The Other McCain

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

E-Mail to a Friend: Are We Being Too Judgmental About the Duke Porn Star?

@Belle_Knox is Duke freshman Women’s Studies major Miriam Weeks. If nothing else, the controversy over Miriam Weeks, a/k/a “Belle Knox,” is proving the truth of Rule 5 (“Everybody Loves a Pretty Girl“), as the most popular posts here in recent days have been the ones about the Duke University freshman’s pornography career. And the second-most popular […]

‘This Is a Tragedy in the Family’: @Belle_Knox’s Horrible Disgrace

Miriam Weeks (@belle_knox) "Welcome home, Daddy! I'm a porn star now!" http://t.co/HMEPG5w0Ya @DailyMailUS pic.twitter.com/89qQM336Tl — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) March 11, 2014 Army physician Dr. Kevin Weeks returns home from deployment in Afghanistan to learn that his youngest daughter Miriam has become notorious as the Duke University porn star “Belle Knox”: Amanda Minor, the mother-in-law […]

Who Is @LenaDunham’s Uncle and Why Does He Keep Making Her Get Naked?

Oh, it was just a joke, says the habitually naked HBO star, but why would she even have thought of a “joke” like this? Responding to someone on Twitter who criticized Dunham’s “branding” as The Unattractive Girl Who Is Always Naked, she responded: “Please tell that to my uncle, mister. He’s been making me!” Then she […]

Get ‘Empowered,’ Duke-Style!

The expression on the face of Duke University freshman Women’s Studies major Miriam Weeks (“Belle Knox”) represents . . . A. Her disappointment that the #4-ranked Blue Devils lost to Wake Forest by 10 points on Wednesday; B. Her disgust over recent claims that Thomas Bagby, her fellow Duke freshman who told everybody on campus […]

Hollywood Actress Urges Hollywood to Create More Jobs for Actresses

If any misogynist is looking for evidence of female mental inferiority, the Huffington Post’s “Women” category is a treasure trove, with dumb writers and dumber topics (e.g., “Why I Hate Wearing Bras” and “I Was On Reality TV — Here’s What It’s Like To Fake ‘Real Life‘”), suggesting that there are two basic ideas behind […]

No Means No, and So Does Yes

Canadian columnist @RobynUrback reports on the latest development from the country that gave us “Slut Walk”: On Wednesday evening at McGill University in Montreal, a group of students and community activists assembled to discuss when “yes” doesn’t actually mean yes. The Forum on Consent, which was also open to the public, featured several panel participants […]

The Feminist Fringe

Photoset: darksilenceinsuburbia: Jonathan Auch. Slutwalk | NYC On October 1st 3,000 – 4,000 people gathered… http://t.co/g7SlIjmsFv — Robin (@msanimegirl13) February 22, 2014 As mentioned previously, I’ve been re-reading Susan Brownmiller’s feminist memoir In Our Time, and what stands out — if one reads with an informed and critical eye — is how Women’s Liberation (a/k/a “Second Wave” feminism) […]

‘Fairness’ and Feminism

Just to refresh my memory, I’ve spent the past few days re-reading Susan Brownmiller’s feminist memoir In Our Time. You have to be a hard-boiled, strong-minded conservative not to be outraged by Brownmiller’s account of the extreme workplace inequality that once typified her own field, journalism. And the implicit assumption — this is one of […]

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