I watched this ad for a new service unbelievingly. Who at Virgin America thought this was a good idea? Maybe it’s a kind of psychological test — a kind of video gom jabbar. If you’re watching it and thinking that this is a wonderful idea for all involved — the men get to be generous …
Category Archive: Equality
Apr 23 2013
Maybe the right phrase is “revolutionary feminist”
The most “radical feminist” feminist I read religiously has got to be Twisty Faster, at I Blame the Patriarchy. She’s a ferociously passionate writer, and simply brilliant in her insights. So when we had the recent hatin’ and shriekin’ from #radfem2013, I had to wonder (maybe that’s the wrong word; I had high expectations) what …
Apr 23 2013
Steubenville hasn’t learned a thing
The football coach who reportedly joked to his team members about the sexual assault on an unconscious girl, who the team trusted to cover up any problems their behavior might cause, who threatened a reporter and her family if they pursued the case, has had his coaching contract extended another two years. Symbolic of this …
Apr 22 2013
Empowering Women Through Secularism
The poster alone should convince you to go (Hi, Taslima!). See you in Dublin, 29-30 June!
Apr 22 2013
There are no marching morons
For some random reason, this post from the Scienceblogs era Pharyngula, “There are no marching morons“, is getting some sudden attention, so I thought I’d bring it here. Most people have probably never heard of Kornbluth, or read The Marching Morons, but now you can! It’s on scribd, or you can just read the summary …
Apr 21 2013
I have a sudden craving to visit Grandad’s Bar
It was the scene of an unpleasant event recently — a patron shouting anti-gay slurs at another patron. So Grandad’s Bar in Oklahoma City put up a sign. Come on, OKC. We’re all in this together. Gay, straight, black, white, plumber, politician, whatever…let’s just all have a drink and be cool. Deal? Maybe next time …
Apr 20 2013
#radfem2013
Are you looking to be baffled this weekend? It’s another twitter war, this time under the hashtag #radfem2013, and it consists of a lot of very angry women who are making very weird claims. “Because every time you tell lesbians transwomen are women, you support corrective rape.” “WTF is up with assholes who insist on …
Apr 19 2013
Occidental College President Jonathan Veitch must resign
Occidental College is a small school in northeastern Los Angeles. It’s got about 2,000 students at any one time. And it’s got a huge sexual assault problem: yesterday, 38 students and alumnae of Occidental filed a Title IX complaint with the Federal Department of Education claiming that the college violated civil rights law in its …
Apr 19 2013
Rebecca Watson gives advice to conference speakers
It’s good advice, too, although I think she’s channeling her mother in the last bit, so maybe this should be titled “Rebecca Watson’s Mom gives advice…” She’s suggesting that speakers should use their influence to increase diversity. I’m all for this, even if my possession of a pair of testicles carrying sperm of Northern European …
Apr 18 2013
Why does Jesus get the biggest batarang?
It took me a minute to figure out what this diagram was trying to say. Then I figured it out. Ewww, yuck. Fundie Christians. (via Spa_yediMonster)
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