Five Things Feminism Has Done For Me
I’ve been tagged! The setup, from Shakespeare’s Sister: I was tagged by Polly at Marginal Notes to share Five Things Feminism Has Done for Me, with the hope that feminist bloggers in America can run with it as they have in Canada in response to the Canadian federal government’s funding cuts to Status of Women [...]
...read moreThe Hits Just Keep Coming
In another parallel to the Church sex abuse coverup scandal, it’s time to blame the “16 and 17 year old beasts” who “egged” Foley on.
...read moreTo Cork Or Not To Cork
ebogjonson explains when to use blackface on your blog, and when not to. Be sure to click through to the handy flow chart.
...read moreThat Consent Thing
I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that Rep. Mark Foley, R-FL, has resigned amid revelations that he sent inappropriate and sexually-charged emails to former Congressional pages. It turns out that Republicans in Congress knew about at least some of these emails since 2005 yet let Foley keep his position as head of a Congressional [...]
...read moreShades of Montreal
A man walks into a school, orders the boys to leave, and then kills several female students. The story is still developing, but it’s certainly nothing new.
...read moreWilliam Saletan: Making a Career of Not Getting It
Saleton gives us “The pro-life case for birth control.” Except that, you know, birth control access has always fallen squarely into the pro-choice camp, being that it’s one of my reproductive health choices that we think women should have. And anti-choice activists and organizations are in the process of launching an all-out assault on it. [...]
...read moreA Step Backward
Wal-Mart, already under fire for its shoddy labor practices, low pay, locking cleaning crews in at night, nonexistent benefits, encouraging their workers to make up a living wage by seeking welfare benefits, antitunionism, et al., is sinking even deeper into the mire of worker exploitation by introducing wage caps and relying more on part-timers. Wal-Mart [...]
...read more“Only a girl”
Michael Savage: Supporting “better” child molesters everywhere. On the September 27 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage asserted that an employee of The Washington Times charged with soliciting a 13 year-old girl for sex over the Internet “should get a reward that it wasn’t a boy. I actually was thrilled to see [...]
...read moreMacaca!
The George Allen Insult Generator, Via
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