The internet recently went into an all-out furor over a segment of Dr. Laura Schlessinger's radio program, in which she used the N word repeatedly, while telling a Black woman who had called for...
Those terrorists are at it again. This time bigger, better, and ultimately deadlier. They are building a mosque on the ashen remains of the World Trade Center, giving a giant middle finger to...
The human body is amazing. That's a fatuous thing to say, and I imagine it's been wheezed out by every sweaty high school teacher ever to lead a group of giggling, weiner-pointing students through...
“Girls Gone Wild” goes to various campuses and bars where women are partying and encourages them to reveal their bodies and perform for the cameras. In most of the filmed scenes, these women are...
When is a duck not a duck? Seemingly if it’s a grizzly. If you paid attention to United States “feminist” writing in May and June you may have noticed a wee bit of activity over the use of the...
You may have heard about Hollywood’s latest rabbit punch to our collective forehead, namely the remake of The Karate Kid. I certainly have, and I’ve seen any number of by lines exclaiming that...
“I used to be a Bible-banging homophobe. I’m sorry.” Thus read a sign carried by Andrew Marin of the eponymous Marin Foundation at the Chicago gay pride parade on Sunday. But despite his...
It’s sad, but fitting, that I hear the news through Warren Ellis. His six words fire across my twitter feed like gunshot, instantly stopping every writer, illustrator, reader and thinker I know in...
The world will probably best remember World Cup 2010 as the dawn of the Age of the Vuvuzela, but a few other things also happened, most of them soccer-related. This World Cup feels more diverse than...
The modern world is filled with scientific innovations that have advanced the quality and longevity of life. There was a time when women who were infertile had two options: adoption or nursing an...