Good From the Rabble
We’re now 175 comments into a rather heated thread on the topic of feminism, blogs, and respect. Toes are crushed, feelings are hurt, and the synapses are sufficiently tinkered with. The good news: That thread will now be used in a seminar on Internet Research and Theory with this post relating to net communities and [...]
...read moreStatements to the Judge by Jane Doe of the OC Rape Trial (UPDATED)
Pinko Feminist Hellcat has two must-read posts on the OC Rape Trial that recently sent three men to jail for raping a girl and videotaping the act. The first post details the low, low places the defense went to try and get the (young, rich, entitled) men acquitted. For one, Robbie Ruiz, a 28-year-old mortgage [...]
...read moreSuitability
So I was reading the New Yorker profile on Sarah Silverman (not a pop-culture post! I promise!), in which Dana Goodyear opens its meditation on women in the industry with this line: “Comedy is probably the last remaining branch of the arts whose suitability for women is still openly discussed.” I’m sure there are plenty [...]
...read moreYeah, Will. We Knew That.
When I was 9 or 10, my family got our first microwave. It was huge. It was the 70s. It was not an Amana Radarange, much to my disappointment then. My mother, who was not in the least mechanically or technologically inclined, mastered the thing within a week. My brothers and sister and I had [...]
...read moreHeh. “Baudrillardian Wankery.”
I promise this is my last post about pop-media frivolity. I’m not sure how I feel about V for Vendetta, either. I think that when the Wachowskis have a decent plot to work with, they turn in solid product–for example Bound, which was throughly enjoyable and did not abuse the Joey Pants. And V for [...]
...read moreTime to Go, Joe
Joe Lieberman has certainly become a self-righteous fucktard since I first voted for him way back in 1988. McJoan points out that Rubber Stamp McCain is a hypocrite on Feingold’s Censure resolution. But what about the Lieberman? Well aside from supporting right-wing nutcases on hospitals being able denying contraception to rape victims (his excuse is [...]
...read morePretty Please?
There’s a creative, and perfectly legal, way to dispense with the Electoral College without amending the Constitution. Here’s how it was described recently by The New Yorker: The Electoral College is enshrined in the Constitution itself, so getting rid of it would require the concurrence of two-thirds of both houses of Congress plus three-quarters of [...]
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