Blog Posts - Sexism

As most know, Batman: The Killing Joke was a one-shot graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland.  It’s a controversial tome and has become even more so in the days of internet forums. In the graphic novel, Barbara...

Men, Women, and Fairness It’s not that men aren’t fair. It’s that they don’t even think about fairness. When Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever (Women Don’t Ask) asked people whether they deserved what they wanted, women typically responded w...

Our daughter is the hybrid of a 2nd generation Pakistani Muslim father and an African born mother, who is half English and half Zimbabwean. As you can imagine, opening a joint bank account was a nightmare!… More 10 Ways To Raise A Child Without...

The Official Hillary for America Woman Card!

Black Acre Brewing Company owner Jordan Gleason said he’s had to refuse service to a patron multiple times because […]...

Black Acre Brewing Company owner Jordan Gleason said he’s had to refuse service to a patron multiple times because […]...

Last week, actor and very cool Hollywood mama, Alyssa Milano, shared a post on her Pinterest about me. That was very cool of her and I was absolutely delighted. Funny how the mind works, because that Pinterest share got me thinking about my childhood...

In political campaigns, candidates will always seek ways in which to turn their opponent’s words against them in order to score points, often unfairly. But when it comes to accusations of gender bias, fraught as it is with ambiguity and nuance, the...

Full disclosure: I am a fan of the pro wrestling craft and have been since the 1980s, but I think I present a fairer and more comprehensive assessment of the WWE than the articles critiqued...

This week, The DeLorean rides again, Twitter finds itself short a few characters, Streaming shakes up Sundance, How Google paid big money to be on your iPhone, the intelligence behind Artificial Intelligence has passed ... all this and more on The Dr...

Today is C.S. Lewis’s 117th birthday! To celebrate, here are five books that explore his life and work. 1. C.S. Lewis – A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet by Alister McGrath   C.S. Lewis – A Life is a comprehensive … Continu...

In a way, 2015 was an excellent year for YA. Because there were awesome books! SO MANY AWESOME BOOKS! Off the top of my head: Bone Gap, A History of Glitter and Blood, The Truth Commission, See No Color, Infandous, … Continued The post 2016: Al...

Yesterday on the Radio 4 Week in Westminster programme Isabel Hardman interviewed two MPs who were elected for the first time in the last 3 years. Sarah Champion was elected in November 2012 in a By-Election following the resignation of Denis …...

Coach James, who runs the football, basketball, and baseball programs at the field house, told me he had to defend my honor earlier yesterday.  A man who discovered that the boxing coach is a woman appeared to take offense at that.  "I appl...

Eloquent title, eh?I know I reference boobs a lot in my posts, and I've already somewhat ranted once before about the obnoxious shit that women have to put up with thanks to America's unsettling obsession with boobs.But here's the thing:  I've b...

I have long identified as a fangirl. I believe that fandoms can do real good. Fans often are the ones who raise the truly interesting questions (I mean, what does happen to genderfluid students who are sorted in Gryffindor?), are … Continued...

Bărbătisme şi feminisme. Sunt şarmante confruntările astea „de pe net”, din reviste, ale posesorilor de peniţe inspirate din cele două „tabere”. O luptă corp la corp, în cuvinte mai mult sau mai puţin drăgăstoase, mai mult...

Speaking with the Madd Hatta Morning show in Houston recently, the actress states: “With [Kim Kardashian and Taylor Swift], they can do whatever they want to do. They can date five or six guys—like Taylor Swift. We know that she has been throug...

It's puzzling to me how many people fail to see that everything is connected.  Causality, or cause and effect, alone connects people, actions, events. If someone at your job is fired, it will no doubt effect the way you work if new policy and pr...

If you’re reading this you’ve probably heard all about the recent controversy surrounding Andrew Smith, the popular YA author of The Alex Crow, and comments he made to Vice in an interview a couple of weeks ago. A huge (well, at le...

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