The Other McCain

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

The Feminist-Industrial Complex: Guilt and Queer Theory in Wisconsin

“The excitement around [Jessica] Valenti’s visit ignited activism among Women’s Studies Program faculty and students. . . . The students enrolled in WMNS 250: Feminist Methodologies felt inspired to join the national and international viral movement called ‘I Need Feminism Because’ . . . University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire feminists felt that Valenti’s visit was a […]

You’re Too ‘Empowered,’ Darling

Amanda Leigh is a funny writer, who writes about dating, and is capable of clever sentences like, “If you can’t tell whether he’s gay or straight, he’s gay,” and “Finding a tall employed man with values in Los Angeles is like finding a unicorn.” But her dating life is actually a failure, as is the […]

Quota-Mongers, Gender Nihilism and the Insane Logic of Radical Feminist Theory

  Ashe Schow at the Washington Examiner reports: For further evidence that outrage feminists believe gender trumps all else, a new report from the Women’s Media Center bemoans the fact that more articles about campus sexual assault in major newspapers were written by men than by women. Forget the content of those articles — women […]

Fear and Loathing: An Oberlin Feminist on Men, Republicans and Heterosexuality

“I hope men realize that we (women) actually fear for our safety every time we walk by you on the street.” — Kaela Elias, Aug. 4 “when i was younger, i thought i was straight because society makes you think that. it’s sad.” — Kaela Elias, Aug. 9 “. . . luckily i have parents […]

Questioning Feminist Authority: Cult Ideology and Mind Control Tactics

“Mind control (also known as ‘brainwashing,’ ‘coercive persuasion,’ and ‘thought reform’) refers to a process in which a group or individual systematically uses unethically manipulative methods to persuade others to conform to the wishes of the manipulator(s).” — Michael D. Langone, “Cults and Mind Control” She is a 19-year-old “dysphoric female” who is a “gender-critical […]

Dear @Clementine_Ford …

  Let’s play a game, you and me. Call it, “Yours and Mine.” You are in Australia (yours) and I am in America (mine). You are female (yours) and I am male (mine). You are a “progressive” (yours) and I am conservative (mine). It would be a simple gambit, as an opening move in Yours […]

The Feminist Fear Factor

Feminists @JaclynF, @PennyRed, @AmandaMarcotte know you fear them! The blogger at Dark Brightness has a post describing the “politicization of phobia” as a Nigerian email scam. He links me — thanks! — and also links Vox Day quoting Jack Donovan: Progressives only have one good trick, and men keep falling for it. They keep calling you […]

Nightmare on North Avenue

K.C. Johnson (@kcjohnson9 on Twitter) of Minding the Campus has posted the latest “John Doe” lawsuit alleging violation of due process rights in a sexual assault case, and John Doe v. Georgia Tech is the kind of nightmare that makes me want to shout: WARN YOUR SONS, AMERICA! NEVER TALK TO A COLLEGE GIRL! According […]

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