‘Diary of a Teenage Girl’ Gets Adolescent Sexuality Right

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Aug 6, 2015 Few movies view sex from the perspective of a female teen; even fewer resist imposing the man-made double binds of silly virgin/stupid skank or hottie and nottie. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Experimental Fuel May Have Been Factor in Virgin Galactic Crash

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 3, 2014 Experts say the company was warned about the potential instability of a new hybrid fuel that was used in the plane that broke up over the Mojave Desert Friday, killing the co-pilot. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Virgin’s Spaceship Survives Test Flight

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2010 After collecting roughly $45 million from aspirational space tourists, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is just in the testing phase. That's OK. At $200,000 a ticket, you don't want to skimp on safety. So how much to check a bag? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Virgin Galactic Gears Up for Space Flights

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2009 As if his plan for global domination weren't enough, Virgin Group honcho Richard Branson is taking to space with his new commercial spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, which will grant six paying customers at a time the experience of weightlessness for six minutes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Farrow Passes Darfur Fast to Branson

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2009 After nearly two weeks of subsisting only on liquids, actress Mia Farrow has ended her hunger strike for Darfur, passing the proverbial torch to another member of the Celebrity Darfur Fasting Network, British mega-mogul Richard Branson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Virginity Pledge? What Virginity Pledge?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 1, 2009 A new study looking at virginity pledges -- promises made by teenagers to wait until marriage for sex -- has found that such vows largely fell flaccid, as sexual behavior of pledged teens was little different than non-pledgers, and that, hilariously, a whopping 82 percent, five years later, had either forgotten or denied taking the pledge. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sketches Found on Back of Da Vinci Painting

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2008 Someone call Dan Brown: French painting experts have discovered faint drawings on the back of Da Vinci's painting "The Virgin and Child With St. Anne" at Paris' Louvre Museum, including a sketch of a skull. Intrigue abounds! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The 42-Year-Old Virgin

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2006 A 42-year-old Ithaca, N.Y., woman dedicated her virginity to Jesus in a Catholic ceremony so rare that even her priest didn't know it existed. (Story or check out Association of Consecrated Virgins) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

PBS Kiddie Show Host Fired Over Sexy Spoof Videos

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2006 The PBS KIDS Sprout network has fired the host of "The Good Night Show" upon learning that she appeared seven years ago in videos called "Technical Virgin," which dealt satirically with anal sex and masturbation PBS's president said the videos "undermine [the host's] credibility with our audience" Link to the videos in question. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Christian Sex Author: Time to Retool Abstinence Pledges

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2006 An Op-Ed writer in The N Times says that it's no wonder chastity vows don't work: Christian communities don't meaningfully support those who make them . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Most Youths Break Abstinence Pledges

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 A Harvard study further confirms that abstinence pledges are basically bunk. Want to dig deeper? Check out Purity Balls. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )