We seem to reach Peak Asshole around Halloween. It’s almost that time again. That time of year where people inevitably make bad decisions in the name of trying to be funny. OK, fine, that happens everyday on the Internet. In real life though, we seem to reach Peak Asshole around Halloween. If you need a […]
Is our mass desensitization to domestic and sexual violence in sports the new normal? “You know what’s interesting?” my cousin asks over a basket of nachos at our favorite Mexican restaurant. “What?” “I’ve been thinking about all the athletes accused of domestic violence,” he says. It’s September 2014 and the second Ray Rice video—the one of […]
It was a rough year in gender and race, but there were a few bright spots. Oof, what a terrible year. Ebola. ISIS. Boko Haram. The murders of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and so many others. If you visit CNN’s “What Stories Got You Talking in 2014” page, it’s a veritable cornucopia of the […]
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 […]
I’m usually a happy person, but considering all the news of late, I’m beginning to wonder if we’re all just screwed. Coming back from vacation in northern Vermont a few weeks ago, my husband and I fantasized about buying a piece of land up there and building a cottage off the grid. The land would […]
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 […]
