Celebrity Buzz A risky move, both in execution and interpretation, that is not to be attempted by amateurs. From amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2012 event at Cannes. Angelina Jolie's Right Leg is doing a slow, teary-eyed clap right now.
Culture Buzz For years, AIDES, the French safe sex non-profit, has produced the best advertising in the category. And, in the same vein, their latest ad is not for puritans.
Culture Buzz The Week magazine's Bad Opinion Generator gives you a taste of what the world would be like if cool people did not exist.
Shift Buzz A new study shows female condoms are a surprisingly effective way to stop the spread of HIV. But does anybody actually use them? Turns out, people do — if they know how.
And shockingly, his Twitter is now gone completely. Well done Kenyon. This is the way to keep fan support on the player's side during a frustrating work stoppage. Well done. (via deadspin.com)
Politics Buzz Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul used to publish a libertarian newsletter in the '80s and '90s. They were not, shall we say, sane. From those newsletters, here are some racist/homophobic/anti-semitic musings on everything from AIDS to Hate Whitey Day (aka Martin Luther King Jr. Day). Paul says he didn't write any of the following quotes, but they all appeared under his name. Yiiiiiikes.
Science Buzz Scientists have discovered that those lab created green-glowing kitties can resist the feline version of HIV. (via dailymail.co.uk)
This cartoon cat has had too much Friskies, me thinks. This is how the French teach safe sex to the masses. It's very informative! I never knew you could do that to a whale's blowhole.
Culture Buzz A German video game in which you box AIDS by waggling your penis in front of a webcam. It requires a special e-condom that can be recognized by the game. Chatroulette must be cranking out Cock Out champions by the thousands. Below is a slightly NSFW video of dudes “playing.”
There's a lesson in this video somewhere. Remember: The only safe hugging is no hugging at all. :(
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,596242,00.html
U.S. researchers discovered two powerful antibodies that neutralize more than 90 percent of all known strains of the HIV virus in the lab, new research released Thursday showed.
I think the message is very well intentioned. Not quite sure about the presentation.
A muffled house beat. Sweaty, naked bodies. A man, thrusting away from behind. Boobs. And then…Hitler's mustache? It's all to drive home the message for World AIDS Day 2009: “AIDS is a mass murderer.” Heavy stuff.
A PSA poster warning young girls to steer clear of older men, cause they all have AIDS. To be fair, they also can give you candy and stuff too.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/health/268986.php
According to a new mathematical model, HIV could theoretically be eliminated within ten years if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested and treated. Although taking AIDS medications isn't necessarily a day a day in the park, this could be a promising step in the right direction.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://...
An increasing number of countries worldwide are making spreading HIV a crime, according to a new report from the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
Business Buzz A license that guarantees you’re disease-free and ready to bump uglies. Does honesty mean nothing anymore? (No, it doesn’t. Get tested, y’all!)
A NSFW French ad that explores the deep seas of sexuality. It’s an ad promoting safe sex from the European HIV/AIDS non-profit AIDES, and it just won a Bronze medal at the Cannes International Advertising Festival.