How long?
St.Joan of Arc: Shall I arise from the dead and come back to you, a living woman? Warwick: Rome made you a saint, we had no hand in the business. Let Rome decide. Cauchon: Stay where you are, woman. A dead saint is always safer for the Church than a living one… St. Joan, George [...]
...read moreHappy Birthday, Butterstick
One year old.
...read moreI can remember when a building would blow up and nobody asked if it was terrorism. Now get offa my lawn.
The MTA never tells you anything, so I was left to stew on the platform at Union Square, wondering why in the fuck the trains were so slow during rush hour. Turns out a building on E. 62nd blew up this morning. But here’s the part where I say to Al Qaeda, “Fuck you, you [...]
...read morePotential
I’ve told you all about how my parents’ greatest fear is that I’ll never find love again, right? That and the whole getting killed thing?
...read moreSmile!
From The Gimp Parade, another iteration of the Stupid Question Quandary, from Awake to Dream: Her: “Oh, wow! Can I just take a picture of you both? It’s so rare to see two people in wheelchairs together and you two look so good together!” She smiles broadly, beaming, clearly enamoured with her own brilliance. She [...]
...read moreLet’s Talk Tits.
I’m really not interested in rehashing the details of the latest installation of l’affaire Goldstein, but if nothing else, it made me aware of this bizarre post by Dr. Helen (Mrs. Instapundit), in which she argues that Jeff’s response to Deborah Frisch actually strikes a blow for women’s rights everywhere, because he stood up to [...]
...read moreMy Bad
If you tried to post a comment and were unable to, it’s probably because I accidentally deleted half of something on the ban list while trying to deal with comment spammers and, well, pretty much anyone with a yahoo address was getting bounced for a bit today. Including me. Sorry.
...read moreI-TAL-IA! I-TAL-IA!
World Cup 2006: ITALIA! Plus, what was Zidane thinking?? That is all.
...read moreForeign Affairs
Reading this article just made me feel dirty. “These are not American women,” our guide was telling us. “They do not care about your age, looks, or money. And you are not going to have to talk to them for half an hour and then have your testicles handed back to you! Let me tell [...]
...read moreI’m Totally Psyched About This Abortion!
via Feministing we find this hilarious Onion article which really demonstrates how the right wing idea that young women run out and have abortions for fun is totally true: So, to all of you pro-lifers who are trying to rain on my parade, keep it to yourself, because I don’t have the time for that [...]
...read moreSave Malak Ghorbany
On or about June 29, 2006, a court in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia sentenced Malak Ghorbany, an Iranian woman, to death by public stoning after finding her guilty of the crime of “adultery.” Under Iran’s Penal Code, the term “adultery” is used to describe any intimate or sexual act between a man and [...]
...read moreLies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
First, friend, the abortion rate is not the same as the unintended pregnancy rate. Second, you’re wrong about the abortion rate, too. But don’t let facts get in the way of your crusade against sex education.
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