Category Archives: Men Who Just Don’t Get It

For those with vaginas

Lysistrata has made a comeback in the USA. The cause? The defunding of Planned Parenthood and the latest salvo in the war against women. Wives and girlfriends of lawmakers, are you listening? (Lobbyists in “eye-patch underwear”, since you are part … Continue reading

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I hear Joe Lieberman is quitting…

Yes, it’s true. Holy Joe has taken that walk in the snow. As someone on the tweeter said, the only thing regrettable about all this is that he didn’t give voters the pleasure of booting him. So long, Joe…you won’t … Continue reading

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“Where the fuck is the conductor?”

ADDENDUM: Didn’t see this yesterday, but here’s a telling thing…there are actual websites devoted to guys doing what you see below. A woman on the New York subway system confronts a wanker (a literal one!) who harassed her. Apparently he … Continue reading

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Men Who Just Don’t Get It: Explaining birth control (sorta)

Guys, I love you all to bits, but damn, some of you are SO dense:Please, PLEASE don’t be this dim when it comes to condoms, ‘kay?(Meanwhile, here’s the lowdown on all the birth control methods “explained” above. Read and learn.)

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Anti-choice–so easily pwned with a Sharpie

Yep, that would have helped her a lot more than laying on a guilt trip about abortion after the fact. Or trying to guilt-trip her out of having one in the first place.

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Happy Birth Control Pill Day!

Courtesy of the New York Times, something that isn’t whorish, for a change. Gail Collins writes: This is by way of saying that on Sunday we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill. We live in troubled times. … Continue reading

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Teh Heterostoopid: Would you let this man near your boobs?

For that matter, would YOU do pot-legalization activism with him?Meet Rob Kampia–tacky dresser, wannabe player, and all-around ball of sleaze. Also someone who gives drug-policy activism an extremely bad name, and will probably set the project back decades on the … Continue reading

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Sexual harassment is a constant problem, say Arab women

This Al-Jazeera report is two years old. So what’s changed in the meantime? Apparently, nothing: Activists from 17 countries across the region met in Cairo for a two-day conference ending Monday and concluded that harassment was unchecked across the region … Continue reading

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Another innocent woman killed by sexism and sleaze

The word “ladykiller” has taken on a very literal meaning:Meet Ryan Jenkins…skeezy rich dude, wannabe “player”, and reality show contestant. And tonight, a wanted man for all the wrong reasons. A former Calgarian being sought by California police in the … Continue reading

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So, Afghanistan is “free” and “democratic” now, eh?

That’s what all the nutters keep telling us the GWOT is about–freedom, democracy, and oh yeah, an end to the burqa for Afghan women. So, I would love to hear them explain this: Afghanistan has quietly passed a law permitting … Continue reading

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