Amanda Marcotte shares a success story in the struggle against casual sexism, and also plugs this great conference coming up this weekend. I bring this up because I’m one of the speakers at Women in Secularism, which starts on Friday in D.C. (There’s still time to register, if you want to come!) The very existence …
Category Archive: Equality
May 14 2013
I get email, gay marriage edition
The great news: Governor Dayton signed the same-sex marriage bill into law this afternoon. You may now cheer wildly. The silly it-is-to-laugh news: the religious right is indignant. I got this email this afternoon: I have been reading your blog entries regarding The Minnesota Legislature’s legalizing of gay marriage. In these entries, you seem to …
May 13 2013
It’s inevitable now
The Minnesota Senate has approved gay marriage. It now goes to Governor Dayton, who has already said he’ll sign it, and then we’re at last edging our way into the 21st century. Not everyone is happy about it. "In my heart, I grieve on both sides. Because I know what it’s like to be alone …
May 13 2013
The twisted logic of the anti-gay marriage movement
The Minnesota senate will be debating our gay marriage bill this afternoon; if it passes there, we have a done deal, because our governor Dayton has promised to sign it into law as soon as it hits his desk. This has thrown the Christians into this state in a frenzy (and make no mistake, the …
May 09 2013
MINNESOTA HOUSE VOTES 75:49 FOR GAY MARRIAGE!
All I can say is…YES! And the crowd goes wild! Next, it goes before the Minnesota Senate on Monday. It could be signed into law next week, taking effect in August.
May 09 2013
Today is the day
Today, the Minnesota legislature is supposed to vote on gay marriage. I know because the pressure has been at fever pitch — I got three phone calls yesterday from advocacy organizations calling to get me to call my representative. I’ve told NOM to take a flying leap, but Minnesotans United, despite the annoying dunning, have …
May 02 2013
What point would a protest have if it didn’t piss someone off?
This well-written article in The Atlantic remarks on a familiar tactic. It’s about the Femen, the topless jihad, and Amina, and the complaints an annoying number of stodgy critics have made. You know the ones: the people who demand that all arguments be respectful, and insist that there are proper channels for debate, and protests …
May 01 2013
A monstrous regiment of Schlaflys
This sounds so damn familiar. The problem with feminism, I think the principal problem, is the cultivation of an attitude of victimization. Feminism tries to make women believe they are victims of an oppressive, male-dominated, patriarchal society. They wake up in the morning with a chip on their shoulder. Oh, right. I’ve heard it a …
Apr 29 2013
You don’t have pockets?
OK, OK, OK…I’m oblivious, but I never realized this before, or thought about the consequences: a lot of women’s clothes don’t have pockets. That would be an intolerable state of affairs for me. Don’t most boys grow up like me with a bunch of pockets that they’re constantly stuffing things into? Candy bars, interesting rocks, …
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