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Leftist commentary from a mouthy bitch

Crime Dramas: The new fairy tales

Much to Ogre’s annoyance, I love crime dramas: Law & Order (all incarnations), CSI, NCIS, Without a Trace. I’ve even started watching CSI: NY and CSI: Miami. There’s something very … Continue reading

March 23, 2009 · 6 Comments

On Dworkin and all heterosexual sex as rape.

First, I would like to say that the quote about heterosexual sex being rape is ALWAYS taken out of context, and cited wrongly. She did not call it rape, she … Continue reading

March 20, 2009 · 6 Comments

If…

If you have ever said, in response to the abortion debate, “She could just give up the baby,” READ THIS NOW: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/03/breaking-silence-on-living-pro-lifers.html#disqus_thread This is the story of a birth mother. … Continue reading

March 17, 2009 · 2 Comments

I know that not all Catholics are inflexible douchebags, but this…

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/03/quote-of-day_05.html#disqus_thread http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29515505/ * A lawyer for an Archiocese in Brazil said they consider it murder, that a judge granted a NINE YEAR OLD GIRL an abortion because she was raped … Continue reading

March 5, 2009 · 11 Comments

Something I’ve been meaning to talk about for awhile.

Misogynist Nerds. Anger at the Stupid, a new blog I just found, names the problem pretty well. Basically the sloppy, disheveled, misogynist douchebag nerd, who will whine and whine and … Continue reading

March 4, 2009 · 20 Comments

Relapsing

It’s not drugs, or alcohol. It’s disordered eating. Whenever I get stressed, I stop eating. A lot of eating disorder biographies will tell you that it’s about control, about being … Continue reading

February 26, 2009 · 15 Comments

I Loathe Ani DeFranco

I really do. I don’t find her music to be especially inspired or innovative, but more derivative of other musicians I like or have liked in the past. I just … Continue reading

February 23, 2009 · 13 Comments

I generally hate Reality TV

And there isn’t a chance in HELL I’d ever have watched any of the shows Jade Goody was on in Britian, Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother, etc… But you know … Continue reading

February 20, 2009 · 4 Comments

If there is one question I, as a rape survivor hate:

“How do you survive that?” Honestly, as rapes go, the betrayal was epic, but physically I got off light. The penetration itself, some bruises, minor vaginal tearing. It didn’t make … Continue reading

February 17, 2009 · 3 Comments

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