Me looking in a mirror after arriving at work after a night of too much fun.
Me looking in a mirror after arriving at work after a night of too much fun.
NOW THIS is how you do a takedown of a shitty argument. Scott Benson takes off the kid gloves on this one.
From Scott Benson, the creator:
A quick editorial cartoon about the intersection of self-pity, entitlement, rape, territoriality, misogyny and fear of women. You see it all over the place online in the form of Men’s Rights Activists (of whom there are a few reasonable non-misogynists), Men Going Their Own Way, Pick Up Artists, and dudes touting the “Red Pill”, because The Matrix is a good movie. Look any of these up if you have the stomach for it. These are extreme examples, but watered-down forms of these ideas are everywhere.
In lurking their blogs and youtube channels for a while, I’ve noticed that beyond the standard patriarchal chauvinism there is this deep fear of women - what they will do to me, how they will reject me, how they will use me, how they are changing society in a way that does not favor me, how they are making men into something I don’t like, how they are making themselves into something I don’t like, that they won’t give me what I want, and that they won’t give me what I think is rightfully mine. This goes beyond fear of feminism- this is fear of women at its purest. And that, to quote a puppet, leads to anger and hate. It’s sad.
I am a feminist. I think there’s enough ice cream to go around, but it does mean those of us with 3 scoops might have to give one or two up. Also, The Matrix is a fun movie but probably not anything you should be basing a philosophy on.
— Richard Bausch in “Letter to the Lady of the House”, an incredible short story.
Weather.com is starting to play fast and loose with the definition of ‘adorable’. You say tomato, I say scary and nearly-homicidal looking.
Also: Can we talk about their editorial strategy? Saddest and fattest states? World’s most terrifying bridges? Jesus Weather.com, stop with the regional fear-mongering.
— One of my best friends describing what basically amounts to my superpower.
Brandon Shimoda’s beautiful new collection of poetry, Portugese, from @tin_house. #books #reading #poetry #photography #lit
Can we all agree that the smoking pipe pope conclave photo is top ten one of THE WORST news photos ever to accompany a story. Looks like a crappy pic of your crazy old Uncle Gunther’s cabin roof. I mean seriously.
