Better Not Be Any Weasleys. Even Percy.
J.K. Rowling hints that two characters die in the next book. Don’t you touch Fred and George, missy.
...read moreSurvey
Yoga or boxing?
...read moreIdentity Politics
Jo-Ann Mort has a piece in TPM Cafe about identity politics in Brooklyn’s 11th Congressional District. Mort lives in the district, as do I. But she comes to an entirely different conclusion about the race than I do. A little background: the 11th District was Shirley Chisholm’s seat, and was once a majority-black district created [...]
...read moreA Modest Proposal
Henceforth, anyone invoking Jonathan Swift to defend rabid partisan frothing shall be boiled in oil and eaten by cantankerous wolverines.
...read moreBlog Hog
Where are all the woman bloggers? Right here. Weblogs—more usually referred to as ‘blogs’—are arguably the most significant indicator of online activity today, and a recent survey has found that men and women share the ‘blogosphere’ rather equitably. “While earlier there were more men blogging, now there is a tie,” says Lee Rainie, Project Director [...]
...read moreAsking For It
Almost every time we discuss sexual assault on this blog, someone makes the argument that what a woman looks like or what she wears or where she goes is not an invitation to make unwanted sexual comments to her, touch her, or rape her. And almost every time, someone responds by asking, “Well what do [...]
...read moreSomeone Should Teach Scalia To Read
Because Mr. Original Intent himself is apparently quite willing to twist the plain meaning of one man’s words to suit his own needs. I learned that Justice Antonin Scalia cited me to support a terrible decision, holding that the exclusionary rule — which for decades prevented evidence obtained illegally by police from being used at [...]
...read moreThe Educational “Boy Crisis”
May be vastly over-stated. A study to be released today looking at long-term trends in test scores and academic success argues that widespread reports of U.S. boys being in crisis are greatly overstated and that young males in school are in many ways doing better than ever. Using data compiled from the National Assessment of [...]
...read moreA “Pleasurable” Sexual Assault
via Feministing, here’s something that is guaranteed to ruin your morning: A severely disabled woman is sexually assaulted at school by a peer aid, and her parents file a lawsuit against the school district. The district refuses to mediate the suit because their expert says that the attack was “pleasurable”: Indeed, “it ignited her female [...]
...read moreProudly Violating Godwin’s Law
Who said it: Ann Coulter or Hitler? Thanks to Eteraz and Nora for the link.
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