Worth mentioning, just because it's so utterly horrible - I doubt Obama would let this pass ( Read more... )

Apropos of nothing aside from a great many articles on motherhood recently and women cooking for their children (deathfat!), or not being at home (unnatural!), or being at home (lazy!), or disciplining, or 'being kind' and all the rest...

( This is a rant! It is possibly feminist! You can flee, fleeeee! )

So. A dude in Australia was just acquitted of forcible rape because ( Read more... )

Some vague reactions ( Read more... )

Because it got so long, I thought it would deserve its own entry. Also because I kept having the urge to hide my response in case it offended people which is a worry considering this is my blog, and it is a place for me to post what I want. While it may in some ways be a public forum, it is also a moderated forum. And the fact that I keep self- ( Read more... )

Mr. Renken's ministry is one of a small but growing number of evangelical churches that have embraced mixed martial arts - a sport with a reputation for violence and blood that combines kickboxing, wrestling and other fighting styles - to reach and convert young men, whose church attendance has been persistently low ( Read more... )

The whole Tony Abbott thing is bad enough, what with the wretched meme of 'the most precious gift a woman can give is her virginity' thing coming back. The whole marriage-centric concept that women are good for precisely one event, and after that, the dude is compelled to hang around because he sure wouldn't stay for any other reason...pth. And ( Read more... )

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In rage-inducing roundup, I vent. You bet I'll be moderating comments if I want to!

( Seriously, most of this stuff is depressing. )

Wherein:
A Miss California(*) states that others should not have the right to express their love and sexuality.
She is: Engaging in shaming and vilifying people over their sexuality.

Wherein:
Her ex releases private sex tapes without her consent.
He is: Engaging in shaming and vilifying people over their sexuality.

( Some rambling )