The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

The ‘Bisexual’ Feminist Mind

Shira Glassman is a “queer Jewish feminist author” or “a bisexual Jewish violinist” who lives with “her agender same-sex spouse.” However, she is not — definitely not — a lesbian: I mean, in the real world, lesbians are attracted exclusively to women, bi women are attracted to multiple genders, and straight women are attracted to men. […]

The Feminist-Industrial Complex: Academia and the Means of Production

@SarahNAhmed a/k/a “feminist killjoys.” Sara Ahmed is a lesbian and a feminist, not necessarily in that order. There is always a chicken-and-the-egg question about such matters. Correlation is not causation, but this particular correlation is sufficiently common as to be a phenomenon deserving its own categorical label, as Professor Ahmed acknowledges. “Last week,” Professor Ahmed […]

Her Majesty Continues To Set The Uber-Capitalist Example

by Smitty [View the story “A Brief Ode To Her Majesty” on Storify] The accusations laid out in Clinton Cash are damning, indeed. And they come on the heels of the Great Chappaqua Email caper. Benefit of the doubt? I. Think. Not. But I also grasp that she is unlikely to see justice under the […]

Emma Sulkowicz Is a Vindictive, Dishonest and Crazy Slut — Allegedly

That word “allegedly” is important to add because all I’m doing is giving a thumbnail summary of what Paul Nungesser alleges in his federal lawsuit against Columbia University, its president Lee Bollinger and Professor Jon Kessler. They say that revenge is a dish best served cold, and Nungesser has served up a buffet of revenge […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty It had not always been the case that the county government building entrance was the mouth of a clown. Prior to the re-appointment of Charlotte Clinton as TemPOTUS, (Hillary never having finished the second term, and the Clintons never having quite departed power) there had been more…dignity about. As Christians, the family had […]

. . .And Then Her Majesty Hit The Karaoke For Some “You Light Up My Life” Action

by Smitty [View the story “Jokes That Write Themselves” on Storify]

This Is What a Feminist Looks Like

WNBA star Glory Johnson (@MISSVOL25) and her fianceé @BrittneyGriner My apologies. I meant, this is what two feminists look like: WNBA superstar Brittney Griner — and her WNBA star fiancee Glory Johnson — were both arrested for allegedly attacking each other in Phoenix yesterday … TMZ Sports has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us cops were […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 04.24.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS EU Agrees To Send More Ships To Stem Migrant Crisis Belgium, Britain, France, Germany and Ireland commit ships to Med patrol; a reversal of previous budget-cutting moves CBC manages To blame PM Harper for migrant deaths Could increased patrols actually draw more migrants to sea? Obama Blames “Fog Of […]

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