What Has Blogging Really Accomplished?
Chris Clarke wants to know. He borrows the question from one of his readers, who says in part: What has all the good writing, the confirmation that there is really Someone Intelligent and Caring out there, actually accomplished—besides making us feel a little better for a few minutes? Be honest about that. Even with the [...]
...read moreHoller At Me When Nancy McKeon Gets One
I can’t believe I honestly did not know before now that Lisa Whelchel, I mean that Lisa Whelchel, has a blog. It’s . . . inspirational, in a way. Via (should I even admit this?) comments at Trainwrecks.
...read moreEverybody Get Together
That crazy Faux Real, Tho! blogger has a lengthy-but-worth it post up tying together some of the disparate hot topics in the feminist blogosphere lately. It’s actually titled, in part, “Class and Feminism,” but the topics explored are more wide-ranging than that (or maybe I just don’t appreciate the scope of class and feminism, which [...]
...read moreGlobal Warming: Blame My Fat Ass
I noticed this news (PDF) last week, grumbled briefly, and then fixed myself a sandwich. Well? What’d you expect me to do in light of such awfulness? Americans are now pumping 938 million gallons of fuel more annually than they were in 1960 as a result of extra weight in vehicles. And when gas prices [...]
...read moreDo You Have To Be So Mean?
(Note: Update below the fold.) Nubian falls out of love with the BBC over an article that–well, I mean, let’s just take it from the title through the subtitle on down. Just to clarify something up front: Normally, portions of a blockquote appearing in bold indicate emphasis I’ve added; here, however, I am keeping the [...]
...read moreWhile You Were Sleeping
I’m only categorizing this under “Health” because CNN did: “‘Sexsomniacs’ Puzzle Researchers:” Researchers are struggling to understand a rare medical condition where sufferers unknowingly demand, or actually have, sex while asleep, New Scientist magazine reported on Wednesday. Research into sexsomnia — making sexual advances towards another person while asleep — has been hampered as sufferers [...]
...read moreNow Tell Me More About What You’re Wearing
Simultaneously fascinating and depressing short piece from BBC correspondent Frances Harrison on the challenges of reporting from Tehran. When she’s not seeking access to leaders who want to know if she’s “with Islam or with them,” she’s taking criticism for what’s really important: Her clothes. One [viewer] called the BBC’s cable channel in Britain to [...]
...read moreJust Call Her Emily Post
Anne Applebaum comes out swinging against rudeness in all its forms: Drivers who cut you off on the roads and double-park, people who don’t flush in public restrooms–no, wait; that isn’t right. She’s only worried about the rudeness of wearing a full-face veil in a Western country. Sadly, I am not making this up: And [...]
...read moreWhere’s My Black-n-Blue Ribbon?
(Hi! I’m an unworthy, but grateful, guest-blogger who goes by Ilyka Damen. If it is all the same to you I’d like to end the introduction right here, because introductions make me throwing-up nervous.) You can tell how much Awareness the U.S. thinks women’s bodies merit by the way we declare October both National Breast [...]
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