People.

I'm not sure which is more disgusting--this guy's racism, or his total inability to recognize or acknowledge it as such.

I mean, come on! He has, like, a zillion black friends! He lets them use his bathroom! He only refuses to perform interracial marriages out of concern for the poor widdle children! And he tries to treat everyone equally-- ( Read more... )

The idea that Polanski's talent should excuse him from accountability for his actions--particularly considering that those actions involve drugging and raping a child, then fleeing the country to avoid sentencing--is the worst kind of bullshit. If anything, Polanski's visibility and status should be held against him in this: he has repeatedly and ( Read more... )

I mean, Dijongate? Seriously?
"Watergate" was the name of the hotel.
"Whitewatergate" made at least groan-worthy sense as a pun.
Everything since has just been asinine and meaningless.

...so is the appellation of "gate" to FUCKING EVERYTHING as a virtually meaningless suffix "gategate"?

There's currently a bill in the Florida legislature which would allow the state to issue one license plate with a picture of Jesus, and another with a picture of a cross.The Jesus plate would support the Toomey Foundation for the Natural Sciences, which, among other things, features a bible verse on its front page (for what it's worth, based on a ( Read more... )

( Sexual assault triggers below the cut. If you are an abuse survivor, please make sure you are in a safe place before proceeding. )

I've written before about the dangerous intersections of bullshit alternative "medicine" and food allergies. The tragic case of Thomas Schatten, which is just now coming to light via a public inquest four years after Schratten's death, drives home just how deadly that combination can be.

On May 18, 2005, Thomas Schratten collapsed and died from ( Read more... )

ABC has entered the Allertherapy(TM) frayOn the upside, the article concludes that Allertherapy(TM) is probably neither effective nor safe. On the downside, a deceptively positive headline ("Could an Ancient Approach Help Allergies?") overshadows its contrary conclusion ("Homeopathic Allergy Treatment Not Likely to Cure Anything, Experts Say"), and ( Read more... )

I hate homeopathy more than I hate most things. It's utter rubbish--worse than rubbish, because it actively misrepresents itself in ways that discourage people from seeking legitimate treatment for serious conditions ( Read more... )

So, I'm a moderator on this kickass feminist comics forum. And recently, there's been a bit of a kerfluffle in one thread regarding the definition of "butch" and the use of derogatory language to describe women who don't fit traditionally acceptable definitions of femininity, and, inevitably, someone has invoked the descriptive epithet "real woman ( Read more... )

Can we stop celebrating a straight girl who writes homophobic, bullshit, exploitative songs about fetishizing and commodifying queer women as a queer pop culture icon? PLEASE?