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Do men belong in the corridors of power, or zoos?

Jennifer Kesler

Here’s a neat bit of doublethink I’ve never been able to comprehend. I live in a culture which informs me:

Men are natural leaders, and therefore should run countries, corporations and households. Women in charge would just do whatever their PMSing hormones made them want to do, and Men are ruled by their hormones, can’t help themselves, so it’s the job of women to avoid provoking men into raping us, cheating on us, or hitting us.

How does that work? Let’s follow the ...Read More

Wicked Gentlemen — Ginn Hale

Maria

It’s very, very rare that I only have praise for a book. But I just gotta say it: Wicked Gentlemen is a gem. Comprising of two shared-world novellas, this work centers on the adventures of Belimai Sykes, descendant of demons and survivor of the Inquisition’s torture chambers, and Captain William Harper, a deeply conflicted Inquisitor.

Sykes is a Prodigal. The Prodigals’ demonic ancestors were persuaded to give up ruling in Hell for a chance at redemption on Earth. Now, they’re the ...Read More

Links of Great Interest 2/5/10

Maria

Porn featuring small breasted women is child porn.

How much more awesome would Avatar have been if it featured queer Latinas… IN SPACE?

Here’s a good example of why that would never ever happen.

Article quote time!

Is she still frightened that the gang is looking for her? “In a way, yes…” and then she pauses. “And in a way, no,” she continues. “It is children they scare, not grown women, and I am a grown woman now. So, yes, I ...Read More

Bigelow up for Best Director, but still just “James Cameron’s ex-wife”

Jennifer Kesler

This is not reassuring. Talented director and writer Kathryn Bigelow has been nominated for the Best Director Acadamy Award. In fact, the film for which she’s nominated got the same number of Oscar nominations as James Cameron’s Avatar. This is fantastic because she deserves it, because only three other women have ever had this nomination, and none of them won it. My fingers are crossed.

But there’s a problem. Bigelow was once married to Cameron. They divorced in 1991. And yet:

Or ...Read More

Why must everything be politically correct?

Jennifer Kesler

When I was in my early twenties, I told a young white guy how sick I got of all (non chick-flick) movies being mostly populated by white men, with other types of people only showing up as sidekicks, romantic interests or acknowledgments of how gosh-darn difficult it was not to be a white man. His initial response was,”Oh, god, why does everything have to be politically correct?”

At the time, I was naive. I didn’t realize how prevalent bigotry still was ...Read More