The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Two Sluts Do ‘Empowering’ Podcast

The headline at progressive blog Alternet: “Guys We Fucked:” The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast That Everyone’s Talking About Everybody is talking about this? Really? It’s a podcast, for crying out loud. But never mind that. Here’s the background: Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson have had a lot of sex — and they’re not afraid to talk […]

Feminist Professors Gone Wild

Evidently, “pro-choice” is a synonym for “shut up” on our nation’s campuses, Jennifer Kabbany reports at The College Fix: A department of feminist studies professor [at University of California Santa Barbara] has been accused of going berserk after coming across a campus prolife demonstration that used extremely graphic displays, leading a small mob of students […]

E-Mail to a Friend: Are We Being Too Judgmental About the Duke Porn Star?

@Belle_Knox is Duke freshman Women’s Studies major Miriam Weeks. If nothing else, the controversy over Miriam Weeks, a/k/a “Belle Knox,” is proving the truth of Rule 5 (“Everybody Loves a Pretty Girl“), as the most popular posts here in recent days have been the ones about the Duke University freshman’s pornography career. And the second-most popular […]

‘This Is a Tragedy in the Family’: @Belle_Knox’s Horrible Disgrace

Miriam Weeks (@belle_knox) "Welcome home, Daddy! I'm a porn star now!" http://t.co/HMEPG5w0Ya @DailyMailUS pic.twitter.com/89qQM336Tl — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) March 11, 2014 Army physician Dr. Kevin Weeks returns home from deployment in Afghanistan to learn that his youngest daughter Miriam has become notorious as the Duke University porn star “Belle Knox”: Amanda Minor, the mother-in-law […]

Who Is @LenaDunham’s Uncle and Why Does He Keep Making Her Get Naked?

Oh, it was just a joke, says the habitually naked HBO star, but why would she even have thought of a “joke” like this? Responding to someone on Twitter who criticized Dunham’s “branding” as The Unattractive Girl Who Is Always Naked, she responded: “Please tell that to my uncle, mister. He’s been making me!” Then she […]

Get ‘Empowered,’ Duke-Style!

The expression on the face of Duke University freshman Women’s Studies major Miriam Weeks (“Belle Knox”) represents . . . A. Her disappointment that the #4-ranked Blue Devils lost to Wake Forest by 10 points on Wednesday; B. Her disgust over recent claims that Thomas Bagby, her fellow Duke freshman who told everybody on campus […]

Hollywood Actress Urges Hollywood to Create More Jobs for Actresses

If any misogynist is looking for evidence of female mental inferiority, the Huffington Post’s “Women” category is a treasure trove, with dumb writers and dumber topics (e.g., “Why I Hate Wearing Bras” and “I Was On Reality TV — Here’s What It’s Like To Fake ‘Real Life‘”), suggesting that there are two basic ideas behind […]

No Means No, and So Does Yes

Canadian columnist @RobynUrback reports on the latest development from the country that gave us “Slut Walk”: On Wednesday evening at McGill University in Montreal, a group of students and community activists assembled to discuss when “yes” doesn’t actually mean yes. The Forum on Consent, which was also open to the public, featured several panel participants […]

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