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2008/4/3

The government of Thailand has outlawed cosmetic castration, a surgical procedure that was becoming surprisingly popular as a cheaper, quicker alternative to sex change operations:

However, at the lower end of the market, clinics have responded to demand from teenage boys to look more like girls by posting Internet advertisements offering castration for as little as 4,000 baht ($125).

Demand for teenage boys to look more like girls? Is this driven by particularly harsh economic considerations, or is it an extreme manifestation of fashion?

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2022/12/31

With another year coming to its conclusion, here is the annual list of noteworthy records: Astrel K - Flickering I ( BandCamp ) Astrel K, the new Stockholm-based band from Ulrika Spacek frontman Rhys

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2021/12/31

And, with the end of the second plague year, here is the annual list of noteworthy records of the year: Damon Albarn — The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows ( BandCamp

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2018/12/31

As 2018 comes to an end, here is once again my list of records of the past year: Belle & Sebastian — How To Solve Our Human Problems This year brought another Belle &