Ashley Manta was discussing her own rape trauma with a friend, when she named her rapist: a fellow named Ben Ketchum. There followed one of those series of confirmations that are rather terrifying: her friend had also been raped by Ketchum. Then she put up a blog post naming her rapist, and more women who knew him came out to say what he’d done.
Maybe if we all rise up and say it, it will get better.
Do these big name universities intentionally inculcate obtuseness, or do they select for neo-reactionary thinkers? Case in point: Steven Pinker promoting Christina Hoff Sommers.
The war on gamers continues: http://t.co/WmIrgwykCH via @YouTube
— Steven Pinker (@sapinker) March 10, 2015
The war on gamers continues
I’d really love to know more of the context of this complaint to Nature — what the paper was, what he was complaining about, what happened in the followup.
The Sioux Falls Feminists have put up a billboard with a clearly stated idea.
You NEVER deserve domestic abuse!
I agree with that. Strangely, though, there is a Twitter account for anti-Sioux Falls Feminists, and they object, and have followers who also object.
The day before my birthday! No, wait, that’s not it: It’s International Women’s Day! Celebrate by noticing something women do!
An Indonesian company printed some interesting washing instructions on the tag of their shirts.
"Washing instructions: Give this shirt to a woman. It’s her job," Salvo Sports printed on the shirts of Indonesian Super League team Pusamania Borneo.
I understand that bread in Indonesia ought to come in bags with instructions that say, “Give this loaf to a woman. She’ll make you a sandwich.”
But before all you angry feminists start waving torches and pitchforks, the company has apologized. They are deeply, terribly, weepingly sorry for their sexist assumptions.
Are you a woman? Are you a surgeon? Are you in Australia (or maybe any of many other places)? Then you should be aware of the culture in your profession.
I picture David Futrelle capering gleefully right now: he has so much blog fodder falling out of the sky from the Aurini/Owen breakup. He’s posting some of the comments from misogynist fans, and a hilariously angry interview with Aurini. And now I’m all out of popcorn.
There’s a campaign in progress to put a woman’s face on the $20 bill. It’s about time! Look at all the masculine faces in your wallet — I had to look it up, but apparently a woman has graced our paper money only once in our entire history: Martha Washington, on the $1 silver certificate, way back at the end of the 19th century.
