Cadt Breeeeeed.
So much for the hope that all the extra nose hair would shield me from the depredations of allergy season.
...read moreSending drug offenders to overseas prisons is one thing…
But I will be damned if you will lay your little republican mitts on my dildos. I kid, of course. Sending drug offenders to prisons in countries with noted histories of human rights abuses is, to put it mildly, deeply and profoundly fucked up. More fucked up, even, then a full-frontal assault on sex toys. [...]
...read moreHow Not to Apologize
Hilarious. My personal favorites: “The comment was not meant to be a regional slur. To the extent that it was misinterpreted to be one, I apologize.” — Lawyer Kenneth Taylor, after referring to people living in the mountains of Kentucky as “illiterate cave dwellers.” Oct. 17, 2003 and “I’m sincerely sorry…. There was no anti-Semitism [...]
...read moreOMG Meghan Daum, your tone is like SO insulting
Think she’d have written her column this way if Kaavya Viswanathan was a Harvard-educated man? Just saying. *Sidenote: This isn’t meant to defend Viswanathan. She obviously plagiarized her work, and deserves to be called out for it. But Daum’s tone is incredibly condescending, and she clearly adopts stereotypical teenage girl-speak. Which, I’ll admit, is grating. [...]
...read moreSleeping Pose
Find your own pose! Interesting… Pinching Koala and Tree Traits and Tendencies: Pinching Koala and Tree couples experience a kind of super symbiosis that other sorts of couples (especially vegan couples) only dream of. The harmony that comes from this kind of pairing would be revolting if it weren’t so inspirational, which is why Pinching [...]
...read more80s Flashback
We’re still arguing about Salman Rushie? Really? This news is a few days old, but for those who haven’t heard, Rushdie is scheduled to speak at Nova Southeastern University and some students are upset because Rushdie “blasphemes” Islam in The Satanic Verses. Now, I can certainly understand being more than a little sensitive to all [...]
...read moreThe Pandering! It Burns!
Oh, fer crap’s sake. WASHINGTON – President Bush said Friday the national anthem should be sung in English – not Spanish – in a blunt rejection of a new Spanish-language version. He also expressed opposition to a national work stoppage called for Monday to dramatize the importance of immigrants to the U.S. economy. “I’m not [...]
...read morePop this.
So Amp posted (thanks for the response and kind words, Amp) about the non-conversation that took place over on feh-muh-nist’s blog after she posted about “trans politics,” which is a term similar in origin and effect to “homosexual agenda,” “contraceptive mentality,” or “gender feminism.” The phrase is an imposition by outsiders. It is based on [...]
...read moreFight to the Death
It’s looking like a serious environmental showdown — Blue States vs. Red.
...read moreNever thought I’d say this, but…
Now that I’ve seen Snow Job, who totally looks like he’s about to lunge from his post at the podium and start chewing someone’s face off, I miss the kinder, gentler face of spin. Goodbye, Scott. Goodbye and good luck.
...read moreMoron of the Day
I don’t usually go around calling people stupid (ok I do, but usually only in my head), but Charlotte Allen has really taken idiocy to a new low by writing about Blogging Against Heteronormativity. Prepare yourself. It’s just… wow. Hey, betcha you don’t even know what “heteronormativity” is! Well here’s what: It’s the belief that, [...]
...read moreI’m Never Washing this Keyboard Again!
Comments tend to get lost after the post is a few days old, so I thought I’d put this one up in the foreground: This article was very light-weight, and it was simply my hope that problematic as it might be, it would drive people to my memoir. My memoir is being published by Seal [...]
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