This Open Thread has been brought to you by the fact that my school has a sign on the doors that only open one way that says “ceci n’est pas une exit”…
Blogging Has Been Outsourced
Today, blogging has been outsourced to a couple different bloggers, because finals and also depression. 1) Is This Feminist? is my new favorite Tumblr. (The answer is always no.) 2) Roger Ebert said some stupid shit about women being better than men. I agree with Jill from Feministe: Most people have the capacity to be wonderful,…
Glenn Grothman: Still Biggest Asshole On the Planet
Regular readers may recall Glenn Grothman, the Wisconsin state senator awarded the position of the biggest asshole on the entire fucking planet. Well, he won’t let this status disappear! In fact, last month, he made a strong play to keep this position. “Take a hypothetical husband and wife who are both lawyers,” Grothman told the…
Monday Roundup!
It’s still Monday somewhere, right? Noah Brand Stuff at the GMP: (Trigger warning for discussion of rape) On Missoula, Montana, the rape capital of the US; why hipsters do not suck as much as you think; a rerun of everyone’s favorite weird porn article ETA: which also got reprinted on Jezebel; the New York Post is…
Cracked.com on Misogyny
Ozy Frantz takes down a humor article that tries to be forward-thinking on gender issues and ends up the butt of its own joke.
Sex Offenders Banned From Internet?
Trigger warning for discussion of rape and mention of domestic violence and child abuse. The title of this AlterNet article is New Laws Banning Sex Offenders From Social Networks and Online Gaming May Go Too Far. …Really. Never would have guessed that that could possibly be the case.
What I Mean When I Talk About Rape Culture
Just what is rape culture? Ozy Frantz goes into detail about the cultural wellsprings from which it arises.
Open Thread, Anxiety Edition
This Open Thread has been brought to you by Ozy’s tendency to post open thread pics that are totally about zir.
Psychiatric Drug Abuse In The Army On The Rise
The LA Times (TW on the link for explicit descriptions of psychotic breaks) has found that the US army troops are more and more medicated with prescription psychiatric drugs. After two long-running wars with escalating levels of combat stress, more than 110,000 active-duty Army troops last year were taking prescribed antidepressants, narcotics, sedatives, antipsychotics and anti-anxiety…
Possible Male Birth Control?
In India right now, RISUG— the reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance– is undergoing Phase III clinical trials. If it ends up working out, RISUG would make a truly amazing contraceptive. It’s a “set it and forget it”contraceptive, like Depo or an IUD: the procedure takes fifteen minutes, is effective after three days, and lasts…
Geek Pride and Social Justice
Hey, everyone, it’s been a while! I have been dealing with assorted Brain Issues, and I’ll probably be flaky as shit for a while because sometimes even remembering to eat is difficult and writing a post is damn near impossible. But when I can I’ll post. That said! Today I have Thoughts on Geeks, prompted…
Open Thread, Logic Edition
This Open Thread has been brought to you by Ozy’s philosophy of language.
Hate Crimes Against Men of Color
Hey, do you notice anything interesting about this article about nine hate crimes directed against people of color? Let’s see here. Four young black men, black man, black man, shooting that included a black man and an Asian man, black man, black girl killed accidentally in attempt to apprehend a black man, black man, black…
Virginity Loss and Teenage Boys
TW for brief mentions of rape. The CDC has recently released some interesting information about how teenagers lose their virginities, so it is time for a Ozy Reads A Bunch Of Stats and Comments On Them post! It’s been way too long since we had one of those, I’m sure we can all agree. The…
The Modesty Doctrine
(You may be like “hey, where is Monday Roundup, that was my favorite part of the week?” If so, you are weird. Also, neither Noah or Ozy has much of anything new this week, as we were both busy. Noah’s busy was a lot more fun than my busy though.) No Longer Quivering, which is…
Good Sex
Early to Bed has an interesting article about hot sex without a hard-on which led me to think about what “good sex” means. Our culture has some fucked-up ideas about what good sex is like. The woman is young and thin and looks like she carries a Photoshop filter in front of her; the man has…