January, 2008
Porn has ruined sex
From Jezebel (via FLP). Anecdotal, but they’re the same anecdotes I’ve heard from countless young women. In a similar vein, after reading this post and thread at Feministing the penny dropped on what’s behind the “Yes Means Yes!” thing. Rape porn has become so ubiquitous that even normal regular everyday boys-next-door think that having sex [...]
How many times do we have to say this? Sexism doesn’t exist! What’s the matter with you stupid feminazis?
The post-New Hampshire media narrative, same as the pre-New Hampshire media narrative: sexism doesn’t exist
How pernicious is sexism in American life? So pernicious that the media and the pundits and a large segment of the population, it seems, are determined to pretend — to us or to themselves — that it doesn’t exist. Ergo, the shameful treatment of Hillary Clinton in the press, and the determination of women to [...]
Woman and Dog
Ella’s still a puppy in that picture; you can tell. Look at that face! And those ears. A good breeze and she’d lift right off. Meredith is so proud of her, beaming big and happy, her arm around her girl. The diploma says Super Dooper Dog Training…something, can’t make it out. And the diplomate is [...]
Oh. My. God.
Even after posting something like this, I’m still not prepared for how vicious the sexism really is. From the Washington Post: No shame at all. None whatsoever. Not even the tinest smidgen. Women have no idea how much men hate them, said Germaine Greer. You have to raise your head above the parapet to find [...]
Sexism? What sexism? And make me a sandwich while you’re up, bitch
Echidne has been on fire this week. And her post today is so satisfyingly incandescent I just had to drag some of its goodness back here to the Smoking Lounge. After pointing to a piece in the Seattle Times about Hillary hatred and to an article wherein the New York Times discovers sexism, Echidne lets [...]
The Secret Ballot
“Obama,” she said to the pollster. “We think Obama is the best candidate to turn this country around.” She and her husband had discussed it endlessly. Clinton was too centrist, too loaded with baggage, too much of the same old thing. Obama was the new, fresh hope that the country could rally around. “Obama,” she [...]
An open letter to Feministing
I tried to post a comment at Feministing but, as usual, was bitterly rebuffed by Typekey, which thinks I’m a Soviet spy. So here’s the question I want to ask about this post: What is the empirical foundation for the claim that “creating a culture which values genuine female sexual pleasure can help stop rape”? [...]
Race, sex, and Iowa
From the New York Times piece on the Iowa caucus: Mr. Obama’s victory in this overwhelmingly white state stood as a powerful answer to the question of whether America was prepared to vote for a black person for president. So, by extension, does Hillary’s third place showing stand as a powerful answer to whether America [...]
Almost cut my hair
Almost cut my hair It happened just the other day It was getting kind of long I could have said it was in my way But I didn’t and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly And I feel like I owe it to someone Must be because I had the [...]
