Intersecting Identities and Feminist Identification
Although I identify as feminist, there are times when I feel alienated from feminism—or perhaps I should say, some of the narratives of dominant feminism (even when those expressions don’t necessarily come from the mainstream organizations, spokespeople, or media that traditionally represent feminism). I feel like the Outsider in a movement that should feel like [...]
...read moreAll I really need to know about this book, contained in one Q and A
From an interview with Kingsley Browne, author of the upcoming book “Co-Ed Combat: The New Evidence That Women Shouldn’t Fight The Nation’s Wars”: What “new evidence” are you offering to show that women aren’t fit for war? The evidence comes from the field of evolutionary psychology, which recognizes that the human mind is a product [...]
...read moreAnd we’re still toweling off
QOTD: “I took a city that was full of pornography and licked it to a large extent.”—Rudy Giuliani, quoted by the New York Daily News, via Political Wire.
...read moreJust because you call something satire, doesn’t mean it is.
Kat passed along to me yet another example of a “satirist” taking a stab at “A Modest Proposal” and failing, miserably, because said “satirist” fails to understand satire. This has been rampant at college papers lately; the latest was written by a high-school boy. The twist here is that the school paper, evidently staffed by [...]
...read moreIf Bill O’Reilly didn’t exist, we’d have to make him up.
Think Progress has video of his reaction to J.K. Rowling’s revelation that Dumbledore was gay. This year’s War on Christmas should be a doozy!
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