by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Mar 23, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
A few months back I asked if there was a better word than “shameless” to describe the political right in America today. My friend Mitche suggested maybe “shameful.” Both and more and then some. How about un-fucking-believable?! Can’t seem...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | May 13, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
American athletes and sports organizations (Charles Barkley and Muhammed Ali being the oft-trotted-out exceptions) are notorious for avoiding taking any political stand (Michael Jordan particularly so, I’m sad to say), so it’s especially great to see that...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Mar 25, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Great piece from Amanda Marcotte on how Repubs don’t seem to be able to accept that the party that wins the election, (even if some of them are queers and blacks and other not-real Americans) gets to run the show for a while. God bless you and God bless the...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | May 18, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
If you missed the POTUS’s Correspondents’ Dinner speech, you should really check it out. Could this be the first president ever to serve his two terms and then hit the comedy circuit? He’s absolutely killed at this one for two years running. (link is...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Apr 1, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
So, last week, after growing tired of seeing the term “chatroulette” mentioned over and over and over and over again on facebooks and the twitters (and needing something besides fbook to procrastinate with as I finish my MFA thesis), I googled it, and...