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Diaper fetishism
Diaper fetishism (diaperism), part of the ABDL community, is erotic arousal focused on diapers, historically called paraphilic infantilism or adult baby syndrome; no longer a DSM-5 or ICD paraphilia, distinct from pedophilia.
Digital blackface
Digital blackface: non-Black people performing Blackness online via reaction GIFs, memes, AAVE, emojis, and video. Term coined by Joshua Lumpkin Green (2006), popularized by Lauren Michele Jackson; extends to TikTok and AI avatars.
Dina Wadia
Dina Wadia (1919–2017), also called Dina Jinnah, only child of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Rattanbai Petit; married Parsi businessman Neville Wadia in 1938 against Jinnah's wishes, stayed in India, visited Pakistan twice, and fought for Jinnah House.
Direct action
Direct action: confronting objectionable practices or effecting social change by readily available means such as strikes, boycotts, occupations, and civil disobedience, rather than voting; coined in 1920 labor struggles by William Mellor.
Disappearance of Alex Batty
Alex Batty, an Oldham boy taken abroad in 2017 by his mother Melanie and grandfather David during a Spanish holiday, lived off-grid in a spiritual community for six years before being found near Toulouse, France in December 2023; the criminal investigation was closed in 2025.
Disappearance of Ashley Loring Heavyrunner
Ashley Loring Heavyrunner (Ashley Loring), Blackfeet woman, 20, vanished June 5, 2017, from Browning, Montana, on the Blackfeet Reservation; unsolved MMIP case, FBI and BIA investigating, no charges filed.
Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar
Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar: 1912 vanishing of a four-year-old near Opelousas, Louisiana; the boy found with William Walters was raised as Bobby, but 2004 Y-DNA proved he was Bruce Anderson, Julia Anderson's son.
Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
Disappearance of Brandon Swanson: Minnesota 19-year-old who vanished May 14, 2008, mid-call with his parents after his car went into a ditch near Taunton; searches found nothing, prompting Brandon's Law.
Disappearance of Dennis Martin
Dennis Lloyd Martin, born 1962, vanished June 14, 1969 at Spence Field, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, during a hide-and-seek game; the largest search in park history found no trace, and the case remains an open NPS cold case.
Disappearance of Don Lewis
Jack Donald "Don" Lewis, Florida millionaire and co-owner of Big Cat Rescue with wife Carole Baskin, vanished August 18, 1997, leaving only his van at a remote airport; declared dead in 2002, no arrests, case reopened in 2020 after Netflix's Tiger King.
Disappearance of Gerry Largay
Geraldine "Gerry" Largay (trail name Inchworm), a 66-year-old Appalachian Trail thru-hiker from Tennessee, vanished in Maine on July 22, 2013, survived about 26 days, and was found dead in October 2015 near a Navy SERE school.
Disappearance of Gus Lamont
August "Gus" Lamont, a 4-year-old Australian boy, vanished from Oak Park Station near Yunta, South Australia, on 27 September 2025. SAPOL's Task Force Horizon declared it a major crime in February 2026; a $1 million reward was posted in September 2026.
Disappearance of Hannah Kobayashi
Hannah Kobayashi disappearance: 30-year-old Maui photographer missing after missing a connecting flight at LAX in November 2024; found to have crossed into Mexico voluntarily at San Ysidro; father Ryan Kobayashi died by suicide during the search; she was found safe in December 2024.
Disappearance of Hannah Upp
Hannah Emily Upp, American teacher who disappeared three times (2008 New York, 2013 Maryland, 2017 St. Thomas) during dissociative fugue episodes; rescued twice, missing since September 14, 2017.
Disappearance of Jenny Pandos
Jennifer (Jenny) Pandos, born 1971, vanished February 10, 1987 from Williamsburg, Virginia at age 15, leaving a note; case file lost, parents and ex-boyfriend scrutinized, HBO's Burden of Proof covered it; unsolved.
Disappearance of Lars Mittank
Lars Mittank, German tourist from Marne, fled Varna Airport, Bulgaria on 8 July 2014 after panicking in an airport doctor's office and vanished. Also known as Lars Joachim Mittank. Distinguishing facts: ruptured eardrum, Cefprozil prescription, CCTV of his escape, unsolved.
Disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki
Disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who vanished March 6, 2025 at a Punta Cana beach; Joshua Riibe was detained as person of interest, later cleared; presumed drowning.
Disappearance of Tom and Eileen Lonergan
Tom and Eileen Lonergan, American divers from Baton Rouge, were left behind by the dive boat Outer Edge at St. Crispin Reef, Great Barrier Reef, on 25 January 1998; found missing two days later, never recovered; skipper acquitted of manslaughter, case inspired Open Water.
Discipline (BDSM)
Discipline in BDSM is the consensual system of rules, expectations, and corrective consequences within a dominance/submission dynamic, the "D" of bondage and discipline, distinguished from abuse by negotiated, withdrawable consent and safewords.
Disclosure movement
Disclosure movement: UAP/UFO disclosure advocacy network (Paradigm Research Group, Disclosure Foundation) pressing the U.S. government to release classified records; official AARO and NASA reviews find no evidence of extraterrestrial technology.
Discrimination
Discrimination is unjust treatment based on race, sex, religion, disability, or origin, spanning direct, indirect, and structural forms. Covered via UN treaties, EEOC employment law, field-experiment evidence, and global prevalence data.
Discrimination against autistic people
Discrimination against autistic people, also called persecution of people with autism, is unfavorable treatment in employment, education, healthcare, and criminal justice, with documented employment gaps and hate crime.
Discrimination against Otaku (オタク差別)
Discrimination against otaku (オタク差別) is stigma toward anime, manga, and game fans: coined derogatorily in 1983, intensified by the 1989 Miyazaki murder moral panic, partially eased by mainstreaming since the late 2000s.
Divorce demography
Divorce demography studies divorce frequency, timing, and social distribution using crude and refined divorce rates and cohort measures. Key findings: US rates rose fourfold 1900–2018 then declined; divorce law explains little; education and age stratify risk.
Divorce law by country
Divorce law by country: national rules for dissolving marriage, distinguishing fault-based grounds from no-fault and mutual-consent regimes. Covers California's 1969 first US no-fault law, European reforms, Korea, Indonesia, Australia, extrajudicial EU divorce, and measured divorce-rate effects.
Dog meat consumption in South Korea
Dog meat consumption in South Korea (개식용), a centuries-old stamina food eaten as boshintang, becomes illegal to breed, slaughter, or sell under the 2024 Special Act effective 7 February 2027, with 82% of farms already closed.
Doggy style
Doggy style (doggie style) is a rear-entry sex position with the penetrated partner on all fours. Covers etymology (1940s "dog style", 1970s term), survey popularity, comfort adjustments, and penile fracture risk data.
Dolly Sinatra
Dolly Sinatra (1896–1977), Hoboken midwife, Democratic ward boss, and Prohibition saloonkeeper, mother of Frank Sinatra; known as "Hatpin Dolly," she built his early singing career.
Domestic partnership in California
A domestic partnership in California is a legal relationship registered with the Secretary of State giving partners the same rights and duties as spouses under state law.
Domestic partnership in the United States
Domestic partnership in the United States: a state or local legal status for unmarried couples, same-sex or opposite-sex, granting rights like hospital visitation and insurance; unrecognized federally, diminished after Obergefell 2015.