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Allison-LaMotte culture – The Allison-Lamotte and Vincennes Cultures: Cultural Evolution in the Wabash Valley by R.J. Barth, 1982, University of Illinois at Urbana; Late Woodland Societies: Tradition and Transformation across the Midcontinent by T.E. Emerson and D.L. McElrath, passim, 2000; Allison-Lamotte Culture of the Daugherty-Monroe Site, Sullivan County, Indiana by R.E. Pace and G.A. Apfelstadt, 1980, Anthropology Laboratory, Indiana
Origins of Civilization - This is a request to synthesize the literature written on the topic of the origins of civilization and the rise of the state. FYI - this is not included in the Civilization article. I believe the subject deserves its own article. Thank you.
Hasanlu Lovers - URL sourced ; . Skeleton couple embracing in a kiss found in 1972 at an archaeological excavation site in Iran, Western Azerbaijan, Solduz Valley. Known as the 3000 Year Old Kiss. This couple is in a similar pose to the Lovers of Valdaro which is 6000 years old found in 2007 in Mantua, Italy.
Russian Youth - This is a request for persons of knowledge to create an article or redirect to an article on the matter of Russian Youth and their culture. It's not a simple Google search away.
celetoid – form of celebrity created by mass communications and staged authenticity (lottery winners, one-hit wonders, sports arena streakers, mistresses of public figures, etc.
Compensated Sex Partner A person paid for providing sexual activity aka "Provider" (Gender and stereotype-free definition of sex provider)...really! not on the board yet? wow! (Not a callgirl, not a prostitute, not a hooker, not a stripper)
hate-drinking – English (V., Adv.); rapid consumption of inexpensive beer or some other form of low-grade alcohol that evokes a raging and convoluted thought process paralleled by the accelerated usage of explicit and vulgar language
Japanese influence on Korean culture – There is an article outlining Korea's influence on Japan, which comes across as very biased. I think there is much to be heard about Japan's influence on Korean culture and would do well to help create balance in the Misplaced Pages community since there seems to be much Korean nationalism influencing many articles here
stone letters – pre-literate form of communication at a distance; described in the film Departures (); round stones indicate content, rough stones indicate concern
straw boys – participants of an old marriage custom in Ireland
Wanshougong Taoist Temple Not to be confused with Wanshou Buddhist Temple in Beijing. The Wanshougong Taoist Temple is in Xishancun, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. An annual Taoist festival is held there every year. Search Google Images for "China江西省南昌新建西山村".
Night of Terror – horrific night on November 15, 1917, in which the warden of the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia ordered his guards to teach the peaceful female suffragists a "lesson". The guards then proceeded to beat the women bloody, nearly killing some of them. For weeks after, the women were given little water and only worm-infested food.
Permanent Wave (organization) – online network of feminist artists and activist; founded in 2010; has chapters in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston and San Francisco;
Special Containment Procedures – series of fictional governmental documents detailing the handling of various supernatural and otherwise anomalous objects and entities
Camp Everytown – leadership camp, for high-school students, dealing with the understanding of identity and cultural development, gender and racial bias, and self-expression
Awakenings disability arts festival — a challenge to my peers in Australia! I'm currently writing a new article about the InterACT disability arts festival in Auckland, New Zealand. Our festival was inspired originally by the Awakenings disability arts festival of Horsham, Victoria, Australia. I've added Awakenings to the Culture section for Horsham, with a reference. Any Ozzies out there want to work on a new page for your country's "only regional disability arts festival"?
cave master – a profession concerning the maturing of cheese in caves
car guard – type of job, especially prevalent in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia among impoverished; it is a very real institution in these countries
cosmic ballet – Alvin Toffler (Future Shock, I think); a concept of our lives viewed from a distance (for example from space) where patterns emerge that are not immediately obvious
Exodus Youth Worx - An Australian non for profit organisation helping Middle Eastern Youth living in Australia see
era of mass surrenders The period from WWII until the 1970's when single women were forced to place their newborns for adoption.
FM Concepts - One of the most important companies producing bondage photography and movies in the Unites States, many Models like Celeste Star, Erica Ellyson or Samantha Ryan have modeled for them.
methodological functionalism - The concept that society is the result of the aggregation of it's individuals' decisions/actions. A direct response to Functionalism.
Neurocam International: There used to be an article about this topic, but now it's gone. The phenomenon (apparently a massive art project or sociological experiment) keeps evolving and has released much more information that in previous years.
Temperance orders: temperance orders created in America in the Progressive Era for character-building. Related to Boy Scouts (created in Britain) and Boy Brigades (also created in Britain) establishments.
I've been exploring wikipedia, and found that we have a few stubby articles like Stereotypes of Argentines.. and that got me thinking: how about an article on Stereotypes of countries/Country stereotypes?? There's an awesome source at The Guardian, which then splits off into 6 articles on Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain. These sources are particularly good as they don't just state and explain the stereotypes, they also say how close they are to the actual situation in the country. This subject is very fascinating, and would love to get stuck in, however I do feel that you guys would be a lot better at putting this article together than I. Perhaps instead an article entitled National stereotypes - GoogleBooks seems to have a wealth of info on this topic.
