Best. Headline. Ever?

Posted on | November 5, 2017 | 1 Comment

Teen Vogue Shutters Shortly After
Publishing ‘Guide to Anal Sex’ for Teen Girls

In the months leading up to the 2016 election, Teen Vogue (at least in its online version) was taken over by left-wing political operatives. The magazine’s partisan shift became infamous after its writer Lauren Duca justified personal attacks on President Trump’s daughter Ivanka, which led to a memorable interview with Tucker Carlson.

That the politicalization of journalism has reached fashion magazines — which exist as advertising vehicles for cosmetics, clothing brands, etc — shows that the radical Left’s influence in academia cannot be restricted to university campuses. Young people who are indoctrinated with feminism and other “social justice” ideologies in the classroom will take those ideas with them into the workplace after they graduate. The academic Left is intolerant of dissent, and intellectual conformity is enforced on campus, so that even if Teen Vogue had wished to hire college graduates who are critical of feminist ideology, they would have had difficulty finding them. So why did the editors of Teen Vogue wish to tutor young girls about anal sex? Perhaps because the magazine’s digital director is a young gay man, Phillip Picardi and, beginning in 2015, the magazine deliberately decided to shift its focus to “activism” and identity politics:

“I am an activist [said the magazine’s editor Elaine Welteroth]. And I think the readers that we reach would all consider themselves activists, too.”
What issues are most important to their young readers? “Identity is big. We want to help make them feel better about themselves, whether that’s giving beauty tips, or empowering them with political information to have smarter conversations and feel they can stand up for themselves.”

That identity-politics activist mentality worked out about as well for Teen Vogue as it did for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. If you want to talk about empowering women, you must talk about Elizabeth Johnston, “The Activist Mommy” who led the boycott against Teen Vogue:

I was beyond thrilled to learn today that Teen Vogue magazine will no longer be in print. The publisher, Condé Nast, has shuttered the print publication, while other Condé Nast publications will remain in print. Operation Pull Teen Vogue was a grassroots campaign by concerned parents who don’t believe anal sex and sex toys should be peddled to their children under the guise of a fashion magazine. Teen Vogue editors Elaine Welteroth and Phillip Picardi ignored our concerns and mocked our campaign, but we gave them a black eye from which they never recovered. Let the watching world take note: If you pander obscenity to our kids, especially for a profit, we will destroy you.

Share the news! ?Your activism matters! ?? #PullTeenVogue pic.twitter.com/7btmwk7wnJ

— The Activist Mommy (@activistmommy1) November 2, 2017

When this controversy erupted in July, Teen Vogue‘s Picardi openly boasted of his pro-homosexuality agenda: “Gen Z will be our queerest and most fearless generation yet,” and posted this to Twitter:

This is the consensus attitude of the New York-based media establishment, whose radical politics are rooted in a complete antipathy toward Christian morality. Print journalism was already circling the drain due to declining advertising revenue, and turning a magazine for girls into an “activist” publication featuring an instruction guide for anal sex was obviously not the solution to this problem, as Megan Fox writes:

Maybe American parents don’t want their teen girls being fed propaganda dressed up as a fashion magazine. Had they considered that at all? What used to be a magazine about lipstick and prom dresses is now just regurgitated Democrat talking points. Who the heck is going to buy that? No one, apparently.

Apparently!

Category: Gays, Media Bias, Sex Trouble

FMJRA 2.0: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

Posted on | November 4, 2017 | 2 Comments

– compiled by Wombat-socho

TFW when you’re a third of the way through the daily linkagery and you suddenly realize it’s Saturday…

Rule 5 Sunday: No, Not That Asia
Proof Positive
A View From The Beach
Animal Magnetism
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
EBL

Never Talk to @NicoleStamp (and Other Advice for Men Confused by Feminism)
The Pirate’s Cove
Welcome To My Playpen
The Political Hat
EBL

FMJRA 2.0: Deep Dark Depression, Excessive Misery
The Pirate’s Cove
A View From The Beach
EBL

#NeverTrump: Double-Secret Head Fake?
EBL

Manafort and Associate Indicted in Mueller’s Russia Investigation
EBL

No Mercy for @KevinSpacey? Welcome to the Sexual Harassment Apocalypse
IGF Culture Watch
The Pirate’s Cove
EBL
Adam Piggott

