Why Do We Keep Talking About Akin and Not About Other Stuff?
I’ve noticed that every time a high-profile conservative says or does something stupid and it blows up in the media, some rank-and-file conservatives–in my Facebook newsfeed, elsewhere on the...
View Article[In Brief] On “Smug” Liberals
Sometimes I see conservatives derisively claiming that liberals/feminists/progressives are just “smug” and self-satisfied, that we hold the opinions that we hold because it gives us some sense of...
View ArticleRichwine and the Inherent Goodness of Intelligence
[Content note: racism] In news that should surprise absolutely no one, conservatives have once again embarrassed themselves by attempting to “prove” with “science” that people of color are stupider...
View ArticleIt’s Okay Not To Disagree With Your Friends About Politics
I’ve seen a lot of articles and discussions lately on the theme of “why you should have friends who disagree with you [about politics].” Given how uncritically this view is often presented, I want to...
View ArticleWhat Is “Survivor Privilege”? I Don’t Know And Neither Does George Will
[Content note: sexual assault] At the Daily Dot, I have an analysis of George Will’s useless Washington Post column and many (but not all) of the ways in which it is wrong: George Will’s...
View ArticleDid Lena Dunham Sexually Abuse Her Sister?
[Content note: child sexual abuse]* My Daily Dot piece about Lena Dunham went up yesterday, but I was out walking 14 miles of Manhattan so I didn’t have time to link it here. This was published before...
View Article“That’s not true, but even if it were…”
So many debunking-type conversations that we have go like this: “But gay parents will raise gay children!” “Actually, children of same-sex couples aren’t any more likely to be gay.” “Women just want...
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