Jack Shafer didn’t satisfy the jackass quotient?
UPDATE I: please see Lesley’s comments for some fuller criticisms of Kendall’s methodology UPDATE II: I expected better from Freakonomics. Slate.com has some good things going for it, like Dahlia Lithwick. It’s also got some downsides, like Jack Shafer Clearly, Shafer wasn’t enough, because now Slate’s got Steven Landsburg and his simple declarative sentences. Guess [...]
...read moreWhy fix the problem when we can push for a feel-good policy that won’t work?
Apparently, there’s still a horrible crisis in education. And the answer according to some pundits is to go back to single sex schools.
...read moreAdvocates of single-sex education for girls believe that, in general, many girls thrive when educated apart from boys. Research concerning the academic achievement of girls suggests that in coeducational classrooms they often defer to boys, are called on less frequently than boys, receive significantly less teacher attention than boys, and are less likely than boys to study mathematics and science. Evidence suggests that attending single-sex schools improves many girls’ academic performance and attitude toward less traditional school subjects for girls while encouraging them to assume non-traditional career paths.
Like A Natural Woman, Part Due
First, I’d like to thank the many commentators on the previous post. There’s so much to comment on and clarify, that I figured it was time for another post on the subject. There’s some patterns I see being recreated through the discussions on physical appearance. Patterns we learn early and often. Pre-existing patterns that operate [...]
...read moreTV Networks refuse to run ads for Dixie Chicks documentary
Like everyone else in the this corner of the blogosphere, I love the Dixie Chicks, and I’m looking forward to seeing their documentary Shut Up and Sing about the aftermath of Natalie Maines’s comment about being ashamed that President Bush is from Texas. Although the odds that I’ll see the trailer on network TV just [...]
...read moreBaby Blogging
When she chews on a teething ring she makes a noise like “gneng-gneng-gneng.” It’s hilarious. Hey, I have a question for the hivemind. What do you do for a baby that hates baths? Like, with the heat of a thousand suns hates baths? Seriously, it was easier to bathe the cat. I’ve been putting it [...]
...read moreThe Source gets hit with huge sexual harassment judgment
From Feministing: The Source gets hit with multi-million dollar judgment in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by a former editor. Kimberly Osorio, 32, was the first woman to be named editor in chief of the hip-hop magazine. She was fired in 2005 for “poor performance” after she complained of sexual harassment, including executives watching porn, [...]
...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 moreLike A Natural Woman
Seems like you can’t tour the feminist blogosphere for long before running up against some perennial, contentious arguments. Arguments whose origin is both without and within feminism. Arguments about: physical appearance/beauty, sex, birth control, birth plans, reproductive justice, breastfeeding, parenting, marriage or other partnerships, children, homekeeping, work, school/education, religion, family, age, Second Wave/Third Wave, how-the-hell-can-I-catch-a-wave [...]
...read moreHow would you like your eggs? Frozen, thanks.
The Independent Online is reporting more women are freezing their eggs as a preemptive fetility treatment. We can tell from the opening, however, that this article is probably not going to be the most scientific analysis of the matter. Career women who want a family are freezing their eggs for later use to remove the [...]
...read morePorn and politicians
The weather here is terrible (wind, rain, ice, thunder, you name it), so I thought I would share one of the silliest things I’ve seen on Slate in awhile: porn by politicians! Match up sordid excerpts with the politcians who penned them. My personal favorite below since it’s mildly NSFW
...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 moreGo Dear Abby!
Well, she’s certainly miles better than Dear Prudence. This morning, Abby tackles a letter from a mother who encouraged her daughter’s friend to tell her parents that she [the friend] was pregnant. Letter under the cut for possible family abuse trigger.
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