No We Can’t
I can’t share the sense of celebration today. Last night, I guest-blogged the election returns here and I felt pretty good. Obama won; it’s historically important, and he has both much better ideas and much greater competence than the mediocrity the Republicans ran against him. Both houses are firmly in Democratic hands, and hopefully we [...]
...read moreFull Equality.
If you have not read it, Autumn at Pam’s House Blend linked the decision in In re Marriage Cases, the California Supreme Court case that made marriage equal for all Californians irrespective of sexual orientation. She has up a long quote which I will not repeat. I liked this part from page 6: [W]e conclude [...]
...read moreAnd … We’re Done Here.
I recently got a free issue of Men’s Journal. Dwayne Johnson was on the cover. It’s a profile by Allison Glock. I don’t know much about him. He was a football player then a WWE wrestler, he’s biracial, he gives kids of Samoan heritage someone to cheer for, folks say he works hard at being [...]
...read moreSome of the Right Things
The subtitle of this blog is “in defense of the sanctimonious women’s studies set.” Some folks will recall where that title came from: when the best-known Democratic blogger in America loudly dismissed feminism as some special interest interfering with Team Blue’s entitlement to win elections. And that’s not an isolated problem. As the inimitable Melissa [...]
...read moreFriday Random Ten
First it was Roxanne’s, and then when she gave it up, it was Lauren’s, and it only seems right that there should be one up here. So: 1) Offspring: Pretty Fly 2) Pink Floyd: When You’re In 3) Wicked Tinkers: Gaelic Aire 4) Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 5) Spinners: Rubberband Man 6) Commitments: [...]
...read moreFood Is A Feminist Issue
Update: there is
...read moreWho Attacked Melissa Bruen?
Woman fights back against rapist, mob sexually assaults her. UConn. Trigger warning. There were no arrests, but somebody knows. Too many people have too many contacts at UConn, and if everyone cares, the secret will not stay secret. Every man involved in the assault must be identified, and their names so publicized that they cannot [...]
...read moreGrameen Bank; Queens Branch
The most diverse county of the United States will have the first US branch of the world’s best known microcredit lender.
...read moreRevisiting Men Who Take Their Partners’ Names
A reader emailed this to me in response to this; I don’t have the email available (or I would H/T her by name) and Feministing ran with it before I could get around to it: it took a major legal battle for a man in California to take his wife’s name. It’s hard enough changing [...]
...read moreWeight
This is about a weightlifter and parent, not necessarily in that order. The New York Times ran this in sports. I loved her story, but I didn’t love the story, not the way they covered it. The whole thing starts with a very traditional-role narrative. First, the reporter sets it up: Melanie Roach is a [...]
...read morePortly Dyke Has Something To Say About PDA
PD at Shakes has this up: a long post about LGBT PDA and self-censorship, including a bit about a couple of het friends who took her up on a challenge to be closeted, to conceal that they were a couple, for a week. They lasted exactly three days. My friend returned to me in tears [...]
...read moreAs Indy Approaches
On Memorial Day weekend, I will watch the Indianapolis 500. Motorsports can be divided into a lot of types and series; Indy is the senior and signature race of the Indy Racing League series. Indy is an oval, the cars are open-wheel. I love open-wheel racing, but I much prefer road courses. I follow Formula [...]
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