Bad News – Page 27

Dear Helen Mirren, you need to re-think your words on rape

You know, I love Helen Mirren, and when I read something like this, and I face-palm. It’s funny, because I happen to know a beautiful, successful woman who was raped pretty much in the way that Helen Mirren was raped, multiple times, and then turned around and said “it wasn’t a real sexual assault. IContinue reading “Dear Helen Mirren, you need to re-think your words on rape”

Georgia and Russia: a War Diary From One Man Trying to Keep His Family Safe in Georgia

This Georgian war diary is long, but it makes for excellent reading. No matter what side you take in this conflict, or whether you take a side at all, you will take away something from this piece, something elemental. (Un)happy reading.

Angie Zapata and white-hot hatred

Following, and leading up to, the murder of Angie Zapata, the feminist blogosphere has been experiencing a new round of discussions on OMIGOD trans!!! If you want more context, please read this righteous post by Lisa Harney. To me, some of the eruptions on the topic are reminiscent of “Reefer Madness” or promos for “TheContinue reading “Angie Zapata and white-hot hatred”

What moral authority do George W. Bush and Condoleeza Rice have?

Oh, that’s right, none whatsoever. If I wanted to hear guidance and opinion on the Russia-Georgia debacle, I’d fish a mongrel cat out of the trash-bin and listen to its theories before I’d listen to these two. What does the President of the Republic of Burundi think about this situation? His opinion ought to matterContinue reading “What moral authority do George W. Bush and Condoleeza Rice have?”

Russia doesn’t want Nato on its doorstep. Georgia doesn’t want lawlessness.

Here’s a quote from the BBC this morning, Arriving on the border on Saturday, Vladimir Putin declared it was unlikely now that South Ossetia would reintegrate with the rest of Georgia. This is precisely the outcome Georgia was trying to avoid. Does anyone reeeeally think that South Ossetia is going to reintegrate with Georgia afterContinue reading “Russia doesn’t want Nato on its doorstep. Georgia doesn’t want lawlessness.”