Joss Whedon writes about sexism here.

Somewhere a long time ago a bunch of men got together and said, "If all we do is hunt and gather, let’s make hunting and gathering the awesomest achievement, and let’s make childbirth kinda weak and shameful." It’s a rather silly simplification, but I believe on a mass, unconscious level, it’s entirely true.

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'I think it really does matter whether you have a failed province or a region that serves as a petri dish for insurgents and Al Qaeda. It is right in the heart of the oil region. It is directly in opposition to our interests, to the interests of regimes, to Israel’s interests ( Read more... )

If you're thinking about going to see Borat, I recommend taking a look at David Walsh's review.

Borat: Whose pie and whose face?

"Isn’t it obvious, however, that to a certain extent Cohen, Charles and company "found" (or chose to film) precisely what corresponded to their preconceptions about the American population? This is the irony: a film ( Read more... )

On Saturday night - more like Sunday morning - I was walking up Dixon Street. Two young men were fighting across the road. I paused, watching. A third man was trying to break it up, and I decided that I would go and help if he couldn't bring things under control. Of course, he couldn't, and a few seconds later, I was dashing across the road ( Read more... )

Testament of Malachi Ritscher

I don't agree with everything he wrote, but I urge you to read it and pass it on.

I have work to do for tomorrow/later today. Therefore, I'm wasting time on the internet.

What do I think about the U.S. mid-terms?I refuse to engage in romantic fantasies about the Democratic party. They are materially identical to the Republicans, and besides which they don't have very much control over foreign policy. As such, expect war in ( Read more... )

"There should be a new human right: everyone should be entitled to equal access to the atmosphere.I'm divided on this ( Read more... )

Oh, Nouri - if you help them do that to Saddam, what do you think they'll have done to you when the time comes?

I am once more a real person; I have a functioning mobile phone. It has a camera. I have done little other than take pictures of myself since charging its battery.

A whacky new way to kill humans from our friends in Israel, while our Icelandic chums look to a return to whacky old ways of killing other mammals. In lighter news, Philosophical Societies cause trouble.

But none of this matters, as Scientists have created an invincible organic machine!