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On Fathers and Attachment Parenting
I like this Annie Urban lady. There was an entire New York Times discussion about “motherhood versus feminism” (cringe) which is actually about attachment parenting versus feminism. The people have positions from the sensible (hey, maybe we should stop freaking out) to the ridiculous (fuck you too lady). However, of them all, Annie Urban was…
Announcement: Ozy Is Disappearing
I am going to a convention this weekend! At the moment this article goes up, actually, I will be sitting on a Greyhound bus reading Douglas Hofstadter in order to travel to where my girlfriend and boyfriend are. Things I am going to be doing this weekend: Shopping. Looking at the cool people in costumes.…
Is Male Morality Malleable?
I find this study a very interesting validation of Noah Brand’s theory of the Success Myth. The researchers hypothesized that, because men are socialized to “get the job done” and solve the problem at hand, and experience more pressure to succeed in business, men are more likely to make business ethics decisions practically: that is, to…
TakiMag: Twelve-Step Plan for American Machismo
Ah, nothing like picking on an easy target early in the morning. And Takimag’s Twelve Step Plan for American Machismo is the easiest of targets. Apparently, the premise of the article is that American men are insufficiently manly, and therefore women don’t want to sleep with them. 1) Stop ordering women’s drinks. Acceptable drinks: Budweiser,…
Pastor Sean Harris Advocates Beating Gay Kids
(Hat tip Womanist Musings.) Pastor Sean Harris, a small pile of slime that has crawled out of the primordial ooze and inexplicably chooses to call itself human, has a few wise words to share with people about the gender binary: “So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years…
A Rant
I’ve been reading the blogs and Reddits of people who hate me lately, and all of this has bubbled up in the form of a rant! To wit: YES I AM A FUCKING FEMINIST. I am not sure what I have to do to CONVEY this message to some people. Interpretive dance? Commission a plane…
Today in Ozy Gets Outraged About Things A Month After Everyone Else
Check out this shit. The Department of Health and Human Services lists evidence-based teen-pregnancy prevention programs. Good for them! I approve of it. (Of course, the best teen-pregnancy prevention program is ending poverty, but that’s neither here nor there.) Much to the grave displeasure of everyone with a thinking brain on the planet, the updated…
Apparently I’m a Man
Apparently I am a single man! Now, regular readers will be thinking “wait, we’ve been referring to you as ‘zie’ this whole time in vain and we can actually just use he?” And assholes will be all “you still have a vulva rancid kebab, slut!” And everyone will be all “you are dating multiple people…
Open Thread: Slightly Late Edition
This week’s Open Thread has been brought to you by Christina Hendricks.
Challenging Stereotypes of African Men
I am endlessly delighted by this video: [Transcript: “To the Western World.” A couple of men saying “I am an African man.” “But do you know who we are? If you’ve only seen us in Hollywood movies, this is what you may think of us: machine guns.” Their words are intercut with scenes from Hollywood…
The Dating World Doesn’t Make Sense: A Rant
It is a surprisingly common belief that the dating world makes sense or that, failing that, the dating world can be MADE to make sense if you shove it hard enough and throw out enough data. It’s common among pick-up artists, of course, and the more misogynistic brand of Redditor; but Cosmo does it, self-help…
Sexist Pictures Roundup!
Lotsa photos below the cut. Slow connections beware.
Unconscious Bias Against Short Men?
Sociological Images brings us a video talking about implicit bias against short men. The scientifically valid tool discussed in the video, the Implicit Association Test, measures how biased someone is against a group, even in ways they may not know about: if the test-taker is faster and more accurate at sorting tall men and good…
Link Roundup
Ray Bradbury is dead. I never had the honor of meeting him, but his books changed my life: the dystopian fever-dream of Fahrenheit 451; the elegaic, melancholic, nostalgic joy of Dandelion Wine; Something Wicked This Way Comes, which forever left me afraid of merry-go-rounds; Zen and the Art of Writing, for my money the best…
Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Dumbass
So, apparently advice books –> movies is the new thing? Presumably started by the execrable He’s Just Not That Into You, one of the few movies to pass neither the Bechdel Test nor the Reverse Bechdel Test*, the trend includes What To Expect When You’re Expecting, which in a triumph of sexism does not appear…