From the Telegraph.
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Mary Daly died yesterday at the age of 81, after a lifetime of much-needed controversy in the name of her cause. My aunt gave me a copy of Gyn/Ecology a few years ago, along with some de Beauvoir and The Dialectic of Sex by Shulamith Firestone. These books more or less shaped who I am. While it saddens me to see Daly go, it makes me happy to look ( Read more... )

I'm a little late to this party, but before I start, let's face a few facts often understated or ignored when it comes to critique of Joss Whedon's work.

Joss Whedon is a white man. He is a straight cisgendered able bodied wealthy educated Western white man. He is not magically exempt from all of the perceptions and privilege inherent to those ( Read more... )

Wait, no it doesn't, and only a fool would think that. So why, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, do a bunch of snide dudes use this logic to rationalize their contempt of women ( Read more... )

Oh, those MRAs ( Read more... )