Richard Schiff - better known as Toby from The West Wing - seems to fancy himself a political commentator all of a sudden. The Indie in their infinite wisdom agree, and have given him a platform to spout his nonsense fromIt's no surprise that Schiff considers both Clinton and Palin as not "capable of stepping into the Oval Office". If a tub of ( Read more... )

Let's be clear; women have the right to go out dressed outrageously and be gagging to pull a man for sex. Consensual sex. Women do not want to be raped. Ever. All rape is "real rape", even if she is wearing a skirt up to her neck, has her breasts on show and is drinking and flirting like crazy. Rape is sex without consent. Which part of that is ( Read more... )

( I'm so mad I could spit )

I've been seeing Michelle Obama's face everywhere recently. She even made it to the front page of the Guardian, I'm pretty sure for the first time. Mostly the photos are unflattering and the coverage is, not exactly hostile, but very undermining ( Read more... )

George Orwell, writing at the height of the Great Depression:

"And all the while everyone who uses his brain knows that Socialism, as a world-system and wholeheartedly applied, is a way out [of the depression]. [...] What I am concerned with is the fact that Socialism is losing ground exactly where it ought to be gaining it.  [...] It means that ( Read more... )

There's been a lot of bruhaha about this cover of Vogue recently, from a photo essay purporting to pair the world's "best bodies" - top athletes with top models ( Read more... )

It's finally becoming acceptable to admit that gender is an equally or even more important feature of HRC's candidacy to BHO's race; but is it too little too late?

Voters admit to being more biased against a female candidate than a black one.

Black women are coming under pressure to vote along racial lines.