Um, hi. I’m back.
Well, after flouncing out of here like a big old drama queen, I realized I missed this place. And fortunately, Jill kept the door open. So here I am. I’m still going to maintain my other blog, Kindly Póg Mo Thóin, for more personal stuff, or simply stuff I don’t want to be working out [...]
...read moreHoly. Crap.
I can’t believe I just read this. From a thread on Feministing responding to a cute video of Jessica’s puppy Monty, in which several people excoriated Jessica for getting Monty from a breeder, and demanded she justify her decision because she’s a feminist and dog breeding is somehow a core feminist issue: There is absolutely [...]
...read moreIllegal abortion killing and injuring women in the Philippines
Law in the Philippines reflects most anti-choice ideals: Abortion is illegal and taboo, with only very limited exceptions. And yet the Philippines has a higher abortion rate than the United States. It also has a whole lot more women who are injured and killed by abortion. Some facts: * Women who terminate their pregnancies risk [...]
...read moreStomach-turning headline of the day: “Christopher Hitchens’ Guide to Bathroom Sex”
Luckily, that headline is only on Slate’s front page; the actual article title doesn’t bring up the same kind of horrible mental images.
...read moreWoman Overjoyed By Giant Uterine Parasite.
Funniest shit ever.
...read moreWho needs centuries-old traditions and artifacts when you have a stack of free Bibles?
This is pretty repulsive. Born to a family of traditional priests, Ibe Nwigwe converted to Christianity as a boy. Under the sway of born-again fervor as a man, he gathered the paraphernalia of ancestral worship _ a centuries-old stool, a metal staff with a wooden handle and the carved figure of a god _ and [...]
...read moreWhy should sex ed be any more complicated than “Get married, have babies”?
Social conservatives are seeking a court order to prevent a Maryland school from teaching sexual health education — because the curriculum talks about sexual health and recognizes that some people are gay. Oh, the controversy.
...read moreQuestion for the peanut gallery
I’m still very, very undecided about who to support in the Democratic primary. And now that I’m in Germany and all my political-junkie friends are in the states, I have no one to discuss the decision with. So who are you all supporting? And why?
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