Werewolf #14 Out Now - Teen S*x Shock Special

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Hi and welcome to the teen s*x issue of Werewolf, and hey, this should have happened long before now - given that werewolves and vampires are famously known to be stand-ins for our untamed sexual urges. So, go crazy. If teenagers didn't exist - and they didn't before rock n' roll created them - adults couldn't bitch about how badly young people dress, drink and drive these days, not to mention how scandalously they make out with each other. Politicians also find them to be a useful punching bag. In our cover story though, we ask whether any hard evidence exists that justifies the prevailing myths about teenage sexual immorality - and conclude that teenage sexuality seems to have flatlined, and may be on the decline, especially compared to how their parents carried on.

Elsewhere in this issue, we interview economist Shamubeel Eaqub about how New Zealand should be nurturing its economy through what looks like years of weak economic recovery. We also analyse the government's sales pitch to women voters - and the way it offers hardline policies for the blokes, but consistently dresses up the extremism in the language of compassion, lest it frighten the ladies. In other stories James Robinson bravely sat down and watched all six Saw horror movies in a row, and kept a diary of his responses. In his Milestone Movies column this week, Brannavan Gnanalingam asks whether the blatant racism in Birth of A Nation should disqualify the film from having such iconic status - and queries whether art always needs to affirm positive moral values before it can qualify as being truly great art ? In the music column, The Complicatist offers a few good reasons for not regarding Canada as naff, by definition. Elsewhere, Satirist Lyndon Hood discovers a government intent on mining vast reserves of irony, and in the Classics column, we celebrate the Toy Story 3 movie and the Rosemary Wells book Peabody for the way they deal with toys and the fears about dependency that we play out through them. In Talking Sport, Wellington writer Lamont Russell looks back at this year's Tour de France and discovers some startling and disturbing evidence of good sportsmanship, altruism and humanity among cycling's top athletes. No wonder Lance Armstrong found it tough going this year.

In Cartoon Alley Tim Bollinger offers some new reviews and a further installment of his Little Eye strip plus some new work by Brent Willis.

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The contents of this edition are:

Teen Sex Takes A Break
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/teen-sex-takes-a-break/
For most teens, the Hookup Culture doesn’t seem to be happening
by Gordon Campbell

Chicken Broth For An Ailing Economy
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/chicken-broth-for-an-ailing-economy/
An interview with NZIER chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub, about how to nurture this frail economy through its convalescence
by Gordon Campbell

I Saw Saw
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/i-saw-saw/
One intrepid writer watches the six Saw movies one after the other, so that you won’t have to
by James Robinson

John Key Gets In Touch With His Feminine Side
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/john-key-gets-in-touch-with-his-feminine-side/
Using a softline pitch to women, to sell hardline policies
by Gordon Campbell

And from last month's edition:
Big Oil: Rigging the Game
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/06/big-oil-rigging-the-game/
Do we have the will – or ability – to deal with the oil multinationals ?
by Gordon Campbell

Sarah Palin Steals The ‘F’ Word
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/06/sarah-palin-steals-the-f-word/
Feminism is what you do, not what you call yourself …
by Melody Thomas

Milestone Movies: Birth of a Nation (1915)
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/milestone-movies-birth-of-a-nation-1915/
Should the racism in Birth of a Nation disqualify it from being considered as great art?
by Brannavan Gnanalingam

Classics: Toy Story 3 (2010) & Peabody (1983)
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/classics-toy-story-3-2010-peabody-1983-2/
Did you betray your toys?
by Gordon Campbell

From the Hood: Striking Comedy Gold
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/from-the-hood-striking-comedy-gold/
Government To Mine Rich Vein Of Irony
by by Lyndon Hood

Talking Sport : The Tour de France, 2010
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/talking-sport-the-tour-de-france-2010/
Sportsmanship survives in the most unlikely of places
by Lamont Russell

The Complicatist : Climb Every Mountie
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/the-complicatist-climb-every-mountie/
Reasons not to sneer at the home of Celine Dion
by Gordon Campbell

Cartoon Alley
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/werewolf-cartoon-alley/
Reviews, commentary and comics from local artists
by Werewolf

Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #10… Tim Bollinger
http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/cartoon-alley-reviews-and-commentary-10-tim-bollinger/
Great moments in my recent comic reading history
by Tim Bollinger

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