I’m not a huge fan of the n word and while I can’t say I have never used the word, I can most certainly claim that I very infrequently utter that word, and I have never directed it at a …
Tag: social justice
It’s true: only men pay tax Men – all men – support women – all women – whether they like it or not.
A study from New Zealand shows fairly definitively that we (women), as a group, don’t pay any taxes. Sure, we file tax documents and have taxes deducted from our paychecks and pay out consumer taxes at the cash register, just …
Are women and people of color being excluded from cryptocurrency? An examination of the needlessly complex process of obtaining cryptocurrency, and how the space is perfectly designed to keep out women and people of color.
You’ve heard of Bitcoin’s atmospheric rise from pennies to thousands of dollars. TV, radio, internet — it’s everywhere. And maybe you’ve had the thought that you might very well want to become one of these Bitcoin millionaires. Easy, right? Even …
Strange fruit: when women lied and men died History's interjection to the notion that #MeToo accusers are incapable of lying or being motivated by malice or financial gain.
From 1882 – 1968, an estimated 4,743 men were lynched in the United States, often after an accusation of rape, prompting the NAACP to claim ‘[w]hites started lynching because they felt it was necessary to protect white women’. We now …
On travel safety and white privilege (and why they’re basically the same thing) Feeling safe is a privilege granted to me because I’m white, middle class, non-disabled and straight.
I recently received a comment on one of my solo camping posts asking me if I ever feel unsafe while I’m camping alone. This is probably the number one question I get asked by family members and friends and blog …
Feminists don’t challenge radical Islam because real misogynists are terrifying Cowards.
Phyllis Chesler has a piece up at the New York Post demanding to know why feminists refuse to challenge radical Islam in any of its manifestations. The Middle East and Western Africa are burning; Iran is raping female civilians and …
Schrodinger’s Slut — or why it actually does matter what you wear The solution to Schrodinger’s Rapist has been found.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW OTHER PEOPLE REACT. This is essentially the argument Amanda Marcotte makes regarding school dress codes for girls at Double XX today. According to Amanda, girls should be able to wear skirts so short their …
Slut shaming is just another way of calling out attention whores, and it’s a good thing Open a book… not your legs.
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to draw your attention to a BRAND NEW, truly horrifying trend currently sweeping across the cultural milieu: SLUT SHAMING What is slut-shaming? Slut-shaming is when a young woman (or man) calls out another woman for …
Here’s why gay people marrying and having children is the most natural thing in the world Not just because God himself — Morgan Freeman — said so.
The fact that we can even have a conversation about whether human beings should have basic civil rights that other human beings have based on whom they love is pretty fucking depressing. There really is no place in a modern, …
The walk of shame is a right of passage, not rape Poor judgement — moi? Ce n’est pas possible!
Coyote ugly. It’s a phrase men use to describe the experience of waking up, hungover as shit, in bed next to a girl so ugly you’d rather chew your arm off than have her stir. Yep, another night of too …