Archive for the ‘External’ Category

Filed Under (Culture, External, LIFESTYLE, Youth) by pinkboxinggloves on February-20-2008

And it’s led by none other than Nalin de Silva. In the Daily News Midweek Review on the 13th of February, Nalin takes responsibility on behalf of the Veemansaka Parshadaya, an organization of which he is treasurer. And then he goes on the typical I’m-not-getting-laid-so-I’m-so-frustrated manner of bashing western society for everything that’s wrong with […]



Filed Under (External, Godaya, LIFESTYLE, Life, Poverty, Published, Reflections) by pinkboxinggloves on February-16-2008

For those of you out there who know me personally and know my financial status of being constantly broke, this is not about my personal level of poverty. Rather, this is a reflection of “poverty” as experienced by the masses.
One of my dreams came true last week, as I had the chance to attend a […]



Filed Under (Acceptance, External, Gay, Issues, LIFESTYLE, Sex, Stigma, Youth, Youth Issues) by pinkboxinggloves on February-14-2008

Mithra Sree Karunanayake’s article on last week’s Sunday Divaina, attempts to explore one of the favorite topics of Sri Lanka’s neo-conservatives: Culture and International Schools .
Whilst most of the article is done in the typical International School bashing manner that one expects, Mithra makes a couple of valid points in his article.
He talks of the […]



Filed Under (CSE, Discrimination, EDUCATION, External, Gay, LIFESTYLE, Relationships, Sex, Stigma, Straight, Youth Issues) by pinkboxinggloves on February-7-2008

“Because sex education is rarely sexy,
And Erotica is rarely safe.
Putting the sexy back into safer sex.”
Ever heard of the Pleasure Project? One of the few organizations working on the “sexy” aspect of safer sex. I had the pleasure of being at one of their workshops last August, during the 8th ICAAP.
Those of us who actually […]



Filed Under (Conflict, External, LIFESTYLE, Life, Peace, Responses, Sex, Sexism, Straight) by pinkboxinggloves on January-31-2008

Nilma Dole in her article titled Menage a Trois on the Sunday Observer on the 20th of January, narrates the “true story” told to her by a macho man about one of his sexual escapades. This (not-so) brilliant attempt by Nilma at feature writing with a dash of erotica proves several things to me, including […]



Filed Under (Conflict, External, LIFESTYLE, Life, Peace, Responses, Sex, Sexism, Straight) by pinkboxinggloves on January-31-2008

Nilma Dole in her article titled Menage a Trois on the Sunday Observer on the 20th of January, narrates the “true story” told to her by a macho man about one of his sexual escapades. This (not-so) brilliant attempt by Nilma at feature writing with a dash of erotica proves several things to me, including […]



Filed Under (Booze, External, HISTORY, Humor, Intoxication, LIFESTYLE, Poetry, Web) by pinkboxinggloves on January-27-2008

Starkle starkle little twink,
Who the hell are you I think?
I’m not under what you call,
The affluence of incohol.
I’m just a little slort of sheep,
I’m not drunk like thinkle peep.
I don’t know who is me yet,
But the drunker I stay the longer I get.
So one more drink to fill up my cup,
I got all sober to […]