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Karen Gurney: The truth about faking orgasms | TED Talk

By Karen Gurney • TEDxLondonWomen

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Whose pleasure is prioritized during sex, and why?

Psychosexologist Karen Gurney explains how a lack of equal pleasure in the bedroom actually reflects broader gender inequality in society — and asks you to reconsider what dynamics are at play, even behind closed doors.

Editor’s Note: Read more, see link below for original item…

Source: Karen Gurney: The truth about faking orgasms | TED Talk

The Wall Street Journal: Trips to London, Tokyo and Europe Haven’t Been This Affordable in 25 Years

Tourists are taking advantage of the strong U.S. dollar as the pound, yen and euro fall to multidecade lows

By Allison Pohle, Updated Oct. 11, 2022 11:04 am ET

Photo by Chait Goli on Pexels.com

The Wall Street Journal: Trips to London, Tokyo and Europe Haven’t Been This Affordable in 25 Years. Note: May be behind paywall…

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/strong-dollar-pound-yen-euro-travel-11665429767?mod=flipboard

Cracking the Case of London’s Elusive, Acrobatic Rare-Book Thieves | Vanity Fair

Illustrations by Shawn Martinbrough; Coloring by Christopher Sotomayor.

“Impossible,” said David Ward. The London Metropolitan Police constable looked up.

Some 50 feet above him, he saw that someone had carved a gaping hole through a skylight. Standing in the Frontier Forwarding warehouse in Feltham, West London, he could hear the howl of jets from neighboring Heathrow Airport as they roared overhead.

At Ward’s feet lay three open trunks, heavy-duty steel cases. They were empty. A few books lay strewn about. Those trunks had previously been full of books. Not just any books. The missing ones, 240 in all, included early versions of some of the most significant printed works of European history.

Source: Cracking the Case of London’s Elusive, Acrobatic Rare-Book Thieves | Vanity Fair