Thanx Ashleyb.
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...And more about David Byun Photography.

Caia Koopman is a California artist.
Santa Cruz turned out to be the place that seduced her to the local skateboarding scene.
She is currently working as a freelance illustrator and painter in Oceanside, inspired by color, dreams, politics, and life.

Mystic hormones again.
Descartes described the pineal gland as "the seat of the soul". Yet the role of melatonin in humans is still unclear but fascinating (See studies of Pierpaoli Foundation).
The Melatonin Room by Swiss architects Jean-Gilles Decosterd and Philippe Rahm, brings LIGHT and DARK into a visible space - creatively interpreting these scientific concepts in an installation physically experienced.
More about Decoster&Rahm.

...and The Hormonorium by Philippe Rahm.
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After the Buddha's Hormone by Giancarlo Rosati and several studies about fisical effects and fisical benefits of meditation, here is another new study of the Université de Montréal about nuns brain during their mystical experiences.
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...More experiments about Unio Mystica here and here.

Mattel is reportedly threatening to sue Brazilian artist, Karin Schwarz for portraying Barbie as a lesbian. ( Read more )
Thanks to "come il mare" of LLI for her Gay TV link.

...And now I can't resist to post the porn&fetish Barbies that Ashleyb was manipulating during 2000 in England to illustrate his short story on Ghetto Boxer.

...And The Intolerance Collection by Michiel Mania again!

Sex-and-tech writer Annalee Newitz explores the pop-culture fascination with female robots in her The Fembot Mystique.
Fembots gallery here.
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More about Fembots and Female Cyborgs in the essay by Francesca Myman.

Irit Rabinowits was born in 1969 in Be'er Sheva, and currently resides and works in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Her art, deals with the process of defining a sexual identity.

Unspeakable Love is a book by Brian Whitaker about Gay and lesbian life in
the Middle East.

GAYMIDDLEEAST is a gay magazine that sees itself as a march of peace&freedoom in the arab world.

Helem that in arab means outing, leads a peaceful struggle for the liberation of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Lebanon from all sorts of legal, social and cultural discrimination.
Thanks Margherita for your link.

...And finally a blog, Middle East Gay Journal.

Will Cotton art. ( Via )

Art gallery from Saturno Butto' , an Italian artist from Venice. ( Via )

Mari-chan, character designer and illustrator from Osaka, Japan.

Prescription free happiness! Smiley, is the very first antidepressant perfume.
Available in Selfridges at the Beauty Hall on the Ground Floor, Oxford Street, London UK .

Finally in Milan, I've discovered a SH!-like store for women: La Vilma Saffic Bazaar.

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Hitomi Nagao's illustlation site cherry cherry.

...And under "Diary", her pretty blog.

"Rong Cheng, a newly-created robot, sits on display at the Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing August 7, 2006. Rong Cheng, dubbed as the first Chinese "beauty" robot, is able to respond to some 1,000 Chinese words. She can dance, bow and greet people in the Sichuan dialect as she is destined for the Sichuan Science Museum to serve as a receptionist. The robot costs about 300,000 yuan (US$37,500) to make, according to Xinhua News." ( Read more )
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d'Holbachie Yoko online art gallery.

In is book Dopamine, The Buddha's Ormone Giancarlo Rosati, is talking about the relation between Dopamine and meditation.
Dopamine C8H11NO2, is a chemical naturally produced in the body. In the brain, dopamine functions as a neurotransmitter, activating dopamine receptors. Dopamine is also a neurohormone released by the hypothalamus.
Dopamine is commonly associated with the pleasure system of the brain, providing feelings of enjoyment and reinforcement to motivate proactively perform certain activities. Dopamine is released by naturally rewarding experiences such as food, sex and meditation.

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