The Weaker Sex
I have to admit, this article made me shake my head, if only because it’s a nice reversal of centuries of “medical fact” which proved that women are weak and naturally inferior to men. The difference, of course, is that those misconstrued “facts” were (and still are) used to justify and reinstate oppression and misogyny, [...]
...read moreFirst Woman Elected Episcopal Leader
And naturally, there’s a shitstorm in response. Because having a vagina calls into question your qualifications and your committment to God and the church.
...read moreThe Country’s Youngest Transgender Girl Prepares to Enter Kindgergarten
I think piny will have a more comprehensive response to this article than I will, but I’m going to try anyway. Born a biological male whom the family named Nicholas, Nicole today dresses, acts, and lives like a girl. She’s been insisting she’s female since she could talk, say the Andersons, who asked that their [...]
...read moreOffice Piranhas
Watch out, middle-aged men: They’re gonna getcha. They are identifiable not by their short skirts or heavy make-up but by their unflinching devotion to their male bosses. They will work late for them, pick up their dry cleaning and even buy birthday presents for their relatives. They are single women who, stuck in their search [...]
...read moreWhy I Hate the Washington Post
You may have noticed that I rarely link to the Washington Post, and that most of my newspaper-reading centers around the New York Times and the LA Times. Why? Because of articles like this. I’m vomiting in my mouth a little bit, and I feel dumber just from having read it. The topic? The Wingman. [...]
...read moreManly Men
Apparently in patriarchy-speak, “Man” = “Total Asshole.” George Ouzounian, aka “Maddox,” creator of “The Best Page in the Universe” and author of the forthcoming “Alphabet of Manliness,” is making more hay on testosterone than a bull breeder. His Web site, which he started in 1997 while a programmer at a telemarketing company and which trumpets [...]
...read moreUnequal Protection in California
We all know that jails are overcrowded (thanks, punitive drug laws!). From there, we can probably guess that those in charge of jails are having to make tough decisions about who serves all of their time and who gets out early. Now, it seems to me that non-violent offenders should be the ones serving the [...]
...read moreBreaking: Women Build Stuff
Well if this isn’t a telling headline: Women Knock Down ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Wall As more single women become homeowners, they are empowering themselves with power tools. Hardware stores have come courting. Note the use of “single women.” Because married women apparently have someone to do it for them. The lead: Catherine Reynolds makes needlepoint pillows and [...]
...read moreFeminists Finding Love
There’s a lot in this article worth dissecting (beginning with the title — she didn’t exactly “change her mind” — and continuing through with the heteronormativity) but there’s an honesty to it that I like. I think it can be hard for feminist women to talk about our love lives — the frustration that can [...]
...read moreTalk About a Double Standard.
This is quite a gem. It really puts forth the sexual double-standard in some of the clearest terms I’ve seen yet. The run-down: Kathryn Jean Lopez hears about the Duke lacrosse rape case, vaguely think it’s unfair to the guys but doesn’t think much about it beyond, “Why are college guys having stripper drunken parties? [...]
...read moreDerbs, Darling, You’ve Outdone Yourself!
I have to go to my son’s school to talk to the Dean about an “incident.” Apparently Danny’s been fighting. My immediate thought on that was: “Great! Has he been WINNING?” But of course that is “inappropriate” in the girlified public-school systems of today. The kiddies are supposed to “work out” their “issues.” I’d like [...]
...read moreEpidemic of Violence Against Women
From my hometown paper, an article that will give you chills: Nearly half of the women surveyed in the Puget Sound area reported that they had been physically, sexually or psychologically abused by their partners at some point in their adult lives. That includes 30 percent who had been hit and 11 percent who said [...]
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