Hillary Clinton and Pascal’s Wager
I write primarily to Jill Stein voters. I understand the festering resentments and the mistrust and downright hatred for Hillary Clinton. I understand your feelings of moral outrage and the need to...
Category: North America
Toilets, basic rights, and kids in danger
Last year, Britain’s only NHS clinic dealing with gender identity conditions in under 18s reported a 100% increase in the number of children being referred to them for assessment and treatment....
Binding Truth: Revisiting Antidote Films vs. Laura Albert (aka JT LeRoy)
Jeff Feuerzeig’s Sundance-premiering documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story delves into the strange and winding tale of how a San Francisco musician and phone sex operator by the name of Laura...
Is this election destroying us?
We’ve all seen the numbers, the horrendous “favorability” and “likability.” News commentators keep telling us that this year we have the choice between the two most loathed presidential...
Demanding harsh sentences for rapists feeds the prison-industrial complex
Another day, another case in which a US judge hands down an extremely lenient sentence to a white, privileged rapist with a 'bright future' ahead of him. Cue fury, with people rising up to demand a...
The rise of female-driven porn: Pioneer Angie Rowntree on Sssh.com
Though Susan Sarandon likely has never heard of Angie Rowntree, for fans of female-focused porn she’s a household name. A longtime adult filmmaker (as is her husband Colin), Rowntree is the mind...
Donald Trump is clearly not capable of being president
Yesterday, a grown man got into a fight with a baby. This wouldn't be a particularly newsworthy event, but for this: The grown man was a presidential candidate from a major US party. During an event...
I’ve only caught one Pokémon, and not just due to server issues
Damnit, I was so excited for Pokémon GO a few months ago. A Pokémon game on cell phones where I could walk around in the real world and catch my very own Pocket Monsters? It felt like the stuff of...
Tim Kaine: The Wonderbread of VP picks
So… Tim Kaine, I guess. Huh. Hillary Clinton’s VP pick, the matter of speculation, excitement and fervid political fan-fiction for months, has turned out to be the mother of all disappointing...
6 ways to stop Trump
Last night, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump formally accepted his party's nomination in an interminable speech that incorporated fascist demagoguery and outright lies. It far...