In The Mailbox: 10.30.17
Proof Positive

Democrats: Proud to Be the Anti-White, Anti-Male, Anti-Heterosexual Party
USSA News
BattleSwarm Blog
EBL

UPDATE: ‘This Was an Act of Terror,’ NYC Mayor Says; 8 People Killed in Attack
A View From The Beach
EBL

In The Mailbox: 10.31.17
Proof Positive
A View From The Beach
EBL

NYC Terrorist Got ‘Diversity’ Visa in Program That Democrats Still Support
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.01.17
Proof Positive

In The Mailbox: 11.02.17
Proof Positive
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.03.17
Proof Positive
EBL

Feminism Is a Totalitarian Movement to Destroy Civilization as We Know It
Welcome To My Playpen
Politics Et Al
Adam Piggott
EBL

Hiroshima for the DNC: @DonnaBrazile Devastates Democrat Corruption
A View From The Beach
EBL

The Sexual Harassment Apocalypse: More Accusations Against Kevin Spacey

Posted on | November 4, 2017 | 2 Comments

Folks, the bonfire of sexual harassment accusations — in Hollywood, in the news media, in politics — is now an inferno raging out of control. There are so many women accusing so many men of so many wrongdoings that it’s impossible to keep up. Dustin Hoffman? That one shocked me, but it’s 2017, and maybe nothing is really shocking anymore.

As disappointing as the Hoffman story was, Kevin Spacey’s situation is far more serious. Sunday, Spacey was rocked by actor Anthony Rapp’s accusation that Spacey attempted to sexually assault him when Rapp was only 14. That was very bad, and in commenting on it, I noted that there was a lot of online chatter to the effect that Spacey was promiscuous, with a predilection for younger men and was said to solicit sex from male crew members on House of Cards more or less routinely. At the time, that was merely chatter, but Friday morning it became actual news:

Kevin Spacey made the set of Netflix’s “House of Cards” into a “toxic” work environment through a pattern of sexual harassment, eight people who currently work on the show or worked on it in the past tell CNN. One former employee told CNN that Spacey sexually assaulted him.
The former production assistant, whose account has never previously been disclosed, told CNN that Spacey sexually assaulted him during one of the show’s early seasons. All eight people, each of whom spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional repercussions for speaking out, described Spacey’s behavior as “predatory,” saying it included nonconsensual touching and crude comments and targeted production staffers who were typically young and male.

This confirms the online chatter and, just in case Spacey’s career had not yet been completely destroyed, another man came forward to say that in 1983, when he was 14, he had a sexual affair with Spacey. This ended, he said, when Spacey, then 24, attempted to anally rape him.

OK, how many more teenage victims are there? It doesn’t matter. No matter how many Oscars you’ve got, one 14-year-old exceeds the limit. And have I mentioned lately that Kevin Spacey is a close personal friend of Bill Clinton? Because this probably ought to be mentioned.

Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein, Anthony Weiner . . . Do the Clintons have any close personal friends who aren’t sexual predators?

Category: Celebrities, Hollywood, Scandal

In The Mailbox: 11.03.17

Posted on | November 3, 2017 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 11.03.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
EBL: Mother Jones/MSNBC’s David Corn – Serial Sexual Harasser?
Twitchy: Dems Freak The F**k Out Over Donna Brazile Tweeting About Division
Louder With Crowder: Leftist Teacher Rants About “White Supremacy”, Gets Pwned By Student

