Jesus effing Christ.

(There is a link to a news article in the blog post, but the article is deeply irritating, so I linked to the post instead.)

I've got to put in a plug for RadGeek. I'm not a libertarian (and I don't know how this guy can stand to associate with most self-described libertarians), but I've learned a lot from him.

Today's Best Thing Ever.

In other news, meet the worst restaurant reviewers in the entire world.

Seriously. I've never regarded myself as a foodie, but at least I know what cilantro is. At least I occasionally try not to be an ignorant Orientalist fuck. When I read the Starving Students' reviews of local restaurants, I'm actually embarrassed.

To plenty of men, that sex-positive in front of feminist says that either I am the sort of feminist they just don’t have to worry about, because I pose no real threat to them - since I don’t appear to want to take away or limit access to sex - or worse still, in some cases, it says additionally that they will get the heart of what they really want ( Read more... )

I was trolling around RadGeek and found this, and it's pretty awesome.

All I've read of Ellen Willis was a bit of her criticism of anti-porn feminists, and that kind of annoyed me, so I've avoided her. But:

Women are not manipulated by the media into being domestic servants and mindless sexual decorations, the better to sell soap and hair spray ( Read more... )