Rape. It’s been in the news a lot lately as the Republicans are trying to redefine it to chip away at abortion laws. It’s also in the news because Lara Logan, a journalist from CBS, was separated from her crew in Cairo and endured a sustained sexual assault. My fellow blogger over at ABL’s… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Ranting
No Warrior Woman am I
Pssst. Hey, you. Come a little closer because I have a secret to tell you. I fucking hate Amy Tan. Shocking, I know, but I cannot stand the bitch. OK, OK, to be fair, that’s not exactly true. I don’t hate Amy Tan herself (partly because I don’t even know her), but I hate the… Continue Reading
Fuck Them (and Not in a Good Way)
I’m furious. I’m enraged. I’m weary. I’m horny, but that’s not going to be part of the post today. In the comments from my last post, whabs brings up the point that guilt is supposed to be a part of what it means to be a woman. I have learned that lesson all-too-well. I feel… Continue Reading
Keepin’ the (White) Man Down
I knew that President Obama taking the office would unleash all sorts of racism, covert and overt. We’ve seen this happen with the teaballers who held up signs that denigrated our president’s ethnicity. That would be an overt sign of the lingering racism. We’ve seen it with the “President Obama is not very smart” meme… Continue Reading
I’m Oscar the Grouch
Except, I’m not green; I don’t live in a trash can; I have better hygiene. Other than that, Oscar and I are likethis. I might as well brandish a cane and shout at the kids to get off my lawn. I am going to dive in the shit today and talk about things that… Continue Reading