As outrage over his comments grows, the Fox News host is crying censorship. Tucker Carlson is not a victim. You know who is? Child-bride Elissa Wall who, despite her objections, was forced to marry her 19-year-old cousin by cult-leader Warren Jeffs. Most people would consider forcing a 14-year-old to marry her adult male cousin some-kind-of-ugly. […]
How he has yelled, cajoled, and insulted, ever claiming the higher moral ground that we have now discovered was built on quicksand. I can’t believe he’s gone. As horrific and unlikely as the election of Donald Trump, the demise of Bill O’Reilly is almost as unbelievable but also wonderful and far, far overdue. Bill’s life […]
How many women have to be harassed and hurt before one man is removed? I have been searching for the magic number since 1994 and the sexual harassment allegations made against Oregon Senator Bob Packwood. That search started in the back of my in-laws’ van. They were usually gone working as Baptist missionaries in a South […]
The reality is, you can’t care about someone you don’t know. And you really can’t know someone unless you listen to them. I remember his hands. They were big and strong. They were soft and comforting. I remember noticing how his skin looked different than mine—dark on top and lighter on the palms. We liked […]
It is what it means to be a woman in a patriarchy: Men always win. It may look like we have won sometimes, but in the end, they always win. It is past my bedtime, and I am rage crying. I hate rage crying. It usually involves lots of snot and swearing, which is why I […]
Trump is the natural consequence of the Tea Party, an anti-establishment brand that now controls the media and political elite that first started it. In an era defined by 24-hour media cycles, the Twitterverse, and a politics-heavy Instagram, it’s easy for Americans to get distracted. So distracted that, if you let anyone in the media […]
When men are taught that the natural state of affairs is for their female partner to be younger, less educated, and forever conscientious of her success in relation to his, we are categorized as “unwomanly” simply by trying to carve out individualities the way men have always done. At Hood College, it was tradition for […]
I’m tired of watching Americans baffle the world with repeated displays of callous, uninformed derision at the expense of its own improvement. What if we’re all wrong about Donald Trump? What if he has no intention of becoming president, but is holding a mirror up to warn America of what it’s becoming, instead? Think about […]
It is time to come on over to the feminist side, Ms. Kelly. We have chocolate, wine, and a great support group. We will help you get through a world determined to deprive you of your humanity. Dear Megyn Kelly, I just wanted to drop you a line to tell you how sorry I am […]
Fox News says young single women aren’t qualified to vote because they’re all “healthy and hot and running around without a care in the world.” Wait…seriously? Late last month, a panel of Fox News commentators discussed the coming elections when host Kimberly Guilfoyle explained why she didn’t think young single women should vote: “It’s the […]
