Blowing Smoke
"Progressive" or otherwise touted to be clever media outlets pushing concern is not a new phenomenon. As we know, NPR is great at this sort of thing.It is just disappointing every time it happens.One...
View ArticleFifty Shades of Blurred Lines
Occasionally it's difficult to know what people are thinking.Or perhaps, most of the time it is quite difficult to know what people are thinking."Fifty Shades of Grey" is going to be a movie.This...
View ArticleDon't Talk About Suicide
Apparently PZ Myers believes suicide gets too much media coverage.In a post titled, "Robin Williams brings joy to the hearts of journalists and politicians once again", PZ writes:I’m sorry to report...
View ArticleOphelia the Racist
Occasionally the Atheism+ forum generates some good points.Most of the thought provoking posts come from little eureka moments, when the Atheism+ forum proles discover that their forefathers at...
View ArticleHow to make a misogynistic video game
It is possible to write about feminism for quite some time and completely avoid all the circus surrounding the depiction of women in videogames.It is important to remember that, as any avid Internet...
View ArticleDriscoll Deflection
People tend to play the same games.Mark Driscoll is a familiar name among liberal feminists in the United States. Driscoll is/was the leader of Mars Hill Church, one of those...
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Women in tech: Woman Up!
A lot of energy is spent thinking about the problem of "women in tech". Sometimes the problem is described as "women in science", "women in math" or "women in STEM". But the problem is the same.The...
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Holy Halo ShirtStorm
Shirts are kind of a big deal.At least, that's what we've learned in the past few months. For those unaware, there has been this drama raging on Twitter known as "#GamerGate". It might still be going...
View ArticleTake the kid gloves off
Women + careers = not where it needs to be.But not necessarily for the reasons one may believe - or intuitively suspect.Harvard Business Review published an article titled "Rethink What You “Know”...
View ArticleIs Porn Better Than Tech?
Here is a ringing endorsement of a profession:While it's true that paying my tuition at Duke was my initial motivation for entering the porn industry, I've grown to appreciate the empowerment...
View ArticleAre you co-opting Ferguson?
On August 9, 2014, a white police officer shot and killed a young black man named Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St Louis. The shooting, as can be expected, has led to a great deal of...
View ArticleSecond-rate Feminism failed Jackie
If one has not read the news in some time, one may have missed the ongoing discussion surrounding a poorly executed article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia. The story consists...
View ArticleCenters for Dick Control
In these modern times, it is easy to be under the impression that society has left behind strange, unnecessary, medieval medical procedures and is enveloped in the warm glow of evidence based...
View ArticleNobody Cares About Your Sexuality
Sexuality matters. How could it not?Indeed, sexual orientation and sexual preferences define a great deal of modern life. In the majority of the world, sexuality is coded deeply into legal and cultural...
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Expensive Margaritas Will Stop Campus Rape
Imagine being a nineteen year old woman (currently those born in '95 do qualify) attending a university in the United States of America. You have a lot on your mind, but at the moment you're looking to...
View ArticleDebating Islam In Circles
It's happened again. A group of terrorists, Islamists, jihadis - whatever the preferred term is - has murdered a number of people. As always, the killings were sloppy, barbaric and...
View ArticlePlease Don't Give A Damn About My Bad Reputation
Once upon a time, a man wrote a story primarily about his ex-girlfriend - let's call her "Zoe Flynn". The story was filled of allegations against several parties. The story was one of betrayal,...
View ArticleIs Rape Complicated?
Recently Cathy Young published an article on The Daily Beast that included a lot of information from the perspective the accused rapist in allegations at Columbia University that have become a form of...
View ArticleIslamophobia and Chapel Hill
A man in North Carolina has killed three college students. The victims were two women and one man. All victims were muslim and of Arab descent.It must be admitted that at least one person was reading...
View ArticleFeminism Likes Big Buts
The subject of campus rape remains a subject of concern, as it should, and Amanda Hess wrote a decent article in Slate on the subject of drunk sex.An interesting disclaimer was put into the article:And...
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