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		<title>3, 2, 1, Launch Profile</title>
		<link>http://rupured.com/2013/05/20/3-2-1-launch-profile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Modern Gay Dating]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I created my profiles for the hook-up apps I&#8217;m using for my field research on modern gay dating practices, I opted for a generic face pic &#8212; one of &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rupured.com&#038;blog=25137249&#038;post=2699&#038;subd=rupured&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Homophobia</title>
		<link>http://rupured.com/2013/05/17/my-homophobia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelrupured</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Lifestyles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and I&#8217;m breaking my rule against posting to my blog on days other than Mondays and Thursdays to participate in the Hop &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rupured.com&#038;blog=25137249&#038;post=2719&#038;subd=rupured&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Field Research: Meet the Apps</title>
		<link>http://rupured.com/2013/05/15/idating-part-2-meet-the-apps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelrupured</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changing Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay Lifestyles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised, here&#8217;s the first of several reports on my field research about gay hook-up apps. As this research breaks new ground, my focus has been on in-depth personal interviews &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rupured.com&#038;blog=25137249&#038;post=2672&#038;subd=rupured&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Field Research: Could He Be &#8230; THE ONE?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelrupured</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changing Times]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology has changed dating &#8212; gay and straight &#8212; forever. Some of you may have used a computer to meet the love of your life, the second or third time around, &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rupured.com&#038;blog=25137249&#038;post=2687&#038;subd=rupured&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Birth Control?</title>
		<link>http://rupured.com/2013/05/09/birth-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 09:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelrupured</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Woes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve come to believe that babies and contracts for first novels should come with detailed instructions. I feel like a thirteen year-old who got pregnant on purpose. Contrary to our expectations, &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rupured.com&#038;blog=25137249&#038;post=2680&#038;subd=rupured&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Be My Alien</title>
		<link>http://rupured.com/2013/05/06/be-my-alien/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 09:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelrupured</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Be My Alien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Lynn Hayes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[m-m romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.A. Church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;ve handed my blog over to writer pal M.A. Church to talk about Be My Alien, her new collaboration with Julie Lynn Hayes. The idea of co-authoring intrigues me, &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rupured.com&#038;blog=25137249&#038;post=2675&#038;subd=rupured&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Writing Life: Field Research</title>
		<link>http://rupured.com/2013/05/02/the-writing-life-field-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 09:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelrupured</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Lifestyles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classified ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[field research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, homosexuality was considered a mental illness. Sexual acts between two men, even consenting adults, were illegal in all fifty states. Institutionalized homophobia and the risk of &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rupured.com&#038;blog=25137249&#038;post=2642&#038;subd=rupured&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friends</title>
		<link>http://rupured.com/2013/04/29/friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelrupured</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through second grade, I didn&#8217;t have friends who weren&#8217;t also kin. Before you shake your head and think, &#8220;Poor Michael,&#8221; you should know my parents came from large families. I &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rupured.com&#038;blog=25137249&#038;post=2666&#038;subd=rupured&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gotta Dance</title>
		<link>http://rupured.com/2013/04/25/gotta-dance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelrupured</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about everyone else, but dancing is in my genes. No, I&#8217;m not talking about an inherited ability to trip the light fantastic. I can hold my own &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rupured.com&#038;blog=25137249&#038;post=2651&#038;subd=rupured&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Raising the Bar: Consistency</title>
		<link>http://rupured.com/2013/04/22/raising-the-bar-consistency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelrupured</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Woes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started blogging in 2008, the hard part was coming up with an idea. After that, the writing came easy. I could knock out a post in an hour &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rupured.com&#038;blog=25137249&#038;post=2636&#038;subd=rupured&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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