I read this feature on upskirting and the legal issues surrounding it on Salon, and felt a chill crawling up my spine the entire time I was reading it. Walking around in Amman, I stick out like a sore thumb. People notice me, and sometimes they follow me, and sometimes I think I’ve noticed severalContinue reading “Upskirting and Downblousing: Stay Classy, Guys”
Category Archives: America
Speaking of trafficking and sex-work… Look what W is up to!
Some of the outgoing president’s decisions are disturbing to the extreme. Check this out: …The administration also wants to deny funding to organizations that help victims of sex trafficking if they also advocate legalized consensual prostitution. These and others can be found on ProPublica.org’s list of midnight regulations. Awesome. Once again, slavery and sex-work areContinue reading “Speaking of trafficking and sex-work… Look what W is up to!”
The mortal sin of disliking Sarah Palin
I think that this LJ author said it best: Woman A: I don’t like Sarah Palin. Woman B: YOU DON’T LIKE WOMEN! Woman A: No, I don’t like Sarah Palin. I liked Hillary Clinton a whole lot, remember? Woman B: YOU DON’T LIKE WOMEN! Woman A: You’re being unreasonable. Woman B: YOU SAID WOMEN AREContinue reading “The mortal sin of disliking Sarah Palin”
“New Wives For Old”: Older Men, Younger Women, and Cindy McCain
When I was a teenager, a couple of relatives cautioned me about marriage: “Never go for a younger man, or even a man your age. Go for the older ones, who have money and success and no energy to leave you.” This advice did not just materialize out of the ether: nearly all the womenContinue reading ““New Wives For Old”: Older Men, Younger Women, and Cindy McCain”
I has fringe and glasses! I can has Paglia’s love too?
The funniest thing about Camille Paglia singing “My Creepy Valentine” to Sarah Palin again, is Camille’s insistence that it was the evil Democrats who hunted poor Palin like a wolf from a helicopter (individual hunters are more respectful of the environment than the food industry, and they aid in conservation efforts when species overpopulation isContinue reading “I has fringe and glasses! I can has Paglia’s love too?”
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