A week or so ago, I saw this on the “Being Liberal” Facebook page, and loved it. Today, I was driving down the main street of my hometown and got stuck in traffic for no apparent reason. Then, I drove by the reason. (TRIGGER WARNING – Disturbing abortion photos. I am inserting many empty lines […]
The Plan B Pill: If It Were MY Daughter…
…I’d want Plan B to be available over the counter. I say this realizing there are great moral complexities involved here. I’ve thought about it a lot regarding under-age girls seeking abortion. When it comes to abortion, I ask myself, “Would I want to be notified if it were my daughter? Would I want the doctor to […]
How Far Can You “Lean In” If You ARE Pretty?
Tracy Thompson wrote a great piece on the The Broad Side today, entitled, “How Far Can You ‘Lean In’ If You’re Not Pretty?” It laments the universal inequity of the role of attractiveness between the genders. Men can soar in their careers being merely average-looking, but in order for women to soar, they must be drop-dead gorgeous. A quick […]
I Call Bullsh*t.
Apologies in advance. This post will contain foul language, grammatical errors and abuse of parenthetical statements, and a really poor drawing of a gavel. I am sorrier for the grammatical errors and abuse of parentheses. (If you have trouble with my using the word bullshit and other profanity, I have the okay from Norman Lear. […]
Are Feminists the New Republicans?
This is not, I repeat, NOT a review of Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In.” So there. Is this what it’s come to? Fairly or not, Republicans have the reputation of being the party of “My-Way-Or-The-Highway” mentality of policy and politics. They are famous for closing ranks around the most powerful among them, and flinging anyone […]
Go Daddy Inspires This Go Mommy to Go BYE-BYE.
Maybe I joined them because I had heard from others more experienced that their product really was the best available at the time. Maybe I stayed with them because I had already paid for 2 years of my domain name. Maybe I stayed because I had actually had very good customer service help from them, […]