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Friday Hawt Links & Chicks – The Burn Hollywood Edition
American Power: Hailey Clauson In Paradise
American Thinker: The Left’s Long Goodbye
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Civil War Friday
BattleSwarm: Donna Brazile Admits Hillary Gutted The DNC, Wore Its Skin To Shovel More Cash Into Her Gaping Maw
Bring The HEAT: Bergdahl Escapes Prison Time
CDR Salamander: The Fitzgerald/McCain Memo – The Problem Is Us, also, Fullbore Friday
Da Tech Guy: We Interrupt Politics On The Blog For A Quick NH Keepsake Quilting Interlude, also, Papa John’s Says It Out Loud (And Pizza Hut Confirms It)
Don Surber: Veterans Group Exec Turns Down The NFL
Dustbury: Boom Goes The Car
The Geller Report: NYT – Don’t Be Afraid Of “Allahu Akbar”, It’s An “Everyday Phrase”, also, Muslim Rapist In Ireland Appeals Verdict, Too Many White Catholics On “Islamophobic” Jury
Hogewash: Asteroid Photobombing, also, Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day
Jammie Wearing Fools: Soros Fund Manager Accused Of Brutal Rapes
Joe For America: NFL Receives Devastating Blow As Boycott Over Protests Grows
JustOneMinute: Off To A Slow Start
Legal Insurrection: Some People Upset Trump Demanded Death Penalty For NYC Jihadi But Not Las Vegas Shooter, also, Fauxcahontas Didn’t Back Bernie When It Counted, But Now Leaps On “Rigging” Bandwagon
Power Line: Did The Clintons Turn The DNC Into A Criminal Conspiracy? also, Thoughts From The Ammo Line
Shark Tank: President Trump’s Twitter Account Taken Down By “Rogue Employee”
Shot In The Dark: Facts Are No Impediment
The Jawa Report: Feelgood Video Of The Day, also, Sandcrawler PSA – Why We Won’t Talk About Sayfullo Saipov Anymore
The Political Hat: There Can Be Only One (Galaxiegender)
This Ain’t Hell: No Jail Time For Bergdahl, also, Legion Press Conference On Medical Marijuana
Weasel Zippers: LA Times Fat-Shames Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Calls Her A Nazi, Puts Down Moms, also, Northam Campaign Caught Lying About Approving Race-Baiting Ad In VA Governor Race
Megan McArdle: Republicans Turned The Tax Code Into A Weapon
Mark Steyn: Dual To The Death! also, A Fistful of Knighthoods

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Category: Linkagery

Hiroshima for the DNC: @DonnaBrazile Devastates Democrat Corruption

Posted on | November 3, 2017 | 1 Comment

Democrats don’t just deceive, cheat and swindle the voters and taxpayers, they also deceive, cheat and swindle each other:

My predecessor [as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee], Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, had not been the most active chair in fundraising at a time when President Barack Obama’s neglect had left the party in significant debt. As Hillary’s campaign gained momentum, she resolved the party’s debt and put it on a starvation diet. It had become dependent on her campaign for survival, for which she expected to wield control of its operations.
Debbie was not a good manager. She hadn’t been very interested in controlling the party — she let Clinton’s headquarters in Brooklyn do as it desired so she didn’t have to inform the party officers how bad the situation was. . . .
The Saturday morning after the convention in July, I called Gary Gensler, the chief financial officer of Hillary’s campaign. He wasted no words. He told me the Democratic Party was broke and $2 million in debt. . . .
Officials from Hillary’s campaign had taken a look at the DNC’s books. Obama left the party $24 million in debt — $15 million in bank debt and more than $8 million owed to vendors after the 2012 campaign — and had been paying that off very slowly. Obama’s campaign was not scheduled to pay it off until 2016. Hillary for America (the campaign) and the Hillary Victory Fund (its joint fundraising vehicle with the DNC) had taken care of 80 percent of the remaining debt in 2016, about $10 million, and had placed the party on an allowance. . . .

There’s a lot more where that came from. This is devastating beyond words. Everybody’s talking about how Brazile has confirmed the suspicion of Bernie Sanders that the Democrat primary process was basically rigged for Hillary, but the larger revelations are even worse:

Democrats have been squandering their donors’ money in much the same way they routinely squander taxpayers’ money;
The triumph of Obama’s two-term presidency, which should have yielded a fund-raising windfall for the DNC, instead left the party more than $20 million in debt;
and
The DNC’s indebtedness was exploited by the Clinton campaign to defraud Democrat primary voters.

It was this perception of a rigged nomination process that made Trump’s “Crooked Hillary” charge resonate with working-class voters in states like Pennsylvania and Michigan. And so the corruption of the Democrat Party — profligate spending, irresponsible management and insider favoritism at DNC headquarters — was a major cause of their devastating defeat last year. These revelations confirm the suspicions that a lot of grassroots Democrats have had all along, and will make the party’s recovery a very difficult prospect. If an appealing left-wing third-party candidate emerges before 2020, that might be R.I.P. for Democrats.

Category: Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Corruption, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Scandal

Feminism Is a Totalitarian Movement to Destroy Civilization as We Know It

Posted on | November 2, 2017 | 3 Comments

Last week, the Internet went wild about Professor Jessie Daniels, who teaches sociology at the Hunter College campus of the City University of New York (CUNY). What did Professor Daniels say?

