Ke$ha suits me right now: blond hair, dark roots, ready to pass out in a bathtub, etc. Politics, what politics? Election? What election? Do not speak to me of such things. OK, fine, whatever, I did publish my take on Yanukovych’s win today. And taped some commentary for GRITtv (and looked fug while doing it,Continue reading “Monday Music: brush your teeth with a bottle of Jack before going outside in Kyiv”
Category Archives: Dirty Politics
“It’s a walk-off!”
Get ready for Yulia vs. Victor on February 7th. And listen to your friend Billy Zane. He’s a cool dude.
Lol gaiz! There’s an election in Ukraine!
Thrilling. Any resemblance of the above line to bitter sarcasm is, of course, coincidental. Of course. Er, for an actual bit of useful information: Exit poll results will be posted at 23:00 local time, January 17th. Until things get interesting (which they are bound to do, lest we forget what country we’re in), here’s howContinue reading “Lol gaiz! There’s an election in Ukraine!”
“Fully sexually available to men”? Haven’t we been through this?
Yes, Virginia, we have. Still, this is kind of a special moment in the history of the feminist blogosphere: transphobia AND rape apologia, in one nifty little stocking stuffer of a post: sex-pos transwomen–if i were born male, like you were, i might be “sex-positive,” too. you know: exhibitionist, pro-porn, and squeeee!-fully sexually available toContinue reading ““Fully sexually available to men”? Haven’t we been through this?”
Way to go, Democrats
As Sarah Jaffe points out, Representative Bart Stupak (D-Michigan—yes, D, that’s not a typo)… doesn’t think that health insurance should provide abortion coverage. He thinks women should have to buy a separate rider that would cover abortion. Because, y’know, women like me totally plan on aborting lots of babies. The Stupak-Pitts amendment to the healthContinue reading “Way to go, Democrats”