Category Archives: Wendy McElroy

FoxNews' Wendy McElroy whitewashes a rape

Posted on July 30, 2003 by Ampersand

Regarding Illinois’ new rape law (see the post before this one for details on that), several folks, like Don of Anger Management, seem to be objecting based on a serious misunderstanding of the California case that inspired this law. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Wendy McElroy | 17 Comments

Anti-feminist discussion forums down

Posted on July 8, 2003 by Ampersand

Curiously, the two big “anti-feminist feminist” discussion boards have recently been removed by their supporting sites. SheThinks, an astroturf campus organization created by the right-wing Independant Women’s Forum, removed the online discussion board as part of a site redesign – … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Wendy McElroy | 24 Comments

Did Martin Luther King oppose Affirmative Action?

Posted on January 6, 2003 by Ampersand

A phrase I read over at Eve Tushnet’s place gave me deja vu: …anti-aff. action people talk about the colorblind ideal, judging people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Eventually, I remembered … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmative Action, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Race, racism and related issues, Wendy McElroy | 19 Comments

Foxnews vs RAWA

Posted on September 1, 2002 by Ampersand

Wendy McElroy used her August 20th Foxnews column for an attack on RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. According to McElroy, American feminist groups like the Feminist Majority Foundation (which McElroy mysteriously refers to as "FMN") "should … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, International issues, Wendy McElroy | 3 Comments