The Other McCain

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

Mayor Ass-Man: ‘How Dare You Accuse Me of Sexism, You Lying Media Bitches?’

OK, the headline may be a slight paraphrase of Mayor Bloomberg’s response to questions at Thursday’s press conference: On Monday, New York Magazine published a profile . . . that contained a quote from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that got a great deal off attention. According to Jonathan Van Meter . . . Mayor Bloomberg “gestured toward […]

Mayor Bloomberg: Ass Man

It’s even more important to him than gun control: Later in the evening, the host interrupted me to point out that the mayor himself had just arrived. Did I want to meet him? Sure. My friend and I followed the host over, shook Bloomberg’s hand, and my friend thanked him for his position on gun […]

Jimmy Buffett: Feminist Hero?

I really do appreciate the fact you’re sitting here. Your voice sounds so wonderful, But you face don’t look too clear. So bar maid bring a pitcher, another round of brew. Honey, why don’t we get drunk and screw? Is this what they’re teaching in Women’s Studies classes nowadays? Evidently so, according to one young […]

Transsexual Bullies Successfully Censor Feminist Writers Who Criticized Them

News from the competitive victimhood sweepstakes in Great Britain indicates that transsexuals have won the Most Oppressed Group prize, and are now able to demand complete deference. Kathy Shaidle and Donald Douglas have covered this bizarre controversy. To summarize: Suzanne Moore, a columnist for the left-wing Guardian newspaper, published a feminist essay in the New Statesman magazine that included […]

Marxism by Any Other Name

Betty Friedan (left) leads a 1971 protest for the Equal Rights Amendment “How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.” — Ronald Reagan, 1987 Understanding feminism requires a critical study of the movement’s history that […]

Shorter Joe Scarborough: ‘Who Do You Think You’re Calling Chauvinistic, Bitch?’

Gee, why so defensive, Joe? “You really — knowing me and seeing me work around here for five years — you want to call me a chauvinist on television?” Scarborough asked, with Brzezinski replying that she wasn’t calling him that. “I said the way you’re acting is chauvinistic,” she responded, “especially the way you were […]

Leave Brent Musberger Alone!

Katherine Webb: Not bad to look at, despite attending Auburn. If he needs a Chris Crocker, I’ll step up to defend the ESPN announcer who — while Alabama was dismantling Notre Dame in the BCS game — felt obliged to report the Neutral Objective Facts: “You see that lovely lady there, she does go to […]

‘Learning French,’ IYKWIMAITYD

Valérie Allain as Mireille Belleau in French in Action (1987) “Many have criticized the depiction of Mireille as gratuitously sexist. The camera often lingers on the actress’s chest and bare legs. ‘You’re seeing the videotape through a male gaze,’ said one female teaching assistant who asked not to be identified.” — New York Times, March […]

« go back — keep looking »