The Other McCain

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

FMJRA 2.0: Is It Fall Yet?

— compiled by Wombat-socho Rule 5 Sunday: Columbus Day Edition The Camp of the Saints Animal Magnetism Proof Positive A View from the Beach Batshit Crazy News Ninety Miles From Tyranny Feminist Tumblr: ‘Broken People’ Regular Right Guy Politically Incorrect Conservative Law Of Markets A View from the Beach Batshit Crazy News Essential Feminist Quotes: […]

VIDEO: It’s Not Against the Law to Be Crazy in California, However . . .

. . . a sheriff’s deputy in Imperial County, Calif., made a traffic stop and arrested the driver. The female passenger evidently was not a licensed driver, and so the car had to be towed. When the deputy asked the passenger to exit the vehicle, however, she began to rant crazily about her status as […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty Gorgeous day for a picnic in Shenandoah. Daughter Shiela had brought along Flavius, the hipster boyfriend, oscillating between boredom and superiority. “Look at the bee on the Lobelia cardinalis,” he intoned with his best innocent condescension. Fumbled with his iPhone. “It’s trying to do something with the network, but we don’t have any […]

If I Hated Women …

. . . I’d write something misogynist like this: One important thing to remember in life: Do not coddle women. Do not do their work for them. Do not perform uncredited labor for them, including intellectual labor. Do not bend over backwards to help them. Do not tell them they are good at things they […]

Marxist Lesbian Feminist Mother Forces Son to Write Essay About Misogyny

Heather McNamara has a Tumblr blog and describes herself thus: “Literature enthusiast, feminist, marxist, queer theorist, lesbian, egomaniac, mom.” At her personal Web site, she adds that she is “a lesbian mom partnered with the lovely supergenius Zinnia Jones. . . . I’m finishing my degree in English with a focus on technical writing with […]

The Death of a Whore

Pippa O’Sullivan, a/k/a “Grace Bellavue.” In December 2012, “Grace Bellavue” published an article at an Australian feminist site about her wonderful career as a prostitute: It is often the moment after sex, even with clients, that I relish the most. The vulnerability and nakedness as two strange humans with temporary paths entwined begin to hesitantly […]

Feminist Tumblr: ‘Broken People’

She describes herself on Tumblr as an “economics student” and “vegan bi sexworker” who is “neurodivergent,” which may or may not be a synonym for crazy. She lists her diagnoses as GAD (generalized anxiety disorder), OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and MDD (major depressive disaorder), although elsewhere she also lists BPD (borderline personality disorder). She is […]

In the Mailbox, 10.13.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho Owing to the fact that the extension deadline is Thursday, and I have tax classes in the evenings this week, there may not be another post until Friday. We’ll see how it goes. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Hare We Go The Political Hat: Folk Metal Is Now Problematic Da Tech Guy: […]

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