Category Archives: Feminism, sexism, etc

Supreme Court To Hear Discrimination Against Fathers Case

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Ampersand

(Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog, TADA and Alas.) The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Flores-Villar v. United States on November 10th. The case involves Ruben Flores-Villar, whose father — but not mother — is an American. Ruben was … Continue reading →

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Like a Kid Out There

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

Brett Favre sexually harassed a co-worker when he played for the New York Jets. Oh, you can sugarcoat it all you want; the woman he harassed — Jenn Sterger — wasn’t the one to bring these allegations forward. Because we … Continue reading →

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Fragements of Evolving Manhood: Do You Like Your Body 5

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

“You don’t know who you are anymore!” We’ve just finished eating lunch and my grandmother is sitting across from me at her dining room table. “All your traveling, your reading, exploring other cultures,” she purses her lips and looks down. … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 4

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I did not go to pornography because I’d been sexually abused, but the fact that I’d been abused made the world of pornography one that it felt natural for me to inhabit. One of the effects that sexual abuse often … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: When Witches Stole Penises 2

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Part 1 ended with the following paragraph: And so on and so on, until the fundamental difference between the Jew and the woman. Neither believe in themselves; but the woman believes in others, in her husband, her lover, or her … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: When Witches Stole Penises 1

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

You won’t believe me. I know you won’t. I didn’t want to believe it myself, but I couldn’t deny what my eyes were telling me: My penis was gone! Really! Gone! I’d just come home from breaking up with my … Continue reading →

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Straight Flowing on a Boat in the Deep Blue Sea

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

Remember James O’Keefe III? Sure you do! He’s the guy who (didn’t actually) dress(ed) as a pimp and shot selectively-edited video in order to bring down ACORN, which thanks to a heavy assist from FOX and Andrew Breitbart, and the … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 3

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Warning: This post contains a graphic description of a scene from video pornography. In the heterosexual pornographic video Secrets, there is a woman-on-woman scene—both the women are white—in which one of the performers, wearing a suit and tie, uses a … Continue reading →

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 2

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Warning: This post contains a graphic description of a scene from video pornography. A white woman’s mouth in the act of swallowing a white man’s penis fills the screen of my TV. Almost directly in the center of the picture, … Continue reading →

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Advice To Young Girls From Belle And The Little Mermaid

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Ampersand

(Via Ms. Marx and other places. I think Bean may have emailed me these, too.)

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