Yesterday in her historic speech, Michelle Obama spent a lot of her time talking directly to women about Donald Trump and his candidacy. But she also spoke about what it means to men. And how is this affecting men and boys in this country? Because I can tell you that the men in my life do not talk about women like this. … Read More
Tantaros’ Complaint Against Fox News, O’Reilly, Ailes, and Others
What kind of a place is Fox News? These allegations keep on coming. Some excerpts: [C]ommencing in February 2016, Bill O’Reilly (“O’Reilly”), whom Tantaros had considered to be a good friend and a person from whom she sought career guidance, started sexually harassing her by, inter alia, (a) asking her to come to stay with him on Long Island where … Read More
Carlson Sues Ailes For Sexual Harassment At Fox News
Fox News former anchor and host Gretchen Carlson, who departed the network just a few weeks ago, has filed a sex harassment lawsuit against Fox supremo Roger Ailes. For those who don’t follow the intricacies of the Fox News world, Carlson wasn’t just any talking head. She was a big star on the network. The facts alleged are about as … Read More
SCOTUS Strikes Down Oppressive Abortion Restrictions
This morning, the Supreme Court struck down parts of a restrictive Texas law that could have reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state to about 10 from what was once a high of roughly 40. The 5-to-3 decision was the court’s most sweeping statement on abortion rights since Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992. It applied a skeptical … Read More
The Letter To Her Attacker
On January 18, 2015, at about 1 a.m., two male Stanford graduate students were riding their bikes through campus when they spotted a man on top of a woman near a dumpster. The woman did not appear to be moving. The students approached the man, who fled, leaving the woman, unconscious and partially naked, on the ground. One of the … Read More
Abortion Charlatans
Sam Bee did a nice expose on the “crisis pregnancy centers” that pretend to be abortion clinics, but actually have a pro-life agenda. The word she neglects to use is…. FRAUD. We have our share of those places around here, too, and its only when you read the fine print that you realize it is a church-related place.
What Crap Came From Donald Trump Today?
.@realDonaldTrump: Women who have abortions should face “some form of punishment.” https://t.co/GFP6v2rw0o pic.twitter.com/qd8xyVyOo7 — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 30, 2016 Oh fucking hell. This guy has a 70% unfavorable with women already. Is he doing this on purpose? Ah, but here comes Uday to the rescue: Be fair, was asked if it was ILLEGAL should there be punishment. Shouldn’t … Read More
When You Don’t Think
The backlash and fallout against North Carolina’s HB2 law continues, and what is getting a lot of attention are pictures and tweets from transgender people like Michael Hughes, a 45-year-old trans man in Rochester, Minn. Take a look at this picture: That’s Michael Hughes and two of his female friends in a womens’ bathroom. Under the new law passed by the … Read More
How Can Any Woman Vote For Trump After This?
I get the schtick. Trump tries to get media attention and he usually gets it, provided he is outrageous enough. But the things he does. Oy. This got started when one of those super-PACs, in this case not even one that supports Cruz but just one that opposes Trump, put out a picture of Melania Trump in a semi-naked form. Trump … Read More
Missing The Point
The award goes to Gersh Kuntzman of the New York Daily News for writing this: No disrespect to the jury in the Erin Andrews case, but I can’t breathe. The Fox Sports reporter just got a $55 million award for the pain and suffering of being videotaped naked in a Nashville hotel room in 2008. Fifty five million dollars because people … Read More
International Women’s Day
Props to Google for today’s Google Doodle: Unlike past women’s day doodles, this doesn’t look at achievements from the past, but at the achievements to come. The theme for this year is gender parity. You may not think this is a problem here in the United States, and comparatively, you would be right. The United States is ranked 20th, which is … Read More
Backfire
This is unusual and uplifting: A grand jury convened to investigate whether a Houston Planned Parenthood clinic had sold the organs of aborted fetuses on Monday cleared the clinic and instead indicted the undercover videographers behind the allegations, surprising the officials who called for the probe and delighting supporters of the women’s health organization. The Harris County grand jury indicted … Read More
The Funny Thing About Abusive Relationships
The number of women in stand-up comedy who are coming out as being victims of abuse is alarming. This is a must-read article. An excerpt: The experience is certainly not monolithic, but for many women who write and perform comedy, choosing this career path involves the cultivation of a chitinous exoskeleton, involuntary or not. It’s hard not to let it … Read More
Women In Combat
100% equality: In a historic transformation of the American military, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said on Thursday that the Pentagon will open all combat jobs to women. “There will be no exceptions,” Mr. Carter said at a news conference. The groundbreaking decision overturns a 1994 Pentagon rule that restricts women from artillery, armor, infantry and other such combat roles, … Read More
Planned Parenthood Shooting Is Domestic Terrorism
I’ve been vacationing and the holidays and yada yada, so there’s been light blogging lately. The big news that I missed was a terrorist attack here on the United States, although whether to call it a “terrorist attack” seems to be arguable. I’m talking of course about the shooter at Planned Parenthood. On Saturday, November 27, a shooting and five-hour … Read More