The Other McCain

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

Transgender Children: Toxic Moms and Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy

Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy is a pattern in which a parent “fabricates, exaggerates, or induces mental or physical health problems” in their child “usually to gain attention or sympathy from others.” Now, read this report from Julian Vigo at Feminist Current: [On Oct. 21], The Guardian reported that “a seven-year-old boy who was “living life […]

High-Priced Humiliation

“Masculinity can be extremely toxic to our mental health, both to the people who are pressured to perform it and the people who are inevitably influenced by it. . . . Relevant to this discussion is how masculinity can harm our relationships with people and one’s ability to cope when relationships are difficult or end.” — […]

Why Is Sex Making Young People So Sad?

  “The vested interests of our age . . . have constructed a wonderful machine, which we shall call the Great Stereopticon. It is the function of this machine to project selected pictures of life in the hope that what is seen will be imitated. All of us of the West who are within the […]

Everything Is RAAAAACIST!

Except, of course, racial segregation: Students of color at Columbia University can apply to attend an upcoming racially segregated retreat hosted by the school that promises to embolden and empower participants, according to organizers. The “Students of Color Leadership Retreat 2016” is open to students within the Columbia University undergraduate community, including its all-women’s Barnard […]

Message to All Kids: Don’t Be a Weirdo Like Those Loser Freaks on Tumblr

  Would it be cruel to call attention to “Jakob” the teenage girl who thinks she wants to be a boy? Probably, but “Jakob” is the author of a Tumblr post with more than 100,000 notes entitled, “Message to all parents,” which keeps getting expanded to include all kinds of “messages” that cumulatively amount to […]

Man-Hater @AlannaBennett Promotes #Ghostbusters as Feminist Revenge

  Alanna Bennett is the kind of selfish feminist who attends elite Oberlin College (annual tuition $50,586) and then spends the rest of her life angry because nobody gives her as much pity as she feels she deserves. “As a professional writer, my life now is stuffed with privileges I’ve longed for since I found out they […]

In The Mailbox: 05.05.16

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM Proof Positive: Re-elect Donald Trump The Camp of the Saints: Swing And Sway With Donny – Hey! EBL: Natalia Lima & Ed Henry Fox News Scandal Da Tech Guy: Baldilocks – Inserting a Brand-New Language Into A Not-So-New Brain The Political Hat: Survival Guide For Social-Justice-Minded Special Snowflakes […]

Beware of Sex in the Social Media Age (Because the Internet Is Forever)

  Jason Lee Weight is a young British writer/director who recently began producing an animation series called Sam Sweetmilk and, according to a Tumblr blogger named Rosie, Jason Lee Weight is a rapist: This may be triggering so *TRIGGERWARNING*. It was typed in one sitting, so might be a bit all over the place. For a […]

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