Potato Break – holiday for students in Victoria and Carleton counties in New Brunswick, Canada, in which they are given two weeks off in September to help farmers by working in the potato fields
Unofficial St. Patrick's Day – March 10, 2008; University of Illinois unofficial holiday that was created by Scott Cochrane, executive of Cochrane Enterprises, to make money off St. Patrick's Day because the regular St. Patrick's Day occured during spring break
Thanksgivingkuh – November 28th, 2013; Hanukkah and Thanksgiving occur on the same day once in every 79,000 years. Featured on the Colbert Report.
Cimmeria (mythology) - According to Greek myth, a land of mists and perpetual night beyond Oceanus at the world's edge, home to the mysterious Cimmerians; described in Homer's "Odyssey" and briefly mentioned in Edith Hamilton's book "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes". Requested because there are articles for other Greek mythological locations, like Hyperborea and Ethiopia (mythology).
The Eye of Odin - I cannot find much information on my school computer and I am interested as to what this is. I read the name in a book and would love to hear more on the myth and legend of what this may be.
Tagtug - In Sumerian mythology there was a great flood as a punishment from the gods for the sins of man. "Tagtug the weaver" was the only to survive. He forfeited longevity and health by eating the fruit of a forbidden tree. Tagtug is mentioned in 'Our Oriental Heritage' by Will Durant and references as a source: Langdon, S., Babylonian Wisdom, 18-21.
"Vleesetende stier" - It's in the Misplaced Pages, the description sounds like something out of a bestiary, but I can't find the original name - I 'think' we don't have a name for it in English it appears according to the dutch entry to be a thick hide relative of the Centicore though the name means 'Carnivorous Bull'
Working Man's Hero - This is a type of hero. Sportsmen who go about their business with courage and determination and a minimum of fanfare and entourage are often labelled Working Man's Heros (e.g. Jim Courier). They are also known as "Blue collar heros" and "Poor man's heros".
Austrian American Benevolent Association, an ethnic fraternal association founded c.1870's by Serbo-Croatian émigrés who came primarily from the Dalmatian coast region of what was then the Austro-Hungary Empire.
Phi Sigma Chi, NOT the multicultural fraternity founded in 1996; rather, the historical business fraternity that seems to have died out sometime in the 1960 to 1970s
You Don't Say? Campaign - Duke University's viral photo project featured on CNN, HLN, Upworthy, and Huffington Post about language offensive to sexual and gender minorities
Gay erotica - As counterpart of the article about "Lesbian erotica"
LGBT Rights Support in Companies- Support of LGBT rights, in detail, from companies. Categorized by Headquartered Country, then State, Province, etc.
LGBT Rights Opposition in Companies- Opposition of LGBT rights, in detail, from companies. Categorized by Headquartered Country, then State, Province, etc.
Homonationalism -- defined at a conference as "The participation of certain queers in the dominant nation-state which requires the exclusion of racial others", there is no Misplaced Pages entry for the word (not even a stub). This is a topic I know nothing about, but it is an up-and-coming research area that needs an entry. A web search for the word will turn up a few entries.
Gay Bombay - www.gaybombay.org an LGBT organization based out of Mumbai, India bringing about a social change by creating safe spaces for the LGBT community for the last ten years.
I'd like a way to compare different "gay libel" cases that have been lodged, from Oscar Wilde to Tom Cruise to Liberace to Robbie Williams. I'm considering making a category, but the category name Gay Libel Cases seems anachronistic since the word "gay" wasn't used that way in Wilde's time. I'm also expecting pushback on linking gay libel cases which involved people later outed, like Oscar Wilde and Liberace, with gay libel cases involving straight people, like Tom Cruise and Robbie Williams. What do people think would be the best wording for a category like this to avoid offense & also avoid an overly long Category name? Markwiki (talk) 00:04, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
T-Vox at www.t-vox.org - A transsexual, transgender, intersex and genderqueer support and information site that's often called "the trans Misplaced Pages".
GLBTI Wedding Pioneers Founded by MW Savant,in 2004, that company is the first GLBTI-dedicated company in US history. Featured Wedding in Publication info on founder
LGBT homeless youth - a good initial secondary source has statistics such as The National Network for Youth's estimate that 20-40% of homeless youth identify as gay or lesbian ("To whom do they belong? A profile of America’s runaway and homeless youth and the programs that help them") or that 26% of gay teens are kicked out of their homes when they come out (G. Remafedi, "Male homosexuality: The adolescent perspective," Pediatrics (1987): 79); this new wikipedia article should also include notable organizations supporting homeless LGBT youth, such as Ali Forney Center
Dealer's defense A moral argument that someone who sells anti-social products such as weapons or drugs is not responsible for the harm they cause.
Death Cafe At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. A Death Cafe is a discussion group about death rather than a grief support or counselling session.
Defooing - De-family of origin. A growing phenomena where people tend to separate from their families permanently and start a new life of their own. The reasons can be varied but mostly its spiritual or a situation of being more 'evolved' then the rest of the family, which creates a gap and breaks the bond.
Motivationals.org - A popular website featuring demotivational posters a notable internet phenomena. According to google trends, searches for the keyword motivationals have been dramatically rising since the website creation. before that, the keyword did not exist.
Ran Ran Ruu - a YouTube originated internet fad involving parodies of japanese Ronald McDonald Commercials, generally involving The "RAN RAN RUU!" section of the commercial matched to music.
