No More Drama: Love Should Not Hurt
On Friday, March 4th, I attended a one-woman show by the very awesome P. Precious Porter at the University of DC: The show was billed as a "performance that will allow you to see...
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Executive Order 13567–Periodic Review of Individuals Detained at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station Pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 07, 2011 Executive Order 13567–Periodic Review of Individuals Detained at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station Pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military...
Commenting Roundup
I've been reading blogs more frequently as of late. Apparently, I've got that kind of time. 🙂 My most recent blog entries have been in response to other bloggers. This entry is different as...
My New Buddy Sargassosea, A Doodette Extreme
It has been a while since I've felt compelled to take a critic apart in their own special blog entry. Well, once in a while someone expressly begs for it. So, here you go. In...
On Treating Male Survivors Like Actual Human Beings
RCASA blogging on "Male victims of sexual assault and how it can vary from the victimization of females": Most statistical analyses hypothesize that somewhere between 20 and 30% of American females will be victimized by sexual assault...
Again with the Gendered Minimization and Generalizations
Pragya Sharma, Director of Public Education, Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton, and committee member of the Sexual Assault Voices of Edmonton, writes in a letter to the editor on "Don't expect women to curtail men's behaviour":...
Male Survivors: Just Not Getting It
V, writing for subterfuge, on "He's Asking For It": This is a confessional about rape. About men raping other men, because the men who are the victims are either gay or perceived to be...
A Real Perspective on Prison Rape
Miska of SCUM-O-RAMA! discusses prison rape in "lets get some perspective": "if men really seriously have a problem with prison rape (and its obvious they dont, otherwise they wouldnt joke about it so flippantly...
Vengeance, Is Thy Name Entertainment?
rainsinger at Rain's Place has an interesting blog entry on "Women’s ‘Revenge’ Films": One of my favourite genres of all, films where women "return fire", usually for rape/assault, but also for other forms of...
No Points for “Bravely” Admitting and Then Defending Gender Based Bigotry
Nicole Sprinkle, guest blogging for the Motherlode section of the New York Times on "Tarring Men ": Recently, I was in a big child care bind. My daughter began a preschool that ends at...