Somebody purporting to be Richard Dawkins apparently made some rather idiotic comments on Pharyngula of the “people have it worse than you, so how dare you complain about your own situation” variety, and Jen McCreight rightly excoriates him (or his impersonator) for it. For reference on these remarks, see this. Whether that […]
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Pat Robertson declares that just as every other country to accept homosexuality and gay marriage has failed, so shall the U.S. One wonders exactly how Robertson defines failure, given that Denmark legalized civil unions in 1985 and many other countries have embraced gays as equal to a similar or greater […]
Read MoreThe perfect comment on Pixar’s new film
I’m happy that Pixar is finally producing a film, to be released next year, with a female protagonist. I am, really. I’m also in shock that it has taken this long…but anyway. Here’s the plot synopsis: Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Merida is the princess of […]
Read MoreTaming the tiger
Ed posted at Dispatches today about Slut Walk and Vox Day’s reaction to it. My favorite comment of the thread so far, hands down, comes from Eric: Just as you don’t teach a tiger to stop devouring steak by continuously waving a bloody t-bone in front of it… He’s not just […]
Read MoreThis just in: opponents of Slut Walks identify with rapists. Shocking.
“I see cleavage! Must rape!” Holy cats. If you have a need to troll for misogynists, apparently there’s no better way than to have a Slut Walk. Articles on the subject appeared in the Guardian and the Daily Mail yesterday, and Dawn Foster found these in the Mail’s comment thread: If women […]
Read MoreSlut walk conversation at The Agitator
While Radley Balko’s on vacation, various people are guest blogging at his site. Dave Krueger wrote an entry on the Slut Walk topic, which resulted in a really interesting discussion. In reply to a commenter’s question “But how can you tell the difference between blaming the victim and acknowledging that women […]
Read MoreSluts of the world, unite and take over
Remember the Slut Walk in Toronto? When during a talk on how to be safe from sexual attack, a police officer informed a bunch of students to “avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized,” and that got them kind of angry, so they took to the streets […]
Read MoreNational debt blamed on pussification of America
From Mother Jones: Freshman Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has been known to say some pretty outlandish things from time to time. He’s told constituents that “Islam is not a religion,” called the President of the United States a “low-level socialist agitator,” and asked supporters to “grab your muskets!” Now, he’s […]
Read MoreDon’t dress your children provocatively…or major news sites will call them “tramps”
I find it difficult to imagine how someone could read this without being creeped out by the author rather than the subject of his own disturbance: I saw someone at the airport the other day who really caught my eye. Her beautiful, long blond hair was braided back a la Bo […]
Read MorePouncing on privilege, smack talking in/on sports
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. […]
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