The Other McCain

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

How About $3 for a Rant?

“The most incurably frustrated — and therefore, the most vehement — among the permanent misfits are those with an unfulfilled craving for creative work.” — Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, 1951 Never push my “rant” button. Trying not to get angry is a daily struggle when I’m up […]

Late Night With In The Mailbox: 01.25.18

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: President Trump, A Bit Of Advice… Twitchy: More Texts Released – Were FBI Agents Pulling Their Punches On The Hillary Investigation? Louder With Crowder: Ben Shapiro Nails Abortion “Identity Politics” Question At UConn Americans For Tax Reform: Enviros Push Meat Tax (h/t NeoWayland) RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES […]

‘Maybe as an Old Chick I Don’t Get it’

  You’ve probably heard about the Aziz Ansari “scandal,” in which a 22-year-old photographer (“Grace”) had a bad date with the 36-year-old TV star. Darleen Click’s take on the story is excellent: It’s a cringe-worthy endeavor to read, not just because Grace keeps remembering her interior dialogue of feeling uncomfortable accompanied with little girl astonishment […]

Ex-Partner Accuses ‘Nonbinary Transfemme’ @EliErlick of Sexual Abuse

Eli Erlick (left); Danielle “Danie Yun” Diamond (right). In April 2017, Glamour magazine named Pitzer College senior Eli Erlick one of their “College Women of the Year,” the first time a transgender person (born male) was chosen for this honor. A few months later, one of Erlick’s former classmates, a woman who has since undergone […]

How About an ‘Insanity Studies’ Major? UPDATE: ‘Queer’ With ‘Psychotic Episodes’ and ‘Endless Mental Fog’

It’s difficult to describe the cognitive dissonance I sometimes experience. Here at home, today was filled by a cheerful family holiday celebration. Meanwhile, however, the world is full of depravity and despair. Because my work involves searching through feminist blogs, I have a very pessimistic view of America’s future. If these people are our future, […]

Hollywood’s Homo-Hypocrisy

Headline at Mediaite: After Months of Attacking Roy Moore, Hollywood Releases Film Romanticizing Child Molestation Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? When I saw that headline, I immediately had a hunch and — surprise! surprise! — my hunch was correct: As the year comes to a close, Hollywood releases its final batch of films, many of which will […]

The Sexual Harassment Apocalypse

  Remember “Mattress Girl”? In 2014, Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz became a feminist heroine for her performance-art project dramatizing what she claimed was rape, but what her ex-boyfriend Paul Nungesser said was a consensual hook-up. Neither the police nor university officials believed there was a case against Nungesser, but feminists insisted that anyone who […]

Tumblrina Hot Take

  Political commentary from a 27-year-old feminist: also progressive white men can go ahead and worry about the 72% of white men who voted for roy moore before they start in on the 63% of white women who did so, thanks She wants everybody to know she’s a Scorpio. Party of Science™ . . . […]

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