A fine rant from Amanda: Subsidized day care is murder – inspired by yet more US “pro-life” legislation against contraception that will result in increased abortion rates, the exact opposite of the fewer abortions they say they want. the notion… Read More ›
moral panics
Oh c’mon, get angry at Hicks, c’mon!
The Daily Terror is desperately trying to get us all upset that Hicks is getting “perks” that the rest of us should view “with a mixture of anger, suspicion and displeasure” apparently. (Never mind that these “perks” are not anything… Read More ›
And the Inaugural Award of the Tiniest Fainting Couch in the world goes to:
Paris Hilton, who is being positively persecuted just because she’s a celebrity, and who couldn’t possibly be sent off to nasty gaol with the polloiest of hoi polloi, just for a teeny-weeny little thing like driving drunk without a license… Read More ›
I’ve envied Melissa’s fainting couch for long enough
So I went image hunting and photoshopping. For those who don’t frequent Shakesville, Melissa McEwan (aka Shakespeare’s Sister) occasionally presents certain commenters with an image of a fainting-couch, or uses it to illustrate a post involving a moral panic amongst… Read More ›
It’s not the empty street that causes rape
Today’s Guest Post is a crosspost from JoAnne Schmitz of Jupiter9. Edited to add: a link from Pandagon to this particular post was actually meant to link to this other post on passive/active voice by Lauredhel instead. Please do read… Read More ›
Parenting While Female: “It’s Not About You”
I’ve been contemplating this post: The Male Gaze… falls upon a Nursing Mother…. by Morgan Gallagher. I think there’s an important truth in there, something feminists find themselves saying over and over and over again: “It’s not about you.” Breastfeeding… Read More ›
Righteous Rant of the Month
Ilyka’s been a tad busy, and not had much time for blogging this month. She’s been paying attention though, and is not best impressed.
Ghouls
I haven’t posted here about the Virginia Tech massacre, because I had nothing adequate to say. I got in an argument about guns over at LP, and that was one reason I didn’t write on it here either. Sadly No!… Read More ›
A parenting wake-up call
It’s always been my philosophy to provide both my kids with a comprehensive sexual health and safety education to supplement the already good school program in NSW. My parents did that for me, and it made me confident about demanding… Read More ›
How dare those Limeys not give us more martyrs?
Crossposted at Larvatus Prodeo This is the frothing, eye-bulging reaction from some of the screeching warmonkeys pounding their keyboards in the US to the peaceful resolution of the British sailors’ hostage situation in Iran. Michelle Malkin, who has described the… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 