I really and truly can’t stand Chris Matthews. Every now and then he’s the only person around asking remotely tough questions and demanding real answers, which I appreciate, but for the most part he’s a sexist windbag who’s more interested in seeming tough than in real journalism.
A few weeks ago I watched him…
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Does the person you know work for his company, or his campaign? I would make a distinction. At this point, I don’t think either one is all that defensible given what he has revealed of his character over the past year but... working for his campaign to actively make him president? That’s borderline immoral, especially…
Yeah, exactly. I really have a problem with celebrating the idea of gay men mocking and deconstructing femininity for us.
ETA:
I keep referring to ‘gay men’ in my comments because from what I understand MOST drag queens are gay man. I recognize that some are trans, and some are probably bi or straight.
And? I feel very conflicted about drag because I don't know why as a feminist I'm supposed to be totally comfortable with gay men playing dress up to mock constructs of womanhood that were never forced on them to begin with. They aren't poking fun at masculinity when they wear crazy corsets and ridiculously high heels…
I guess I'm not super down for criticism of womanhood coming from gay boys. I feel very conflicted about drag.
I tried having this conversation with some of my queer friends and family and they got FURIOUS with me for finding any kind of problem with drag. I do find that some of it perpetuates misogyny and all kinds of garbage stereotypes about femininity. And like this drag queen said, queens spend just fractions of their…
Trigger warnings don’t censor anything, though. They just let a person know in advance of possibly upsetting content. Sometimes that’s useful. And I’m not much of an advocate for them... but in some specific situations they serve a good purpose. They don’t amount to censorship.
Safe spaces... I don't even know what…
Some of the smartest people I know have bought it hook line and sinker too. They genuinely think that Sanders is a man of action and that this organization is somehow different than the OTHER political organizations disguised as charities. Even though the way it’s structured actually prevents it from doing what it’s…
Oh for fuck's sake. PTSD? Really?
That would explain the mind numbing repetition... I think you’re onto something
That’s been making my eye twitch since day one. The man’s every sentence follows the same pattern: say stupid thing, filler word or two, “believe me,” repeat stupid as though is a new, separate thought.
I...wait what? Did I just have a stroke?
Later on in that same piece, Jia says that Jezebel does not self identify as a feminist website but that she was using the term because they’re labeled as one anyway.
“The sense that the label will only invoke a grading rubric—not a gimme, as it is for others, but a gotcha—is one of the reasons why Jezebel, to the long-standing dismay of some readers, hasn’t explicitly self-identified as a feminist website; I’m calling it a feminist website now because we are described that way…
I’m also in Seattle! It isn’t nice it’s he’ll :( at least it is when your office ac is broken.
Yep, internships are a scam. The paid ones are at least better because, well, they're paid. But they're still a scam. Slim chance of a job at the company you're interning, and no other company cares about your internship.
It’s also shitty because aside from the place where you’re interning, no employer cares about your internship. When I worked in HR in an aerospace company and then later did IT recruiting at a contract agency, the managers couldn’t give less of a shit about your intern experience, paid or otherwise. Maybe that’s just…
I didn't know he left because I only ever watch reruns but lord in heaven that man is beautiful.
“There has already been too much said and too many valuable resources dedicated to what happened last weekend, so I hope we spend our time celebrating the great stories and performances of these Games and look ahead to celebrating future successes.”
Oh, do fuck off. There's been too much said about it now that what's…