Okay. I’ve had it. To the people who are writing articles in The Atlantic and The New York Times and other publications about how “Grace” simply had a bad date with Aziz Ansari, and she should get over it, and it’s her own fault for letting herself get pushed around… Here are just a few… Read more »
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Pictures and Stories from the Counter-Protest in Boston
Yesterday, about 20,000 protesters marched through Roxbury and the South End, joining another approximately 20,000 protesters who were already gathered at the Boston Common. We were 40,000 strong, protesting a handful of people having a “free speech,” a.k.a. hate speech, rally in our city. Kevin and I, with some friends, were part of the marching… Read more »
Pictures from This Weekend’s CAIR Protests in Boston, New York, Pittsburgh
I’m trying to assemble some links with resources for things we can do to fight this cowardly, cruel bully. I hope to post that soon. BTW, I like this street art by a Japanese graffiti artist. So, Boston had a rally today organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). We were there, along with… Read more »
“Take first, then claim they let you”
I haven’t been blogging stuff about the election, because I have no interest in subjecting myself or you to any additional acknowledgment of the waste of humanity Republicans have chosen as their representative. He would fit perfectly into one of my books as one of my vile kings. And yet there he is, a chosen… Read more »
Linky Thursday Randutiae with Rage (And Some Sweet Things, Too)
In France, in order to protect women from being oppressed by Muslim men who tell them what to wear, white men with guns force women to take their clothes off. I have so much fury and contempt for this racism, Islamophobia, and misogyny disguised as “liberation” and “secular values” that I don’t even have enough… Read more »
Responses to Graham, Scott, Beha
In response to Ruth Graham’s piece in Salon about YA, A.O. Scott’s piece in the New York Times (partly) about YA, and Christopher Beha’s piece in the New Yorker about YA, Sarah Hamburg wrote the very funny “How to Tell If You’re in an Essay about Adulthood”. It won’t make sense without the context of… Read more »
Cheerios Can Bite Me
Today’s rant comes to you from my Cheerios box, where I’ve just noticed that General Mills has trademarked this phrase: “More grains. Less you!” The good news about this is that since it’s a registered trademark, no one else is allowed to use it. Therefore, we won’t see this unbelievably obnoxious message anywhere other than… Read more »
Just Another Day in the Park
I was walking through the Boston Common to an appointment the other day when a man yelled something to me about what he intended to do to me. It was physical and vulgar. I ignored him. First safety rule: don’t engage. Waking back from my appointment, I passed him again. This time, apparently offended by… Read more »
Holiday Randutiae and a Couple FAQs
Dear Santa, I would like a teleporter for Christmas. Though I have to admit that air travel has gotten less onerous for me recently. Not because anything has changed for the better at the airports or on the airlines; quite the opposite. Things seem to be getting worse. Rather, because I’ve come to realize that… Read more »
Bank Of America Makes Me Happy That I Have So Many Pictures of Women with Swords At My Disposal
Yes, I hate Bank of America so much that I’m writing an extra Monday post to rant about it. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am to be congratulated. I just closed my Bank of America account (as I’ve been promising to do for months). But before it could happen, there was one last moment of bullshit…. Read more »
