Tom Smith clarifies: Rape is only like having a baby out-of-wedlock to fathers.
A lot of attention has been paid to Rep. Todd Akin’s asinine assertion that “legitimate rape” can’t result in pregnancy, and Republicans have been backpedaling left and right to distance themselves from such idiocy. Take, for instance, Republican Senate candidate Tom Smith (mentioned in Jill’s post), who knows full well that rape, “legitimate” or not, can result in pregnancy. For instance, his daughter had sex out of wedlock, and she got pregnant, and it’s pretty much the same thing.
...read moreThe Republican rape problem
Just a friendly reminder that Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment was not actually an isolated gaffe.
...read moreRape: Just another “method of conception.”
In response to a question about the “legitimate rape” / Akin debacle, Paul Ryan says that life is life and the “method of conception” — in context, remember, rape — that doesn’t change that. Which sounds an awful lot like downplaying a vicious crime, no? I suppose he is technically correct, in the same sense that punching someone in the face is also a “method of touching.”
...read moreScience Fiction: Saving Me, Saving the World
Story Collider is a podcast and magazine collecting “true stories about how science has affected people’s lives.” Aaron Wolfe’s story, “Saving Hubble, Saving Aaron,” is about how science fiction makes a life of science possible — by sparking wonder, sure, but also by allowing us an escape from the brutality of scientific reality and offering [...]
...read more“Will I be pretty?”
The classics of yesteryear, brought to you today: From the 2002 National Poetry Slam, Katie Makkai on “pretty.”
...read moreBye, All!
It’s been fun times writing here for the last two weeks, and I really hope that you enjoyed my posts. I’ve been pretty terrible at keeping my blog updated, but I have plans to write a bit more in the future, so if you liked what I wrote here, check out Catalytic Reactions. And, of [...]
...read moreGreat! News!
We have talked breastfeeding to death and it is gone, all used up, over. I’m finished here, you’re weaned. Thanks for having me, it was lovely at Feministe. You were lovely! A big thank you to Jill for inviting me to be a guest writer here and my gratitude to all of you who read [...]
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