Author Archives: Jeff Fecke

Guest Post: Hello From a Female Lesbian Woman!

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

We at Alas, a Blog are very excited to share this post from an avid reader from Yemen, Jasmine Agrabah. Hello! My name is Jasmine Agrabah. I’m a lesbian female woman lesbian who lives in Sana’a, and I am very excited … Continue reading →

Posted in Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues | 3 Comments

Thank You, Minnesota GOP

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

You know, I think I need to thank the Minnesota GOP for its decision to push through an anti-same-sex-marriage amendment. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t support the amendment. I couldn’t oppose it more if it was a proposed constitutional amendment … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues, Same-Sex Marriage | 18 Comments

You Cannot Hide

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

Bradlee Dean wasn’t supposed to give the invocation at the start of yesterday’s Minnesota House session. Oh, I don’t mean he wasn’t scheduled, or was a last-minute replacement or something; all indications are that he was invited by Rep. Ernie … Continue reading →

Posted in Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Same-Sex Marriage | 1 Comment

Once Again, Bernard-Henri Lévy Defends Rape

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

You’re a rich white man, and you’ve raped someone less important and more female than you are. And now the authorities are daring to treat you — yes, you! — as if you were some sort of common, middle-class rapist. … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 70 Comments

Zombie Marie Curie!

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

Go read xkcd right now. I have spoken.

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Feminism, sexism, etc | 20 Comments

It’s the Holocaust of Analogies

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

Via Sadly, No!, the wisdom of Our Michele: Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday described the loss of “economic liberty” that young Americans face today as a “flash point of history” in which the younger generation will ask what their elders did … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics | 5 Comments

Black Americans are Americans

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

One thing that cannot be said enough about birtherism, afterbirtherism, and all its myriad forms: it is racist at its core. An argument that Obama cannot be who he is — an intelligent, accomplished, American president — because he is … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Race, racism and related issues | 39 Comments

YA RLY!

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

So today we learned that Barack Obama was, in fact, born in Hawai’i, just like he always said he was. Okay, “we” is kind of misleading. Most of us already knew Obama was born in Hawai’i, because, you know, he … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Race, racism and related issues | 37 Comments

The Least of These

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

You know, I’m awfully hard on Republicans, but maybe I shouldn’t be. After all, they’re coming up with some unbelievably creative, out-of-the-box solutions to the many problems we face. Take government waste. Decadent coastal liberals like me like to point … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Economics and the like | 23 Comments

Humans Had a Nice Run

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Jeff Fecke

Our species accomplished a lot in the 200,000 years we were around. The Mona Lisa. Landing on the Moon. The Snuggie. But clearly, our time as masters of our domain is over; there is no question that today’s news represents … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections and politics, Media criticism | 7 Comments