From Fora TV
FORA is a website that has a whole host of academic lectures and debates posted on it in video form. I am enjoying the hell out of it. Discussion of … Continue reading
Another blow to Stranger Danger.
A task force was formed at the behest of the Connecticut Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal, to study the actual prevalence of minor solicitation on the internet. He’s angry because his … Continue reading
Ok, maybe we overstated that obesity epidemic thingy…
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/article_detail.cfm/article/161?nd=1 Yeah, that CDC study that said obesity kills 400,000 people annually? Yeah, the real figure is closer to 26,000. From the article: “It turns out that the 70 million … Continue reading
Barney Miller: Progressive Television?
Feel free to argue points or bring up other questions. This was getting really long, so I tried to just wrap it up. So the Boy and I have been … Continue reading
Merry Chrismahanukwanzmas with a heaping helping of Yule thrown in for good measure!
It’s time for one of my annoying religion/spirituality posts. I have a lot of friends who are Atheists. I have some friends who are Christian, but, to be honest, far … Continue reading
Victim-blaming in Britain.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1077266/He-seduced-Married-housewife-sex-boy-14-walks-free-court-judges-extraordinary-ruling.html A judge gave a 40 year old woman who slept with a 14 year old boy a slap on the wrist, and told her that the kid had obviously … Continue reading
Why I know “I’m just trying to be healthy” is usually bullshit.
I’m a gymbunny. A fat gymbunny, but a gymbunny all the same. I love the gym. I like lifting weights, I like the meditative state I can achieve on the … Continue reading
Victim-blaming: Not just for female victims anymore.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/main_line_delaware/20081118_Intern_died_for_resisting_rape__jury_told.html A 23 year old man was drugged with GHB and then killed when he struggled against the man trying to rape him. The defense in this case has two … Continue reading
Rape Victim Executed in Somalia
The woman was raped. But because in many Fundamentalist interpretations of Islam, unless another man says he witnessed it and that HE thinks she was raped, it’s adultery. This is … Continue reading
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