Category Archives: Feminism, sexism, etc

Carrie Prejean Totally Masturbating On Sex Tape1!!1!1!!1! LOLOMG!1!111!

First off, let me note that I hate Carrie Prejean as much as the next sentient human. That out of the way, it’s time for me to defend Carrie Prejean. As you may have heard, former Miss California USA-slash-anti-gay activist … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Same-Sex Marriage | 40 Comments

Questions I Want to Ask Entitled Cis Het Men, Part 3: Space for Men

[This post was originally published on Clarisse Thorne’s blog, and is reprinted here with Clarisse’s kind permission. All three installments may be viewed here.] I’m about to assert something that makes me nervous, because I worry that people are going … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Sexism hurts men | 103 Comments

Questions I Want to Ask Entitled Cis Het Men, Part 2: Men’s Rights

[Reprinted with the kind permission of Clarisse Thorn. All three installments of this series (once they’ve all been posted) may be read here.] In the 2006 documentary “Boy I Am“, a trans man talks about how one of his mental … Continue reading

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Questions I Want To Ask Entitled Cis Het Men, Part 1: Who Cares?

This is the first of three guest posts, reprinted with the kind permission of Clarisse Thorn. This post originally appeared here on Clarisse’s blog. Once they’ve been posted, all three posts will be accessible at this link. Clarisse Thorn is … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Sexism hurts men | 53 Comments

Same as it Ever Was

Unless you live in Minnesota or are really, really plugged in to state-level politics, you probably don’t know who Margaret Anderson Kelliher is. So allow me to introduce her. She’s the current Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, the … Continue reading

Posted in Elections and politics, Feminism, sexism, etc | 8 Comments

The Abuse of the Western Children of Misogynist Attention-Seekers

One of the more bizarre sub-plots from the bizarre story that is the faked balloon voyage of Falcon Heene is the YouTube video in which Falcon and his brothers claimed to be “not pussified.” It’s a lovely video about how … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, In the news, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues | 35 Comments

I Do Believe in Lesbians, I Do! IDo!

Debbie Schlussel is best known for her rabid hatred of anything that can even tangentially be connected to Islam, up to and including falafel. So it’s nice to see her branching out into some good old-fashioned hatred of other things. … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 34 Comments

Jay Smooth tells some truth about Roman Polanski

A few choice quotes What he was accused of is not only considered rape because she was underage, and not only because he gave her drugs and alcohol to set it up, but also because he did it while she … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Whatever | 4 Comments

The Casting Couch

I swear, at some point in the next few days, I will stop posting on Roman Polanski. But it shines so many interesting lights on so much of the sexism in our culture that it’s impossible to ignore it. I’ve … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 12 Comments

Rape Apologists: Roman Polanski’s Rape of a Child Not That Bad

It’s funny. If your average guy were to rape a 13-year-old girl and then flee into exile rather than paying for his crime, pretty much everyone and their twin sister would agree that he was a scumbag who deserved nothing … Continue reading

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 54 Comments