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Why are complaining against the “Vote Blue no Matter Who” concept? It’s objectively very useful to progressives, who have an…
" If ACT had floated the bill knowing it was doomed to fail, then absolutely." ACT's two right wing coalition…
Like when AOC dressed up in white and cried at a fence Remember the Alamo, right? All no respect, fuck…
The reason it’s one of the go-tos that come up when I think of performativity, is also the reason I…
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Category Archives: Rape, intimate violence, & related issues
HOAX: Ad says binoculars "Puts The KING Into Stalking"
Whoops — it’s a hoax. Barska denies having anything to do with these ads. Original post below the fold.
Bush Administration Gives Free Pass To Rapists In Iraq
The Nation has a detailed article. A woman working for KBR, a private contractor the US hires to operate in Iraq, claims to have been drugged and gang raped by her co-workers, possibly including her boss. The rape was then … Continue reading →
Ezra Klein on Prison Rape
From an LA Times op-ed: Prison rape occupies a fairly odd space in our culture. It is, all at once, a cherished source of humor, a tacitly accepted form of punishment and a broadly understood human rights abuse. We pass … Continue reading →
Violence Against Women Act — Call Congress Today
From my inbox: Whoo Hoo! We did it!! BIG VICTORY in the Senate yesterday. Last night, just before 9 pm, the Senate voted UNANIMOUSLY to approve restoring $100 million for the Violence Against Women Act into the Senate’s budget proposal. … Continue reading →
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"Passing the Trash": Schools Keep Molesting Teachers' Secrets In Exchange For Quick Resignations
Remember the movie “Teachers,” with Judd Hirsch as the principle and Nick Nolte as a noble teacher? In the movie, one sign of the principal’s corruption was when he allowed a teacher who had sex with a student to quietly … Continue reading →
Click to donate $1 to a fund for victims of domestic violence
From the mailbag: bean wants you to visit ClickToEmpower.com and show your support for survivors of domestic violence. For every click received, $1 will be donated by the Allstate Foundation to the Education and Job Training Assistance Fund with a … Continue reading →
You can only say 'Yes' if you can say 'No'
There’s been a brilliant discussion about Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti’s Call for Submissions for ‘Yes means Yes’.Firefly, BlackAmazon, Sylvia, Tekanji, Chris Clarke, Sudy, Magniloquence, and Theriomorph are just some of the people who have written about the original Call … Continue reading →
Holding Up Half the Sky
A few weeks ago, Jacob Zuma was named the new head of the African National Congress. This is part of a larger struggle in South Africa against the policies of the ANC, which has been carrying out a neo-liberal agenda … Continue reading →
My Daughter's Vagina, Part 10
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 Update: I have decided to take the text of this post down until I have a chance to revise and repost it. … Continue reading →
My Daughter's Vagina, Part 7
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 The students in a remedial composition class I’m teaching during my second semester as a college professor are reading aloud and commenting on fables they’ve written over the … Continue reading →
What fence are you referring to, Corso? What happened there? I can only assume that Corso means that if AOC…