As you can see, I've started this blog up again and hope to post at least weekly. I swear I will do more than movie reviews/reactions eventually ( Read more... )

So I am returning after months of not posting to wade right into the maelstrom that is Topics You Aren’t Allowed to Discuss. Today, sexism (and racism, as another example of the same phenomenon).

I’m gonna assume that everybody’s heard about the Isla Vista massacre, where a young man, so enraged that women collectively denied him sex in spite of ( Read more... )

#OccupyWallStreet has been a hot topic on Twitter for quite some time. The movement, involving a group of protesters actually “occupying” the financial district in New York City to protest what they see as abuses by the corporate elites, has been going on since September 17, but only recently are reports being widely circulated ( Read more... )

No need for me to tell you guys; you've seen the news. Big GOP wave into the House. But the Democrats kept the Senate. And, in my district, almost everyone I voted for won, so that was good. Other, national politicians whom I support won as well (Barney Frank, Chris Van Hollen, Manchin). Only two Tea Party people managed to get into office... the ( Read more... )