What you have to believe, to believe Woody Allen’s version
Recently I described what you need to believe about Woody Allen to in order to believe he molested Dylan Farrow. Today I’m considering the other side: what you need to believe in order to believe...
View ArticleSingle issue commenting vs. our mission
Moderating comments on this site has always been a special hell. When you talk about complex concepts that most people mistakenly think are quite simple, you get a lot of comments that are not badly...
View ArticleActivism, credibility and finding the right platform
Did the recent #CancelColbert hashtag incident actually help anti-racism? It started in response to this… On Thursday night, the official Twitter account for “The Colbert Report” committed the comedic...
View ArticleTed Cruz polls his own Facebook about Obamacare, finds everyone loves it
Prepare to laugh. Ted Cruz asked on March 24, on his own Facebook page, whether people were better off now with Obamacare. One can only assume he expected the same kind of negative responses that...
View ArticleNate Silver: movies that pass Bechdel test have a better ROI
Once upon a time when I was an aspiring screenwriter, I wrote stories that centered on women or at least included them, and Hollywood explained to me that if women characters did anything that didn’t...
View ArticleWorkplace Equality, and who gets penalized when men and women have kids
Once again, the Republicans are trying to convince women that the Democrat fight for our rights is condescending. And once again, their feet are lodged in their throats up to their thighs. “When it...
View ArticleChild pornography victim wins restitution… from viewers?
The US Supreme Court has just issued a rather odd ruling. A young woman called “Amy” in court papers was filmed being raped by her uncle at ages 8 and 9. Then the videos went viral on the internet...
View ArticleI’m not playing games
I’m not a game player. If I say something, it’s because I mean it. Sometimes I don’t communicate perfectly, just like you and everyone else. But I was talking to someone recently about how when men...
View ArticlePlease read: changing RSS feeds and email subscriptions
For the last few years, I’ve been paying for a service to maintain the RSS feeds and email subscriptions for this site. I’m now transitioning to a free service which should do just as well, maybe even...
View ArticleJ. J. Abrams says Star Wars was always a “boy’s thing”
J. J. Abrams recently said: “Star Wars was always a boys’ thing, and a movie that dads could take their sons to,” he told Good Morning America. “And although that is still very much the case, I was...
View ArticleEsther Levy: Oppressed White Person of the Week
White people in the US are experiencing epic levels of oppression these days. The double standard that has benefited them for so many centuries is under attack. Esther Levy’s case is sadly typical....
View ArticleEntitled Men, or Where I’ve Been Lately
You may have noticed I haven’t been posting much the past 2-3 years. This had little to do with my preferences, and everything to do with entitled men. Creepy entitled men I have spent a surprising...
View ArticleBarb from Stranger Things, we hardly knew ye
This post contains spoilers about Barb from Stranger Things. You have been warned. If you wonder why a character who got about 6 minutes of screen time has generated so much buzz on the internet, read...
View ArticleWhat American White Men Just Admitted to the World
The next time somebody interrupts your legitimate complaints about a man to chide you, “Now, now, not all men are that way”, you can remind them that in 2016, 63% of white American men told us they...
View ArticleWhat the Protestors Hope to Achieve
As huge protests continue around the US, daily since the election was called, some people are angry. Some say they are sore losers. Some insist, inexplicably, that these are the very people who didn’t...
View ArticleBULLY Producer Announces New Documentary About Online Harassment of Women
{Press release, posted by request with permission.} November 15, 2016 – Building off of her work as the producer and writer of the 2011 documentary BULLY, Award-winning filmmaker Cynthia Lowen...
View ArticleJ. J. Abrams says Star Wars was always a “boy’s thing”
Note: any comments indicating you read the title and immediately jumped down to comment will be deleted, because boring. Please actually read the post, or don’t bother commenting. You can get your own...
View ArticleEsther Levy: Oppressed White Person of the Week
White people in the US are experiencing epic levels of oppression these days. The double standard that has benefited them for so many centuries is under attack. Esther Levy’s case is sadly typical....
View ArticleEntitled Men, or Where I’ve Been Lately
You may have noticed I haven’t been posting much the past 2-3 years. This had little to do with my preferences, and everything to do with entitled men. Creepy entitled men I have spent a surprising...
View ArticleBarb from Stranger Things, we hardly knew ye
This post contains spoilers about Barb from Stranger Things. You have been warned. If you wonder why a character who got about 6 minutes of screen time has generated so much buzz on the internet, read...
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