Football is built on exploitation and violence on an industrial scale, and the fact that it remains so popular in America is a national disgrace. I just read a story about Adrian Peterson, the National Football League player who recently apologized for beating the hell out of his 4-year-old son. Even though I don’t watch football […]
This originally appeared on Lynn Beisner’s blog. Republished here with permission. I completely bought my mother’s idea of me as a bad person and believed that I was fortunate she was willing to correct me. Trigger warning for abuse. I wish I had a kitten for every time in the last week I’ve heard someone criticize […]
We live in a society that doesn’t just cultivate misogyny and sexism, we reward it. We find it entertaining. So no one should be surprised when a man beats his fiancée and he isn’t swiftly and harshly punished. I was driving my partner to the train station when I first heard the news about the newly […]
