Year: 2011

Pouncing on privilege, smack talking in/on sports

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A commenter at Dispatches From the Culture Wars remarks, in response to conversation about Kobe Bryant’s recent $100,000 fine for calling a referee a “fucking faggot”: Most people who fight for ‘equal rights’ do it because they, or people close to them, are members of the group being discriminated against. They fight – and this … Read more

What color is the skin in your world?

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I realize that I could dedicate this entire blog to making fun of stupid things on Fox and Friends and have more than enough material every day. I don’t want to do that, because a) there are other things to talk about, and b) doing so would require actually watching more Fox and Friends. So I’m going to … Read more

Three Hindus in Switzerland acquitted of destroying holy texts

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…but only because they didn’t actually go through with it: Three men who announced their intention to burn copies of the Koran and the Bible on Bern’s Parliament Square last November have been acquitted by a Swiss court. The book burnings never took place but the three, two Indians and a Swiss, were charged with violating … Read more

Glenn Beck vs. lady parts

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When a man and a woman love each other very much, her happy pink ghost has grapes. Pretty sure this is how many right-wingers understand reproduction By the way…I’m a hooker who is planning on having 400 abortions. There, I’ve outed myself. Whew! It feels good to get that off my chest. Or out of my … Read more

Can I choose d) Jainism? How about e) pantheism?

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Are you by chance a directionless hipster? Someone who is into the body mods, but doesn’t much care what he/she gets or what ideology lies behind it? Then this might just be the product for you: a random religion-choosing tattoo machine. The strongest indication of a person’s religion is geography. You are born into your religion. That … Read more

Shape

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You know what the absolute worst part of not working out for a long time is?The first time back. That’s when you’re slapped in the face with the fact of how utterly out of shape you are, and how far you have to go until you’re back at a point more closely resembling where you … Read more

Perspectives on the Huffington Post suit

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A group of volunteer bloggers who have written for the Huffington Post have come together in a class-action lawsuit against the newly AOL-owned site to the tune of $105 million, headed by a journalist called Jon Tasini. Their argument is that HuffPo has taken advantage of them and owes them back pay for all of … Read more

It’s as if they’re trying to give Colbert material…

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Colbert has been tweeting all sorts of non-factual statements about Kyl today. A sampling: Jon Kyl calls the underside of his Senate seat: “The Booger Graveyard.” #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl sponsored S.410, which would ban happiness.#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl has the world’s most extensive catalogue of snuff films.#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl once ate a badger he hit with his … Read more

On being “gender atypical”

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I’ve written before about how LGBT issues are ultimately about gender role conformity in general, and Dan Savage posted on that topic today in relation to the It Gets Better Project: Got this question last night at Cornell University…  Cornell professor Ritch Savin-Williams said in the New York Times that he’s concerned that it’s not … Read more