Progress
Not as fast as many of us would like. But it can happen. Keep fighting.
Prop 8: Here’s Why
Living in blue states and having blue friends, sometimes, I think, shelters a lot of lefties. You start thinking, “Holy fuck, what the fuck could these people possibly be thinking when they go around willy-nilly nullifying other people’s marriages? What the hell?” What you don’t realize is that all that rhetoric and scare-mongering? The “gay
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I Got This
This was the first thing I thought of this morning when I opened up my email and saw the headline.
Such a Great Day to Live in Ohio
I love me some swing-statin’. That is, when it swings the way you hope. I still don’t believe it, tho.
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Girls for Obama
The best part, I think, is just seeing pictures of girls engaged in… well, being full, active, passionate people. It makes me happy.
Why Hand-holding, Flower-loving Matriarchies Never Rang True to Me
Oh look, matriarchies can be violent (just like any other human social setup)! I admit, I write a lot of violent matriarchies. Mainly because I believe that any social setup that represses another group within it is going to be violent. The most egalitarian fantasy group I have are a bunch of polyamorous, socialist, gender-fucking
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Being a Female Bodyguard
“What I hate is when you get a member of the royal family. It’s the same thing every year: you have to be vetted by a guy from the Saudi embassy saying, “Oh, my God, you are a woman!” At which point you have to throw one of his blokes on the floor and stamp
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"Your Dirty Sex Makes God Send Hurricanes!"
Oh man… can’t. stop. laughing…
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"Maybe in Ohio, But Not in America!"
Man, I’m not looking forward to voting in Ohio.
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Heroes and Monsters
A TED talk by Philip Zimbardo, most famously known for the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, about power and corruption. And power and redemption. Includes an overview of the Millgram experiment, for those unfamiliar with it. That one still terrifies the crap out of me. This is about the power of institutions and how they affect
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