Irony is Dead. Long Live Irony!
The acts of life have neither beginning nor end. Everything happens in a very idiotic fashion. That’s why everything is the same. Tristan Tzara Amanda over at pandagon has a very interesting post up about sarcasm and parody. I think she gets it exactly right when she says, Now, as soon as we pointed out [...]
...read more“Pro-Life” Activist Again Seeks to Increase the Abortion Rate
Because what happens when you block access to and information about contraception? More unintended pregnancies, and more abortions. But that doesn’t bother Judie Brown one little bit, because if you don’t want 17 children, you just shouldn’t be having sex (interestingly, Judie only has three children. Hmmm…). And your private birth control decisions are next [...]
...read moreWide Open Spaces
I intended this post as a giggly nod to the excellent Onion op-ed, “Sometimes I Feel Like I’m the Only One Trying to Gentrify This Neighborhood,” which has been linked by Jack at Angry Brown Butch and az over at goingsomewhere. Instead, it turned into a post in response to some of the events az [...]
...read more“Blind Lawyer” jailed in China
Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese activist who has been fighting the good fight over there for a good long time, has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. Chen’s supporters say he has become a target of retaliation by officials in the eastern Chinese city of Linyi for publicizing information about forced late-term abortions [...]
...read moreHolocaust Cartoon Contest
This is just disgusting. TEHRAN, Aug. 24 — The title of the show is “Holocaust International Cartoon Contest,” or “Holocust,” as the show’s organizers spell the word in promotional material. But the content has little to do with the events of World War II and Nazi Germany. There is instead a drawing of a Jew [...]
...read moreColombia’s First Legal Abortion
And Colombia’s “legalization” of the procedure is a nice reminder of why we need to keep fighting for reproductive rights everywhere. Colombia’s first legal abortion has taken place after the deeply-Catholic nation legalised the procedure in May. Abortion is only permitted in three cases – if the mother’s life is in danger, if the foetus [...]
...read moreNow, That’s Just Going Too Far!
Feministing has some reaction from conservatives about the FDA’s approval of Plan B on an age-restricted basis. The reaction from the usual suspects is about what you’d expect, but do check out the harrumphing.
...read moreRape at The Citadel
Almost 20 percent of the female cadets at The Citadel, the state-funded South Carolina military academy that was forced to open its doors to women 10 years ago, report having been sexually assaulted since enrolling. The state-funded Citadel military college opened its doors to female cadets 10 years ago. Last year, 118 women and 1,770 [...]
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