Obligatory disclaimer: This is a comic. It includes generalizations. Obviously there is significant variation among both prudes and feminists, and occasionally overlap between them. I have, though, quite frequently seen the two confused. And I decided that “sex positive” and “sex negative” don’t do enough to describe the difference between […]
Read MoreCommon Ground
In formal logic, a premise is a plank of an argument. If your premises are true and the form of your argument is valid, then your argument is sound. 1. All men are mortal.2. Socrates is a man.3. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. If you’re trying to persuade someone of your […]
Read MoreFeminism and male rape
Last night I made the worst decision ever about what to read right before bed: an article in the Guardian entitled The rape of men, on the practice of male-on-male rape as a weapon of war in Uganda. I think you should read it. I think everyone should read it, […]
Read MoreAnd so #Inktober draws to a close
…Whew! That was fun. And work. And fun. I did a single ink-on-paper drawing every day for the month of Ink– I mean, October– for Inktober. I had about an hour each day in which to do my drawing, which means on a few occasions I posted something with which […]
Read MoreSpeaking of not valuing women
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Read MoreHow I know this isn’t about freedom of speech
So, you want me to explain how I can tell that your Facebook page entitled “Should Miri Mogilevsky be murdered?” is not “an exercise in Free Speech”? Okay, I can do that. 1. First of all, Facebook is a privately owned space on the internet, a web site. It’s not […]
Read More#Inktober
According to Mr. Jake Parker.com, Inktober is: Thirty-one days, thirty-one ink drawings. Are you ready?!INKtober rules: 1) Make a drawing in ink (you can do a pencil under-drawing if you want). 2) Post it on tumblr (or Instagram, twitter, facebook, flickr, Pinterest or just pin it on your wall.) 3) Hashtag it with #inktober 4) […]
Read MoreFact and fiction on Minneha’s “Islam” bulletin board
Today’s editorial cartoon in the Wichita Eagle, drawnby cartoonist Richard Crowson Minneha Core Knowledge Magnet Elementary School is very close to where I live in Wichita, Kansas. The name “Core Knowledge” comes from the belief that there are culturally common things that students should learn about in order to be […]
Read MoreBarney Frank, atheism, and representation
Source So Barney Frank came out last night– again. This time as a “pot-smoking atheist” on Real Time With Bill Maher, when Maher gave himself that label and Frank responded by jokingly asking Maher which one he meant: Bill Maher: … you were in a fairly safe district. You were […]
Read MoreThe Revenge of the Nerds trope
Pictured: Nerd revenge First, a disclaimer: I’ve not seen a single episode of Big Bang Theory. I did, however, read an article about it entitled Why Geek Girls Are Tired of ‘Big Bang’ Bullshit, and contains a lot of complaints about sexism on the show. One of them in particular […]
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