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I met Harold at the Playboy Party!

Holy mother of god. There are so many things wrong with this ad, I have no idea where to begin.Witness this Tennessee campaign ad. It’s an RNC spot against Rep. Harold Ford. Included, we have a play on fears about interracial sex, the claim that Ford supports terrorism, that he’s in the pocket of pornographers, [...]

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Biting Beaver Tells Her Abortion Story

Read it here.

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Women, Girls and Abortion

The Oregonian is doing a great series on Measure 43, their state’s parental notification statute. They take a different tack than the traditional news article on abortion, which inevitably involves an interview from a Planned Parenthood representative and an interview with an anti-choice leader. The Oregonian instead talks to the very people who this measure [...]

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New Jersey Supreme Court Rules on Same-Sex Marriage

Fully updated with actual commentary on the decision.* And updated once more to recommend Pam Spaulding’s commentary at Pandagon. From the New York Times: N.J. Court Expected to Rule on Gay Marriage. More to follow. Okay, so here’s what follows: The NJ Supreme Court has ruled in favor of same-sex couples seeking the right to [...]

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Woo! Shake your monkey hips!

In celebration of me totally kicking the ass of the Biological Anthropology test I’ve been freaking out about all month.

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Consistency

Leave it to Dawn Eden to decry sanity. According to this article, the MTA has made the wholly reasonable decision to allow transwomen to use the women’s room: Helena Stone, formerly Henry McGuinness, stands her ground yesterday outside Grand Central Terminal’s ladies’ room, which can now be used by transgender men. The line for the [...]

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But boys will be boys, and they’re just having fun! Stop feminizing them!

Out of Australia comes a case that’s eerily similar to the egregious home made snuff porn of the Orange County Rape Case here . [Trigger warning.]

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