Dating in the Double-Bind
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
While the news media dutifully calls our attention to anniversaries of great historical import, they occasionally are asleep at the switch. Consider the 40th anniversary of the passing (I think) of Andy Kaufman, the self-proclaimed Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion of the World. This anniversary occurred on May 16th, and I must admit I overlooked it myself. …
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Former prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge RK Hendrick was more than upset at recent video of a female cop and her dog beating an unarmed drunk man who posed no threat to her in front of multiple witnesses. Was it simple arrogance on her part or due to the perception that women can get away with brutality to men in Sweden, which has become notorious for legalized misandry?
To all men and boys, you do matter and more than you know!
Does punishing the innocent become morally acceptable if doing so reduces crimes such as sexual assault? TDOM untangles the twisted morality of injustice by design.
If you ever note the preponderance of female bylines in print media and think contemporary journalism is now all but synonymous with women, bear in mind that it wasn’t always so. In the early years of the 20th Century, newsrooms were, for the most part, male spaces. The reporters in the Woman’s section (yes, there …
Queen Arawelo is among the best-known folktale characters. Originally an obscure figure outside of Somalia, her legend has reached international audiences due to English-language media: a graphic novel (Mohamed, 2014), an article in biographies of women in history (Porath, 2016), and a theatrical production in London. There’s even a website for diasporic Somalian women named …
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Matthew Steele targets his prose at the heart of men betrayed by the heart of their own home, and the courts that put the nails in their coffins. He reminds us of the power in our voices, and that we must raise them.