and he doesn’t even have the excuse of being educated below Mason Dixon. In my history classes (in Missouri) we were taught explicitly that the war was NOT about slavery, but instead about states’ rights.

According to what I’ve read, while the rate of increase seems high, the absolute numbers are still low. I.e. 16 kids admitted to the ER due to THC accidental exposures in a year. Which still pale in comparison to accidental exposure to household cleaners etc.

sorry sorry sorry

it just seems weird to lob “white feminist” at her when she doesn’t even call herself a feminist... IMO she’s worse than a white feminist, since she’s at times overtly anti-woman.

Does she even identify as feminist?

Where data exists in the Middle east, it appears that FGM ranges in prevalence from 2-3% (parts of Iraq) up to 90% (Oman). The prevalence in Egypt is 91%. Data is spotty or non existent in Saudi Arabia. Many central African countries have FGM rates 0f less than 5%. The data seems to indicate that in many Arab…

agreed. I’m not even a fan of the practice of piercing infant girls’ ears. There are some “types” of FGB that don’t reduce sexual function or cause pain during sex. It’s still wrong.

because it’s the norm. we as humans all want to conform to the social norm, on average. This (and male circumcision) are social norms that are fucked up and gotta go. Both practices are indefensible, it’s just that one of them is familiar in the US and one of them is familiar in the arab world. Arguing over which…

I really don’t mean to appear to side w/ MRAs, but that isn’t entirely true. There are “levels” of FGM, and the most extreme version (equivalent to cutting off the glans) is the least common. That this happened to these girls (any girls anywhere in the world) is atrocious and indefensible, however, our familiarity…

Thanks, yes! Ultimately I don’t think it’s relevant which one is “worse.” They’re both immoral, it’s just that here in the US, removal of foreskin is routine. Similarly, in the arab world, removal of labia is routine. They’re both wrong. It broke my heart when I couldn’t convince my sister not to circumcise her…

The grad student who TA’ed my physics lab in college was stunning. And I’m pretty sure she spoke several languages.

I’m no apologetic for the oppression of women by religion, but the arab world (which this magazine caters to, not just Saudi Arabia) has some diversity in terms of what women are allowed to do. Your argument assumes that covering from head to toe is required of all women who might be interested in reading this…

yah, but Brownback was reëlected...

I bet he thought health code doesn’t apply to him, like everything else.

yeah but he essentially gave it away. he doesn’t retain rights to it if he gave it away. Just as he wouldn’t have rights to it if he’d sold it to the city. “first sale doctrine”

no no, I meant the bull’s meaning had already changed by the time the girl statue was installed. It was originally left there as a commentary on the insanity of the stock market, or whatever, and now it’s the proud symbol of capitalism at work, fully embraced by wall street. It’s not commentary anymore, it’s earnest.

She has been led to commit the cardinal sin of feeding bananas to elephants: Giving them only one banana.

That’s like suing Toyota because you used the car to drive to a casino where you lost all your money. I hope this lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice. It is frivolous beyond measure.

Also, we gotta get our foot in the door somehow. And women directors of “women’s movies” may be our best shot and it.

To me I think she may have meant: we need more movies directed by women, in general, but the absurdity of films claiming to portray a female story being entirely controlled by men, is especially a problem.