Good ol’ Camille Paglia! That fearless contrarian, ready to make fellow liberals quake in their Birkenstocks at a moment’s notice! Well, maybe. I’ve yet to meet a single liberal who consistently takes Paglia seriously, but, you know, just because we’ve never seen the Loch Ness Monster doesn’t mean it’s not out there. Paglia trumpets herContinue reading “Paglia’s Crush, Palin; Paglia’s Ex, Feminism”
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Well, then! Thank you, o feisty abstinence-only group, for letting me know I should have killed myself when I was seven!
Hey guys! Do me a favour. Look at this list and tell me what doesn’t belong on it: VCR’s Diaphragms made of crocodile dung The Macarena “Purity at all cost.” I’ll save you the trouble: it’s that last bit. Why? Because the other three are all out of fashion. It’s true. An entire abstinence-only educationContinue reading “Well, then! Thank you, o feisty abstinence-only group, for letting me know I should have killed myself when I was seven!”
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”
Big blogger picks on little blogger
You know, there are ways of disagreeing with someone without publicly ridiculing a painful experience. I have my (ratherf*ckinghuge) differences with Debs, but the treatment she has gotten at the hands of Dr. Crippen is beyond inappropriate. I once had something bad happen, with a female doctor. I wouldn’t call it a rape, but itContinue reading “Big blogger picks on little blogger”
Rape, Prevention, and Victimhood: Inspired by our Russian colleagues
A male member of the Russian LJ community – Feministki – recently tried to establish a line between victim-blaming and victim-advising. He said he was disturbed by discussions surrounding basic safety, and how they either degenerated into either victim-blaming or accusations thereof. Of course, he later admitted that stereotypes got the best of him: hisContinue reading “Rape, Prevention, and Victimhood: Inspired by our Russian colleagues”
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