Jessie Daniels, a self-described “expert on race,” began her tweetstorm . . . by declaring that “what I’ve learned is that the white-nuclear family is one of the most powerful forces supporting white supremacy.”
“I mean, if you’re a white person who says they’re engaged in dismantling white supremacy but…you’re forming a white family [and] reproducing white children that ‘you want the best for’ – how is that helping [and] not part of the problem?” . . .
Daniels notes that she’s not alone in her hostility towards the family. Other scholars have a “feminist critique of The Family as an inherently conservative force in society,” she says, citing the work of feminist scholars Peggy McIntosh and Michele Barrett, who argue in their book that the nuclear family structure is a “fact to be lamented.”
The sacredness of the family also concerns her, Daniels notes, adding that “there’s a whole ideological apparatus to justify how f-cking sacred the family is,” adding that “nothing’s more important” because “Until white people are ready to confront their own family’s racism [and] participation in systemic white supremacy, it’s not getting dismantled.”

Professor Daniels locked down her Twitter account, rather than to defend her wicked arguments. And she has been preaching this hateful ideology at taxpayer expense since 1993. Because higher education in America is extensively subsidized by federal and state taxpayers, everything taught in our universities is a matter of public interest. Even private colleges and universities received direct and indirect subsidies from taxpayers, especially in the form of Pell Grants and government-guaranteed student loans. Taxpayer funding is the financial source of what Professor Glenn Reynolds has called The Higher Education Bubble. Professor Daniels taught at the University of Cincinnati (1993-1994) and Hofstra University (1995-2000) before being appointed research director at CUNY/Hunter College’s Center on Community and Urban Health in 2002, and from there gained tenure as a full professor at the CUNY School of Public Health. Let the taxpayer ask, “How does the hateful message of Professor Daniels promote ‘public health’?” It is self-evidently absurd that such a hate-filled monster as Professor Daniels should be employed in this position, and who is paying her salary? Every taxpayer in New York City, New York state and the United States of America. Professor Daniels is a government employee, and her employment at public expense is tantamount to a government endorsement of her monstrous beliefs.

Professor Daniels has a verified “blue-check” Twitter account. She is a public figure, and not some obscure private citizen. Criticism of her hateful anti-family tirade is not “abuse” or “harassment.” Her arguments were self-evidently indefensible. Everyone with two eyes and a brain could see that Professor Daniels is a demented hatemonger and, by locking down her account, she tacitly admitted that she cannot defend herself in open debate. She waved the white flag of surrender.

Why does Professor Daniels believe what she believes? Because of her devotion to radical feminism, an ideology that emerged from the New Left in the 1960s. Radical feminism derived its methodology (historical materialism) from Marxism and the feminist belief in women’s collective oppression by patriarchy was cloned, so to speak, from the Marxist claim that the industrial proletariat was oppressed by capitalism.

This concept of oppression involves a zero-sum-game mentality, where individual success is condemned as a product of unjust exploitation of others. Because the capitalist system is inherently wrong, according to Marxists, the most successful people in our society are the worst people, and those who fail are the best people — the sainted “victims” of oppression. By equating success with oppression, and celebrating victimhood, this ideology of “social justice” condemns every honest person who works hard and saves their money to try to make a better life for themselves and their families. In the obverse, “social justice” ideology also incentivizes claims of victimhood, encouraging a form of identity politics based on self-pity and an attitude of resentment toward others. It is often the most privileged people in our society (e.g., students from affluent backgrounds attending elite universities) who embrace this identity politics mentality, claiming to be Victims of Oppression.

Feminism condemns “male privilege” as a way of stigmatizing male success. In most cases, the successful man “stands on the shoulders of giants,” so to speak, having been born into fortunate circumstances, inheriting certain advantages. As Malcolm Gladwell explains in his book Outliers: The Story of Success, it may take generations of hard work (and good luck) to produce the great man. A billionaire like Mark Zuckerberg, for example, is the son of middle-class parents, but he is the great-grandson of impoverished Jewish immigrants. The crucial factors that put Zuckerberg in a position to create Facebook while he was a Harvard student could be traced back to his grandparents’ generation, before anyone dreamed of modern computer technology. Read more