April 2008
52 posts
“Behold the neat trick. First, you make women act like simpletons, broodmares,...”
– Twisty Faster: Feminizers without borders: Moscow edition at I Blame The Patriarchy
March 2008
55 posts
How to write a conservative article about... →
“There is throughout this campaign season a disturbing comfort with violence...”
– Anglachel’s Journal: Domestic Violence
Internet Miss Bimbo game for girls attacked by... →
The aim of the Miss Bimbo beauty contest game, which was launched in Britain last month, is to become the “hottest, coolest, most famous bimbo in the whole world”, and contestants who compete against each other are told to “stop at nothing”, even “meds or plastic surgery”, to ensure their dolls win. Children are given a naked virtual character to look after....
“When he ran in 2004, he created a campaign that was explicitly about the idea...”
– Ezra Klein: The American Prospect
Aspiring Pol Changes Name To Pro-Life, Idaho... →
“A Senate candidate has legally changed his name to Pro-Life and will appear on the ballot that way this year, state election officials say.” Ugh. Just ugh.
“Dressing up everyday sexual exploitation and patriarchal gender roles in flaming...”
– Nine Deuce: The evangelical pro-life guide to sexy feminism at I Blame The Patriarchy
“I’m tired of this kind of thing, too. The Clinton campaign was not behind the...”
– zuzu: Feministe » Just a wife.
“‘Stuff White People Like’ Book Sold to Random House For At Least...”
– Gawker: Stuff White People Like: Ridiculous Book Deals
Ridiculous Demented Right-Wing Wackaloon... →
“You have to be tall, you have to be slim, you have to have clear skin, and you...”
– Pandagon : A sillier Feminism Friday post
“And no one who’s serious about being the American president would do...”
– Melissa McEwan: LA Times: Hey, Wait a Second! We’re Sucky Journalists, Too!
“When AA launched, they made a huge fuss about how they were against the...”
– Commenter jtrain: Radar Online : In the Name of Dov Yup, more American Apparel related stuff. The sex-positive paper doll project is still one of the most difficult projects I’ve tackled to date.
“So?”
– Vice President Dick Cheney, when informed that two-thirds of Americans think the war was not worth fighting.
“Now you know how to write a really sexist (but ohsofunny) column basically...”
– ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
“Tuesday, March 18
FUNK THE WAR
Student Power Dance Party Against Empire
Dress...”
– 5th Anniversary of the War Week of Action: Providence Daily Dose I’m calling this the Death of Satire, part VII: A “supah fly” student dance party to protest the war.
“But by far the biggest thing that struck me about it is that Clinton and Obama...”
– Quixote: Recent poll: Clinton wins
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Do feminists for Obama understand what the hell... →
At the age of 44 [Obama] had no clue why voting to confirm a young, anti-abortion, anti-women’s rights ultra-conservative to the Supreme Court was a bad idea for the women of America. Or he simply didn’t care.
“You know, I don’t know. You’re going to have to ask the experts that. I’m just a...”
– George W. Bush: Think Progress » Blog Archive » Bush: ‘I’m just a simple president.’
“When they say, “America is a Christian nation,” they mean, “America is a...”
– Pandagon: America will not rest until Obama says Jesus had blue eyes
The scandal of Olivia Newton-John: 12 surprisingly... →
The A.V. Club
“Criticism of any candidate is natural and necessary, but this dualistic...”
– The Confluence: For my daughter’s sake, don’t go there Keith
http://thesis.jessierauch.com →
It liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiives. Took me long enough.
“Go slog through the comments at the big boy liberal sites. Did you know that...”
– Reclusive Leftist: Understanding Obamamania: the triumph of Republican-style politics
“All hell broke loose at the Hollywood premiere of “Horton Hears a...”
– Horton Hears an Abortion Protest - TMZ.com - Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip and Hollywood Rumors Huh. Funny how a lot of the same people who pitch a holy fit about how gay marriage shouldn’t be allowed b/c they don’t want to have to deal with uncomfortable questions from their kids...
“I’ve never watched Oprah Winfrey’s show, bought a Celine Dion CD,...”
– Katha Pollitt responds to that idiotic Charlotte Allen editorial.
“Geez, when did America become such a delicate little flower that can’t...”
– Good As You succinctly responds to an especially irritating journalistic cliché: Is America ready for an African-American president? Is America ready for a female president? Is America ready for gay marriage? etc.
“I spent about 8 years of my life doing nothing but going to punk shows. My 3...”
– Margaret @ Feministing. Exactly. I was trying to articulate exactly this sentiment in a project I worked on last semester, and it was nice to see my concerns echoed elsewhere. (That particular project still needs a bit of retooling, since nobody seemed to really get that particular point…...
“The ONLY 100 percent effective method for avoiding car accidents is to ABSTAIN...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Abstinence-Only Driver’s Ed.