The Other McCain

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

The Imperfections of Victimhood

Well, this wasn’t a conversation I was planning to have today, but after some Twitter discussion on the Dana McCallum transgender lesbian rape story — it’s like the Rocky Horror Nightly News Show or something — the misunderstanding exceeded what could be accomplished in 140 characters or less. So I said, “I’ll blog it and […]

Transgender Feminist @papierhache Volunteers for Twitter Victimhood

When the going gets weird, my Twitter timeline gets interesting. It is perhaps unnecessary to remind readers of these recent items: Jan. 4: Feminists Accused of ‘Transphobia’: Competitive Victimhood Derby Jan. 4: Everybody Hates Cathy Brennan: Troll Under the Bridge on the Crazyville Road Jan. 14: The Rocky Horror Dating Game: Translesbians Encounter Queer Hate […]

The Rocky Horror Dating Game: Translesbians Encounter Queer Hate

Radical egalitarianism is a sort of philosophical insanity, premised as it is on the idea that everything is equal, even things that are fundamentally different. When you begin with an obvious falsehood as the premise of your argument, the conclusion will necessarily be madness. Ten days ago, I brought you up-to-date about an emerging controversy […]

FMJRA 2.0: Frisby

— compiled by Wombat-socho Al Gore and the Big Climate Lie Liberty’s Spirit Batshit Crazy News Watcher Of Weasels The Right Planet Independent Sentinel Nice Deb Trevor Loudoun The Razor Bookworm Room Rick’s Rants Dead Republican Party Will De Blasio Get Away With This? Da Tech Guy Blackmailers Don’t Shoot Lowering The Boom PJ Tatler […]

Feminists Accused of ‘Transphobia’: Competitive Victimhood Derby

“If gender is inherently detrimental as the radical feminists maintain and if trans identification occurs in part because gender is rigidly interpreted and represented through normative modalities of behaving, then there will be unceasing dissonance between these two groups.” — Julian Vigo, “The Left Hand of Darkness” Following up on last night’s post, “Mental Illness […]

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