Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 16, 2024It's basically impossible to parody the modern right. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 16, 2024The Existence of Trains Debate #PoliCartoon #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
- Untitled May 15, 2024Two of the most common complaints I get about my cartoons: 1) You left something out! 2) You use way too many words.
- Untitled May 15, 2024The Six Kinds of Republican #PoliCartoon
- Untitled May 15, 2024I think part of what's going on is that some people always like an excuse to be mean yet think of themselves as virtuous. (Happens on all sides, btw.) But another reason - particularly wrt Gaza - is that we feel helpless. We're stuck in "this is so horrible, I must do SOMETHING! But what?" […]
- Untitled May 15, 2024Regarding the new Hillel survey of Jewish college students, I can't find anything about their sampling methodology. But in Hillel's sample, Jews are 50% moderate or conservative. That would make Jewish undergrads far to the right of US Jews in general.
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Category Archives: Feminism, sexism, etc
A Dialog Between A Bernie Sanders Supporter And A Hillary Clinton Supporter
A Bernie Sanders supporter on Tumblr wrote: People who endorse Hillary Clinton: we need a women president! #WhiteFeminism People who endorse Bernie Sanders: we need this man to win to take money out of politics, to promote and campaign for … Continue reading
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On The Definition of Misogyny, And The Related And Uninteresting Question, Is Dave Sim Misogynistic?
So Sandeep Atwal and I have been disagreeing on the definition of misogyny. Sandeep says that misogyny means “hatred of women,” full stop. I agree misogyny means “hatred of women,” but it additionally means (to quote the OED) “Dislike of, … Continue reading
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Deb Chachra on “The Gray Man” and Gender-Marked Fashion
Source. In this fantastic interview for Rawr Denim, William Gibson talks about clothing and fashion: “There’s an idea called “gray man”, in the security business, that I find interesting. They teach people to dress unobtrusively. Chinos instead of combat pants, … Continue reading
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Sarkeesian’s “You Suck” Statement At The UN Was Not What Anti-SJWs Claim
So Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian, among others, were witnesses at the launch of the UN’s “Working Group on Broadband and Gender.”1 Ever since, right-wingers on social media have been claiming that Sarkeesian said that “you suck” is a form … Continue reading
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“Minions” may beat “Lava” for most sexist kid’s movie of the year
“Lava,” as I hope you don’t recall, is the animated short that accompanies “Inside Out,” the otherwise wonderful new Pixar movie. As I’ve said before, some cartoonists draw women as “visual aliens”; men are allowed to be earthy and funny-looking … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Feminism, sexism, etc, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Sexism hurts men
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I Stand By Irene Gallo
“Nielsen-Haydens, your fellow travelers, and media goombahs . . . I MOCK YOU! I MOCK YOUR ASININE INCESTUOUS CLUSTERFUCKED LITTLE CULTURE OF DOCTRINAIRE PROGRESSOSEXUAL MEDIOCRITY MASKED AS SUPERIORITY! You are all dolts. You are moral and physical cowards. You are … Continue reading
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Sandra Bem, 1944-2014
Although Sandra Bem died a year ago, I didn’t hear about her death until this week, when I read The Last Day of Her Life, an interesting account of Bem’s death; Bem committed suicide in order to avoid the final … Continue reading
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