Response to Responses to The Onion’s Hipster Misogyny
Singling out a young girl—a child—for that kind of treatment was gratuitous and hostile. It’s hurtful enough to hear it …
Category Archives: Feminism
It Isn’t Just the Principle That Matters: Liberalism, Feminism, and Equality
I’ve had some thoughtful questions posed in response to my last post on the abolition of the ban on women …
Progress: Cheering Feminists Who Kill
Revised (1/25/13, 7:38 am). Leon Panetta’s announcement, overturning a 19-year ban on allowing women to join small-group combat units in …
Glass Houses: Rapes and Victim-Blaming in the Western World
Revised. Updates I & II below: Apparently the U.S., unlike India, has moved past its own backward history of victim-blaming. …
Saving Afghan Women? NDAA 2013 Exploits Feminism to Justify Western Imperialism
Recently, the US Senate passed a measure designed to increase security for Afghan women as America gets ready to leave …
Emily Hauser’s Disgusting Indifference to Women of Color
Update I & Update 2: Below On yesterday’s on-line “HuffPo Live Debate” on supporting Obama, between Daniel Ellsberg, Daily Beast …
The Enemy of My Enemy is Not Always My Friend: Iran, Anti-War Activism, and Sexist Aggression
This open letter from Raha Iranian Feminist Collective crossed my desk yesterday. I post it today because the lessons gleaned …
Progressives, Truth-telling, and Human Rights Issues
Revised version: Thanks to Glenn Greenwald’s mentions of my Jan. 6 post on this site, and thanks to the readers …
Pollitt’s Perplexity about Pundits on Ron Paul
Revised: It may be time to stop reading the Nation even earlier than March of this election year. Katha Pollitt …
Voting Model #2: The “pro-choice/environmentally friendly” vote
In this post, I continue down my list of problematic presidential election voting models. Today’s model, #2 on that list, …
