The Other McCain

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

Marxist Lesbian Feminist Mother Forces Son to Write Essay About Misogyny

Heather McNamara has a Tumblr blog and describes herself thus: “Literature enthusiast, feminist, marxist, queer theorist, lesbian, egomaniac, mom.” At her personal Web site, she adds that she is “a lesbian mom partnered with the lovely supergenius Zinnia Jones. . . . I’m finishing my degree in English with a focus on technical writing with […]

The Death of a Whore

Pippa O’Sullivan, a/k/a “Grace Bellavue.” In December 2012, “Grace Bellavue” published an article at an Australian feminist site about her wonderful career as a prostitute: It is often the moment after sex, even with clients, that I relish the most. The vulnerability and nakedness as two strange humans with temporary paths entwined begin to hesitantly […]

Feminist Tumblr: ‘Broken People’

[ IMAGE REMOVED ] She describes herself on Tumblr as an “economics student” and “vegan bi sexworker” who is “neurodivergent,” which may or may not be a synonym for crazy. She lists her diagnoses as GAD (generalized anxiety disorder), OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and MDD (major depressive disaorder), although elsewhere she also lists BPD (borderline […]

Essential Feminist Quotes: ‘I’ve Gone Down and Dirty With Strangers’

Left to right: bell hooks, Jaclyn Friedman, Heather Hlavka. “Feminist movement to eradicate heterosexism — compulsory heterosexuality — is central to efforts to end sexual oppression. . . . “Feminist movement to end female sexual oppression is linked to lesbian liberation. . . . “Feminist efforts to develop a political theory of sexuality must continue […]

Barack Obama and Ben Carson

One of them is a brain surgeon. The other one is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. One of them spent years in the pews listening to radical Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Anyway . . . On Monday, President Obama asked Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson about her faith: “How do you reconcile the idea of faith […]

Campus Feminists and the Rape Shortage

  More than 17,000 students attend the University at Albany-SUNY. Feminists insist that 1-in-5 college women are victims of rape on campus, and this statistic presents a bit of a problem for Carol Stenger, director of the university’s Advocacy Center for Sexual Assault. Last year there were only 28 reports of sexual assault at SUNY-Albany […]

Is Hillary Melting Down?

  What difference, at this point, does it make? “Hillary’s been having screaming, child-like tantrums that have left staff members in tears and unable to work,” says a campaign aide. “She thought the nomination was hers for the asking, but her mounting problems have been getting to her and she’s become shrill and, at times, […]

Moving the Goalposts: What Feminist ‘Rape Culture’ Discourse Is About

“But the hatred of women is a source of sexual pleasure for men in its own right. Intercourse appears to be the expression of that contempt in pure form, in the form of a sexed hierarchy; it requires no passion or heart because it is power without invention articulating the arrogance of those who do […]

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