A former cop, Gilberto Valle, a guy who wrote about killing his wife and eating her, is on trial in New York. His trial highlights question about the Internet and the freedom to indulge in anonymous fantasy in the New York Times : “There’s a huge amount of online activity devoted to cultivating horrific impulses [...]
January 7, 2013
In following and writing about the Steubenville rape case, there’s become quite a call for some serious revenge. There’s all sorts of calls to action like: “I hope those guys get what’s coming to them.” And, “Karma’s a bitch.” WTOV9, a local station, reports that one of the Steubenville Big Red football players admitted they’re [...]
August 27, 2012
I hadn’t heard of social suicide until the same child who invented pussy up, told me she could not ride the bike she’d saved for, because her helmet didn’t “go” with the bike. The long coveted bike was a powder blue cruiser; a-girl-on-the-way-home -from-the-beach, hair loose, a sandy-bare feet-riding-bike. The handle bars begged for a [...]
July 9, 2012
Separating kids based on gender is nothing new in schooling–boarding schools and private schools have been doing it forever. But according to a new article in USA Today, with boys drop out rates plummeting, gender separation is becoming a new trend across the US. Over 100 schools alone popped up in South Carolina alone and [...]
June 4, 2012
*Even though aborting a fetus because of gender reasons really makes me sick, it’s none of my business as to why someone decides to get an abortion. And it shouldn’t be your business either (which is why the Pre-Natal Gender Act didn’t pass). Double X writer Allison Benedikt writes about why pro-Choicers should be OK [...]
April 24, 2012
Girls on HBO? Did you watch the show? I did and I was uncomfortable, a sign of good art! I was watching what I thought was a comedy, ha, ha, and then I started watching privileged, college educated young adults, whose parents pay their bills and whose endless unpaid internships keep them busy’ish; young [...]
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