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Joe Morton is Evil?!? Does Not Compute
One of the reasons I finally surrendered and started watching Scandal was I heard that Joe Morton had a role on it. Now that we’ve hit season three, I’m having a really hard time thinking of Joe Morton...
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GamerGate’s Pathology in Less Than 140 Characters
This is essentially what you’re saying if you’re a GamerGate supporter: Hello Tailor nails it beautifully. Even if we steelman1 Gamergate up the wazoo and accept that it’s really about ethics in...
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Amanda Marcotte: Our Country Has Value Because The People Have Value
James G. MillesBy: James G. MillesConservatives got their panties into a bunch because Bruce Springsteen played CCR’s “Fortunate Son,” at a concert for veterans. The song famously mocks leaders and...
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Feminist Batwoman Explains It All: Quit Calling Things “First World Problems”
Cell phones and makeup aren’t just things here in the US. Starvation and police brutality aren’t just “third-world problems” either. I have always loathed the term “First-World problems” for more...
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When a Song Becomes a Threat: SAE and “Speech”
Photo by theglobalpanorama I’m pretty sure that although intent might not be magic, we white people must surely be magic. The proof is in the media response to the SAE lynching chant. Most of it...
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Steven Pressfield and Impostor’s Syndrome
I don’t actually know who Steven Pressfield is, but this quote sums up a lot of my deepest fears, and the monologues that go through my head all the time. Frankly, I often have a hard time believing...
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A Song Stripped Naked: The Be Good Tanyas Version of “Waiting Around to Die”
For some reason, I’ve had this song in my head for the entire week: The Be Good Tanyas version of Townes Van Zandt’s “Waiting Around to Die.” I first heard it months ago, when I started watching...
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Infographic: Police are Threats to Sex Workers, Not Protection
Tweet (CC) Eliya Selihub Whenever you see the mainstream media talk about “helping” sex workers, it almost invariably involves the police in some way. If you didn’t realize that was bullshit before,...
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Hooray for Femme Superheroes: Supergirl’s Skirt is Badass
Tweet I’ve been enjoying the new Supergirl series much more than I expected. There are a few places where it’s overdone, but that’s to be expected in any show while it’s still finding its legs. One of...
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We Need to Fight the (Police) Unions For Justice in Law Enforcement
Tweet Photo by Elvert Barnes Very rarely — in fact, almost never — would I say that a union has “too much power.” The last time I can remember thinking that was sometime back in the late 90s, when...
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