Masculinity links and thoughts
Fighting is so manly– this reminds me if some of the cultural narratives that lead to WWI. It was a war that was caused by a flimsy excuse, because the men in power at the time (most notably Willie II)...
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Typology of Apology — depressingly accurate description of the different types of rape apology. but we don’t live in a rape culture, no sir [/sarcasm] feminism is a lie of the devil — pretty much every...
View ArticleDispatches from an alternate dimension
1)Apparently, the way to ease traffic congestion is not to build more public transit and get people to walk and ride bikes, but to build more roads (just ask LA). Because “For most Americans – make...
View ArticleLink dump
there’s a few issues on my mind that don’t need a lot to have said about them (or, you know, render one completely speechless), so I’ll just collect them all here: 1)douchebag: now an insult also...
View ArticleDispatches from an alternate dimension
1)apparently, Obama is just like Mugabe; also, “immaculate” is now a verb, with so far indeterminable meaning 2)Telling your congregation who to vote for, vilifying politicians from the pulpit, or...
View Articleshort thoughts about Occupy Wall Street
1)the We are the 53% site is such a fascinating mix of privilege and internalized class oppression. Some sociologist out there should really delve into it 2)Rachel Maddow’s “Machine Against the Rage”...
View ArticleClimate Conference in Durban, AKA We’re Fucked
So the Climate Conference in Durban ended, and it could only be described as an Epic Fail. The Sociopathy of politicians from powerful countries is becoming more and more obvious, when you look at how...
View ArticleA kitteh and a link dump
I was going to write a post using most of these, but I changed my mind. Still, the links are informative reading, so I’m just going to post them without the article that was supposed to go around them....
View ArticleNecromancy, kittehs, and a link dump
Necromancy: I’m reviving my blog. The ultimate goal will be 2-3 posts a week, of which one will be a regular post, one will be a link-dump, and the optional third will be either another regular post or...
View ArticleI want your money
This time, the link roundup is going to be tiny, and about good, current causes to donate to. That’s because I’m broke until my January payments finally deign to come in, and therefore this is the best...
View ArticleA rape culture link roundup
Despite evidence for rape, police forces raped teen to take back her accusation; her rapists then goes on to rape other women: Police allow serial rapist to continue predating after charging teen for...
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