A Letter to Rachel Maddow
Sometimes, little things seem to mean a lot. And Rachel Maddow recently did something little that mattered a lot to John Hembling.
Sometimes, little things seem to mean a lot. And Rachel Maddow recently did something little that mattered a lot to John Hembling.
A cultural attitude has taken root in the black community and beyond that it’s OK for women to hit men, and even superstar status doesn’t make men immune.
It appears that the oppressive patriarchy has gotten so bad that it must even be fought against on the football field. The football field itself. No really.
Have you ever heard the phrase “Man Up?” Are you as sick of it as we are? Well so is George St. Jones.
Tucker Carlson recently made an ass of himself on the subject of female sex predators. The Amazing Atheist has a look at this absurdity.
Despite attempts to wipe Chris Mackney’s existence from the public record, he will not be forgotten. Gregory Becker gives a moving tribute to a man he says did not suicide, but drowned.
Beauty and the Beast, a favourite Disney classic, is full of harmful stereotypes that are adored by the masses. Josh O’Brien offers a few reflections on the lead characters of the story.
With her regularly-changing hairstyles you might be forgiven for thinking Laurie Penny is an auditionee for the stage-play Hair. Instead she’s a “journalist” attempting to craft herself into a pop icon. But as Diana Davison explains she is unlikely to succeed due to an increasing list of shoddy, unethical writing.
Rape, slavery and war all involve abuse of human bodies. We would never praise rape-victims for giving pleasure to their rapist, nor laud slaves for being good whipping boys. Ayami Tyndall explains that, by the same logic, he cannot praise soldiers for having their bodies and minds subjected to horrific abuse.
A haunting piece broadcast very recently by Channel 4 News in the UK, on a program with a reputation for rarely showing much concern for men.