If Ann declines, I’m sure Henry can find someone on Craig’s List who’s into his kink*
i can’t believe I’m about to defend Ann Coulter again, but: Really, why is it so hard to take an abhorrent female pundit to task without leveling threats of sexualized violence against her, and/or insulting her appearance? Henry’s boner for turning Ann into a submissive housekeeper who will “shut the fuck up” is beyond creepy [...]
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Happy Slut-o-Ween!
My costume: Sexy feminist witch.* I love Halloween. Love it. But I hate the conversations about it. I hate going to the store and having costume choices range from Sexy Nurse to Sexy Cop to Sexy Kitty. I hate the self-righteous condemnations of women who wear sexy costumes. I hate the term “Slut-o-Ween.” I hate [...]
...read moreAnd we’re the shallow ones?
Samhita points to this lovely Craig’s List post detailing how women are shallow bitches because we like men for who they are, what they accomplish and how they interact socially, as opposed to how they look. To which I say: …and? Women are not actually attracted to men. There is a vague idea of what [...]
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Random Junebug blogging
The “I can’t believe she doesn’t look like she’s expecting a beating” edition. Yes, that is the natural position of the ears. Aren’t they adorable? But there’s more:
...read moreWhen is female genital mutilation just peachy?
When it’s done by an American mother to stop her daughter from having sex: NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A woman who had her 13-year-old daughter’s genitalia pierced to make it uncomfortable for her to have sex was acquitted of aggravated child abuse on Thursday. The girl, now 16, had testified that her mother asked a [...]
...read moreTheocracy Now!
Max Blumenthal has a truly hilarious/terrifying video up on HuffPo today. It features GOP presidential hopefuls speaking to leaders and followers of the Religious Right — and while it’s not surprising, it’s still disgusting. Max describes some of the scenes: Though no candidate emerged from the Summit as a clear Christian right favorite, the badly [...]
...read moreI think vajayjay is a nice word, don’t you?
The New York Times on the history of the vajayjay. It’s interesting that the term was thrown out on Grey’s Anatomy not only to be funny (although it was), but because “broadcast standards” folks didn’t like the repeated uses of the word “vagina”: Shonda Rhimes, the creator and executive producer of “Grey’s Anatomy,” who brought [...]
...read moreA Party of Bed-Wetters
Republicans are running entire campaigns based on their fears of monsters in the closet. Consider, for a moment, the implications of the fact that Rudy Giuliani is taking foreign policy advice from Norman Podhoretz, who wants us to start bombing Iran “as soon as it is logistically possible.” Mr. Podhoretz, the editor of Commentary and [...]
...read moreReluctant Compliance
Since when are Catholic Bishops working in the ER? To the great dismay of Catholic bishops, Connecticut’s lawmakers have mandated that all of the state’s hospital emergency rooms, including Catholic-run hospitals, must make emergency contraception for pregnancy prevention available to every rape victim who comes through their doors. The Connecticut Catholic bishops are not happy. [...]
...read moreFewer Iraqi girls attending school
Remember how “women’s rights” were used to sell this war and the one in Afghanistan? Well, it looks like we’re hurting a whole lot more than we’re helping.
...read moreShocker of the day: Presidential campaign staffs are dominated by men
Who would have guessed? Mike Huckabee, Bill Richardson and Hillary Clinton run the most gender-balanced campaigns, while Rudy Giuliani runs the most male-dominated. Of course, Giuliani is staffing his campaign with right-wing nutjobs like Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes, so maybe there are just fewer women in that pool to choose from (Michelle Malkin and [...]
...read moreShorter Donald Trump: I poke it, I own it
Not only is Donald Trump calling Angelina Jolie “no great beauty,” but he’s claiming he’s an expert because he “owns” pageant queens: “I really understand beauty. And I will tell you, she’s not — I do own Miss Universe. I do own Miss USA. I mean, I own a lot of different things. I do [...]
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