Sino-kink: Chinese tourist attraction uses novelty of men obeying women
Is this the commercial manifestation of Chinese fears of powerful women?Chinese tourism authorities are seeking investment to build a novel concept attraction -- the world's first "women's town," where...
View ArticleLadies, please don't get raped! (And if you do, make damn well sure you don't...
That is the unfortunate moral of the many stories recapped in a must-read by Violet at Reclusive Leftist:Here’s an interesting change. After all these stories of women being prosecuted or threatened...
View ArticleBecause doesn't a woman's body belong to her and NOT the US government?
The Senate has passed a bill that contains language to repeal the global gag rule.So what's next for the global gag rule? It's now headed to a House-Senate "conference committee," where a few members...
View ArticleIs it weakness, or is it authenticity? Hillary lays it down
I've been critical of Hillary Clinton mainly because almost everything coming out of her mouth is so massaged and manufactured. But then she surprises:On Crooks and Liars, says Nicole Belle:I hesitate...
View ArticleThe right's misogyny politics
I don't like Hillary Clinton for many reasons, mainly: her slippery non-positions on some issues, her demagoguery on other issues (even when I might agree), her "taking responsibility" for her support...
View ArticlePuncturing the barefoot fantasy
The Gaurdian has an article that starts off:No wonder Iceland has the happiest people on earthOf course. Can't have women outside of the home. But a high birthrate doesn't necessarily have to be a bad...
View ArticleNever accept a woman president? Or never accept that a woman now could be...
There seems to be a lot of victim mind out there in the blogosphere these days directed at Barack Obama. For example, Reclusive Leftist's post, "Fuck off, Obama":Actually, what women everywhere now...
View ArticleThe other Mrs. McCain
Ouch!‘My marriage ended because John McCain didn’t want to be 40, he wanted to be 25. You know that happens...it just does.’Her story is a harrowing one -- not because of John McCain -- he just didn't...
View ArticleMore on the Patriarchy's girlfriend
In the same vein as my earlier post, on the Huffington Post Dr. Judith Rich goes deeper, and asks us a question:Palin looks to me like the patriarchy in a skirt, a Helen of Troy. However, her skirts...
View ArticleObama: the President of global change
Watching the round-table on the NewsHour tonight, with Gwen Ifill leading several observers:Rev. Joseph Lowery, who with Dr. King founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; he will deliver...
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