty-third birthday. I wrote this poem for him a few years ago. Love you Dan.
For My Brother, On What Would Have Been His Birthday
(copyright 2026 by Michael Walker)
I will not say heaven
Because I do not believe
In heaven
But I hope
You are in some place
Heavenly
Far from these fast cars
And the...
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wolf:
This is so touching 🥹🩵🦋✨ your brotherly love is truly moving
henrythevamp:
@ginary @wolf Thank you so much!

I feel bad that this is my first blog post, but now I feel for the many girls who are unhappy with how things are being handled. Two sets of the day from two girls with the same photographer, with fewer than a thousand likes and even fewer comments, and on top of that, they're not very active in the community... That felt bad for...
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jiraiya78:
@helainked you are a sweetheart
goddessaset:
thank you so much 🩷

You might volleyball is just a mainstream sport, but the tattoo culture on the sand is unmatched. So many elite players are heavily inked with amazing meanings behind their pieces. Here are a few of the coolest tattooed athletes from the sport: Misty May-Treanor (USA): A legend with a dragonfly, flowers, and a Roman numeral V on her lower back. She also features a famous...
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If Lita was the punk-rock pioneer who brought the mosh pit to the ring, our next wrestling icon brought a completely different flavor of alternative culture to sports entertainment. We are talking about none other than TNA/Impact Wrestling legend and two-time Knockouts Champion, Velvet Sky.
As one half of the iconic tag team The Beautiful People, Velvet Sky mastered the art of "mean...
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For decades, mainstream television tried to tell women what "marketable" looked like—and it usually didn't involve heavy ink. Enter WWE’s Rhea Ripley. She completely shattered that old-school mold, bringing a massive dose of gothic, heavy-metal energy straight to prime-time TV. With roughly 20 tattoos covering her body, "Mami" has turned her skin into a canvas of rebellion, pop culture, and deep family history. Let’s break...
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samihain:
I love her. ❤️ 😍 My favorite female wrestler.