“Dirty Driving”
HBO usually has a variety of great documentaries every month, and this month the one that caught my eye just happened to take place in Anderson, Indiana, a very blue collar area within an hour of my home. Anderson, like many manufacturing towns in the Midwest, is steadily heading towards the likes of Flint, Michigan: [...]
...read moreShameless Self-Promotion Sunday
Post a description of something you’ve written this week, along with a link. And happy Thanksgiving!
...read moreHow not to bomb your neighborhood deli
I went into the deli near my subway station in Harlem earlier this evening to buy a beverage and a pack of cigarettes. As I was paying, I heard someone yell “Go! Go!” and saw someone run in through the doorway and back out. At the same time, a flaming can of gasoline crashed into [...]
...read moreFaith, without a map
Hi Feministe — it’s been too long! My non-digital life has been a little frenetic in recent months. I won’t go into an extensive personal update, but suffice it to say that I managed to lose my job, but then I landed about six other jobs (I’m still a game designer). Also, one of my [...]
...read moreIf you pray, or if you send good thoughts
Send them to India tonight.
...read moreA Boy’s Life
This article in the Atlantic about transgender children is really interesting, but for all the (often legitimate) worry about how to handle kids with “gender identity disorder,” I can’t help but think that we’d all be better off if our understanding of maleness and femaleness weren’t so straightjacketed. A lot of little kids like to [...]
...read moreDear Ayn Rand Lovers,
For you. xo Jill
...read moreFlorida Adoption Ban Deemed Unconstitutional
Great news! A 30-year-old ban on adoption by gay individuals and couples has been struck down by a Florida circuit court and ruled unconstitutional. A Miami-Dade circuit judge Tuesday declared Florida’s 30-year-old ban on gay adoption unconstitutional, allowing a North Miami man to adopt two foster kids he has raised since 2004. In a 53-page [...]
...read moreI’d do the same thing if I were dreaming about Chuck Bass.
Maybe I’m imagining things, but has anyone else noticed more allusions to female masturbation on TV? On Gossip Girl a couple of weeks ago, the show started with Blair having a sex dream and Dorota (her housekeeper) warning her that “God is always watching” — and Blair telling her to go away, ostensibly so Blair [...]
...read morePeople who deserve a special place in Hell
I know Thanksgiving is tomorrow and we’ll all be getting extra-thankful, but today I’d like to list a few people who I’m not thankful for. AIDS denialists. The South African government could have prevented the deaths of 365,000 people, but President Thabo Mbeki’s bought into AIDS denialists’ claims — another “victory” for ideology over science. [...]
...read moreGoodShop
The day after tomorrow is Black Friday, the “official” retail kickoff of Xmas shopping in the U.S. I bet a bunch of you have started shopping already. Well, a few days ago I was filled in on this website called GoodShop. It’s by the creators of GoodSearch, the search engine where ad revenue from your [...]
...read moreThe Choices We Have
The choices we have depend on our ability to take advantage of them, and this is particularly important when it comes to reproductive choice. Frankly, a lack of doctors willing and able to perform the procedure will render the right to abortion meaningless. WaPo follows one medical student’s journey and just how difficult it is [...]
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