By Patrick Vecchio I’m just back from the supermarket, where I spent so much time in the checkout line that I almost turned into a human stalagmite. I have almost no patience in these situations, largely because it’s nearly impossible to kill time. I surveyed the human menagerie, hoping for distraction, but gave up after […]
Tag Archives: women
Sorry girls, that 14th Amendment wasn't intended for you
I had to drop what I was doing this morning when I sat the headline “Scalia: Women Don’t Have Constitutional Protection Against Discrimination” (article here). Surely it was an exaggerated come-on piece to get me to click (and it worked). I was wrong. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia really said in an interview with a […]
How women's rights could actually save the planet
by Kate Smurthwaite Oh dear Peter Preston in The Guardian. Talk about missing the point!! The thing is that YES – solving the problem of runaway climate change is dependent on limiting and reducing the population. But NO that doesn’t mean adopting a China-style one child policy or running around like crazed eugenicists sterilising anyone […]
Would I have voted for Barack if he'd been white?
At least part of the reason I supported Hillary and Barack was because of their sex and race, respectively. I was very taken with the idea that either one would be a first, a break from the infinitely long line of old white guys driving the bus of U.S. politics. I was so taken with […]
Chevrolet: poster child for sexism?
by John Cavanaugh What a gorgeous bit of nostalgia from Chevrolet! Or whatever this is trying to be. Especially in tough economic times like these, I like to think about the possible target audiences. Even for a poster, which is not technically advertising. And since it begs the question, here are some possible responses: Hell […]
She had me understanding
In the photo, she stands with her hands crossed at her waist. She wears a bracelet on her right forearm and a thin gold watch whose faces flares like a tiny sun as it catches the flash from the camera. The slated-glass window of the door behind her left shoulder also catches the flash, reflecting […]
The Honorable Republican woman
By Ann Ivins Being born a woman (albeit a “natural” and therefore conservatively acceptable one), the prospect of joining a club in which my functions would be limited to possible figurehead, full-time cook and designated dicksucker* baby machine has consistently failed to seduce me. Short version: I’ve never been tempted to become a Republican. It’s […]
Whoopi Goldberg: defender of the indefensible?
So, I had been aggressively not following Mel Gibson’s latest spewfest. The truth is, I’ve known what I needed to know about him for some time, and worrying about the particulars of each new episode would be pointless celebrity-mongering. Then, of course, somebody insisted that I listen to the actual audio. I came away thinking, […]
S&R Honors
Click here to learn more about past honorees...- Profiling the Tea Party: In defense of the IRS. Sorta. Or not.
- Saturday Video Roundup: “Imagine the Band,” by John Lennon and Wings
- The Rest is Noise (6)—Descent into the Maelstrom
- I hate handguns, but I have still considered owning one
- Redneck jokes are racist
- Mystery Unraveled: How a white, moderate, married, churchgoing, middle-class, middle-aged woman could vote for Obama
- An open letter to Burt Rutan, regarding his WSJ commentary on human-caused climate disruption
- Meet the men of Match.com: Really, guys, are you serious?
- Climate scientists still besieged
- Pelosi on Bush: “He’s not worth impeaching”
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Jim Booth: Wonderful piece, Wufnik. I'm currently reading Art…
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