A must read! Originally posted here: http://reason.com/archives/2004/02/01/injustice-by-default Injustice by Default How the effort to catch “deadbeat dads” ruins innocent men’s lives Matt Welch from the February 2004 issue Tony Pierce remembers vividly the exact moment in November 2000 when the state of California began trampling on his life. “There was a loud angry pounding at…
Read moreI Wasn’t Treating My Husband Fairly, And It Wasn’t Fair
Episodes like the one described below happened to me when I was married. I had NO balls back then. I actually thought you had to do everything to please your wife. Oh boy was I sadly mistaken. I woke up to how not to be a wuss as I was being dragged through family court….
Read more‘Rape Culture’ and Feminism’s Sexual Exploitation of Women
Are dubious claims about “rape culture” an attempt to create a scapegoat for the emotional dark side of promiscuity? By Robert Tracinski Cathy Young has an in-depth report in The Daily Beast exposing the latest highly publicized dubious accusation of rape—following quickly on the heels of the University of Virginia saga and Lena Dunham’s tale…
Read moreLinda Bloodworth Thomason- First Wives Club
When I first got the notice I’d be playing The First Wives Club, my girlfriend found out that Linda Bloodworth Thomason was writing the book. She was infinitely more excited than I was. I was like, “WHO?” She then let me know all about Linda’s writing credits and how amazing she was. I must say,…
Read moreNo More, The NFL’s Domestic Violence Partner, Is A Sham
An excerpt from THIS article: http://deadspin.com/no-more-the-nfls-domestic-violence-partner-is-a-sham-1683348576 The brands have spoken, and they want you to know that domestic violence and sexual assault are bad. In fact, the brands not only think they’re bad, but have a theory as to why they persist: the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault don’t have a strong enough…
Read moreIt’s time to put down the mattress Emma Sulkowicz
Yeah, it’s time to “put down the mattress” and that cult they call feminism too. They are hateful, horrible people and are brainwashed. Put that ideology down like a rabid dog. Who is Emma and them gonna run to if things happen to them in the “real world”? Are they gonna run back to the…
Read moreThe Rise of the Weak-Kneed Feminists
From this article: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/02/05/the_rise_of_the_weak-kneed_feminists.html Want to score an invite to the State of the Union address? One way to do so, it turns out, is to turn a rape accusation into a contemporary art project. Imagine the following scenario: You’re a college student, and you believe you have been raped by a former friend. You…
Read moreTen Ways Men Oppress Women with Their Everyday Behavior
This is the best thing I’ve read so far this year. YES, it’s satire. If this were written on Jezebel, their readers would think it was the truth. This article could just as easily have been written by Amanda Marcotte from Slate and been completely sincere. You know a movement has lost it’s mind when…
Read moreWhy Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories appear to be a way of reacting to uncertainty and powerlessness. Economic recessions, terrorist attacks and natural disasters are massive, looming threats, but we have little power over when they occur or how or what happens afterward. In these moments of powerlessness and uncertainty, a part of the brain called the amygdala kicks…
Read moreJanuary 21st 1950: George Orwell dies
On this day in 1950, the acclaimed English writer George Orwell died in London aged 46. He was born in 1903 as Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, India, as his father was a colonial civil servant there, though moved to England while still an infant. The aspiring writer penned his first poem when he was…
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