What sort of media attention should be devoted to the survivors and perpetrators of a mass shooting at a parade, where 19 people were injured? American media answers with deafening silence.
New Orleans: The Site of a Mass Shooting on Mother’s Day That You Probably Never Even Heard About
May 16, 2013 By 4 Comments
Ask The Feminist: Is Feminism Like Religion?
May 14, 2013 By 82 Comments
HeatherN tackles another set of questions from GMP readers about feminism and the feminist movement.
Ask the Feminist: Feminist Men and Patriarchal Women
May 8, 2013 By 188 Comments
GMP’s resident feminist, HeatherN, tackles more questions from our “Ask the Feminist” series.
Ask the Feminist Answers: Definitions, Recommendations, and Media Violence Against Men
May 2, 2013 By 111 Comments
Resident feminist HeatherN tackles the first round of questions in our new series, Ask the Feminist.
Ask The Feminist
April 30, 2013 By 57 Comments
HeatherN offers herself up for anyone who may have questions about feminism or gender politics. No question too big, no question too small!
Gay Man Kicked Out of Partner’s Hospital Room
April 13, 2013 By 5 Comments
HeatherN examines the case of the man who was denied access to his partner’s hospital room, despite a joint power of attorney agreement.
On Rape and the Culture of Monsters
March 23, 2013 By 11 Comments
The rapists and bystanders in Steubenville committed monstrous acts of inhumanity and cruelty, but Tom Gualtieri insists it is a mistake to call them “monsters”.
Mitt Romney, Affirmative Action, and Binders Full of… What?
October 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
Is Mitt Romney actually a proponent of Affirmative Action? Do Romney’s ‘Binders Full of Women’ actually help make gender a non-issue in hiring?
Gay Gold Medalist Matt Mitcham and His “Friend”
August 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
HeatherN is glad NBC was more open in its coverage of out LGBT athletes this Olympics, but thinks they dropped the ball when they called Diver Matt Mitcham’s partner of 6 years his “friend”.
A Gay Man Married a Woman, and That’s Fine
July 5, 2012 By 16 Comments
HeatherN salutes Mormon husband and father Josh Weed for his honesty about being gay but choosing to marry and have children with a woman, without condemning others who choose differently.
Frank Ocean: Coming Out Differently
July 5, 2012 By 2 Comments
HeatherN muses on the very different way in which Hip-Hop star Frank Ocean came out, and wonders how this coming out reflects homophobia in the hip-hop industry.
If You’re Into Vanilla Sex, the Kink Community Has a Lesson For You
June 28, 2012 By 18 Comments
HeatherN asserts that those who like vanilla sex have a lot to learn from those in the kink community.
Celibacy: When Same-Sex Attraction is a Cross
June 22, 2012 By 9 Comments
HeatherN comments on the case of a Catholic man who remains celibate due to his same-sex attraction.
Queer Dictionary Revisited
June 14, 2012 By 2 Comments
HeatherN follows up on some hotly debated aspects of her Queer Dictionary, and shares what she’s learned from commenters.
Open Thread: Is “Biological Sex” Actually Biological?
June 12, 2012 By 18 Comments
Are sex and gender really the same thing? Either both culturally constructed or both biological in origin?
Spelling Queer with L, G, B, & T (and A, I, P…) Part 3
June 11, 2012 By 12 Comments
HeatherN offers the final installment of a “Queer Dictionary” to help understand the terminology surrounding sexuality and gender.
“Straight men learned from gay men that physically affectionate, emotionally intimate friendships are not unmanly.”
These are comments by David May and Rick on the post “For The Love Of God, Please Stop Saying ‘Bromance’”.