From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Condescending to Michelle Obama

by Cara November 18, 2008

The other night, Steve Kroft interviewed Barack and Michelle Obama on 60 minutes.  He asked the two of them about their “personal transition” to the White House. Right towards the very end of the segment, this question really jumped out at me as being particularly condescending: Kroft: I know you’ve said that your first priority [...]

17 comments Read the full article →

Top 5 Anti-Feminist Beatles Songs

by Cara November 15, 2008

I think Beatles fans who are honest with themselves will agree that The Beatles could be major assholes — especially towards women, and especially in the early days.  There will be more on this later if I ever fucking finish those posts about Yoko Ono that I promised forever ago.  Anyway, the misogyny, particularly but [...]

104 comments Read the full article →

Message to the Guys: Donating Your Organs is Almost Like Sex

by Cara November 14, 2008

  This ad promoting organ donation appeared in a Belgian men’s magazine. The message at the bottom reads: Becoming a donor is probably your only chance to get inside her. Nice way to objectify women to get across your “altruistic” message, suggest that women are only good for “getting inside of,” imply that women who [...]

15 comments Read the full article →

Obama Is Funny

by Cara November 14, 2008

Newsweek has been running a “Secrets of the Campaign” series. The magazine was allowed extra access to the campaigns in exchange for the promise that they would not report on what they learned and witnessed until after the election. I’m fairly uncomfortable with the concept, even if a large majority of the information has thus far [...]

4 comments Read the full article →

Help Duanna Johnson’s Family Pay For Her Funeral

by Cara November 13, 2008

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT UPDATE: A paypal account has been established; I highly recommend donating through this method if at all possible. UPDATE: More from Ilyka Per Sin Nombre informs us that Duanna Johnson‘s family is having difficulty paying for her funeral and they are in need of assistance. Duanna Johnson’s Funeral–DONATIONS NEEDED Apologies for the caps, [...]

5 comments Read the full article →

Judge Thinks Sexual Violence Deserves to Go Unpunished

by Cara November 13, 2008

Via Abyss2Hope, it looks like we’ve got yet another rape apologist judge on our hands. This one is from New Zealand, and proclaimed in open court that she wishes she didn’t have to punish a sex offender, because other than beating and attempting to rape a woman in a dark alley, he’s a good person. [...]

9 comments Read the full article →

Vote Obama! (Or: What Do I Have to Live for Now?)

by Cara November 13, 2008

Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are h/t Sudy

4 comments Read the full article →

Olbermann Speaks Out on Prop 8

by Cara November 12, 2008

Like Jill, I find that Keith Olbermann can really get on my nerves, but I also think that he sometimes deserves credit. This is one of those times. I particularly appreciate it because one of my biggest criticisms of Olbermann is that he’s one of those liberal white guys who thinks he’s super leftist, but [...]

8 comments Read the full article →

Duanna Johnson Murdered

by Cara November 11, 2008

Less than five months ago, I wrote about Duanna Johnson — a transgender woman who was beaten by Memphis police while handcuffed and in custody. She was sprayed with mace, hit with a closed fist by an officer who wore handcuffs around his knuckles, ignored by medical staff, and called abhorrent transphobic names. Her attack [...]

19 comments Read the full article →

Yoko Ono on Barack Obama

by Cara November 10, 2008

This morning, Yoko Ono — who previously refused to take a stance on the election, saying that she preferred grassroots organizing — posted an open letter showing that she too has gotten caught up in the Obama craze.  She gets the catchphrase wrong, but I think the sentiment still holds true, certainly enough to get [...]

4 comments Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →