Men’s rights advocates promote terrorism
The right-wing blogosphere is rallying around Thomas Ball, a man who committed suicide outside of a courthouse apparently in protest of being forced to pay $3,000 in child support. Amanda notes that abusers routinely use threats of suicide to control their victims, and that given Ball’s suggestion that men team up to hurl Molotov cocktails [...]
...read moreBachmann is in.
This should be fun. Glad to see that female candidates who are every bit as awful and divorced from reality as male conservatives are getting their time to shine.
...read moreBanning abortion after 20 weeks
An excellent article in the Times about the push to ban abortion after 20 weeks, and how bans are based on mostly made-up “facts” about fetal pain but pro-choice groups can’t fight them because the current Supreme Court is fairly hostile to abortion rights. As a result, women aren’t able to get abortions when they [...]
...read moreShameless Self-Promotion Sunday
Post a short description of something you’ve written this week, along with a link. Make it specific – don’t just link your whole blog.
...read moreYes homo.
New York is so gay. And Pride tomorrow is going to be SO MUCH FUN.
...read moreAmericans prefer boys to girls
For the past 70 years, Americans have indicated a preference for boy babies over girl babies. A recent Gallup poll asked Americans which sex they would prefer if they could have only one child. About 40 percent said they would prefer a boy and 28 percent would prefer a girl, with the rest saying they [...]
...read moreBanning Circumcision in San Francisco
There’s a proposed measure in San Francisco, California to ban the circumcising of boys under the age of 18. Various Jewish and Muslim groups and individuals have filed suit, asking the judge to remove the initiative from the November ballot. Supporters of the ban argue that circumcision is genital mutilation that shouldn’t be imposed on [...]
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Where are the lady rappers?
This piece is so good. Mini-controversies go down practically every minute on the rap internet, beef and battles inherent to the genre, so this one blew over within a matter of weeks. But it illustrated a deeper problem within the music industry. BET felt like it had to stretch for nominees because there is a [...]
...read moreYou know who definitely does not get enough attention?
Young white navel-gazing men who have extreme narcissism issues but are somehow lauded as representing Everyman because they’re willing to detail their masturbation habits.
...read moreBad Parents and “Go the F*ck to Sleep”
Go the F*ck to Sleep is the latest all-the-rage “children’s” book. It’s a Goodnight Moon-esque text where a parent begs their child to please, for the love of all that is holy, go the fuck to sleep (here’s Samuel L. Jackson reading it). It’s crass, and the tone is one of sheer frustration (“hell no [...]
...read moreAbortion and Public Opinion in the United States
Some interesting stats: 19% of Americans think abortion should be legal in all cases. 37% of Americans think abortion should be legal in most cases. 14% of Americans think abortion should be illegal in all cases. 26% of Americans think abortion should be illegal in most cases. Americans who live in large metropolitan areas are [...]
...read moreHuman beings are the best/worst species of all time.
We build cities, cure diseases and create art. Some of us also hide in port-a-potties at yoga festivals. Police in Boulder are currently on the lookout for a man who was apparently hiding inside a porta-potty at last week’s Hanuman Yoga Festival. Let that sink in for a second. Yes, our suspect was inside, like, [...]
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