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Zero-Sum Games

Mr. Shakes has an excellent post over at the new digs, Shakesville, discussing why feminism benefits everyone — and why the continuing insistence of a lot of men (even progressive ones) on denigrating, attacking or maligning feminism (even as they accept individual feminists) is against their own interest. In particular, Mr. Shakes wonders why it’s [...]

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Mexico City Set to Legalize Abortion

Damn good news. MEXICO CITY, March 30 — Dominated by liberals, Mexico City’s legislature is expected to legalize abortion in a few weeks. The bill would make this city one of the largest entities in Latin America to break with a long tradition of women resorting to illegal clinics and midwives to end unwanted pregnancies. [...]

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Resignation of pro-life health official is just a start

Check out my latest at HuffPo. It’s about Eric Keroack and crisis pregnancy centers.

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Celebrity Death Match: Alanis vs. Fergie

You Can’t Do That on Television: 1. Kids Incorporated: 0. I am of the firm belief that “My Humps” is the single worst song ever made. Ever. Nothing even comes close. If I could assassinate one person on the planet, it would probably be Fergie. I would rather stick rusty nails in my eyes than [...]

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Abstinence-only craziness

I, Jill Filipovic, pledge to never let tampons violate the sanctity of my hoo-hoo, because tampons are really nothing more than thirsty little albino penises. Amanda has a great post up about an abstinence-only program which involves using tape to rip the skin and hair off of students’ arms in order to demonstrate the negative [...]

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Chocolate Jesus

Terrance is a man after my own heart. Chocolate, mockery of religious zealots, and Tom Waits — does it get any better than this? (Answer: No, no it does not).

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