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Tag Archives: RNC

Fear Factor: The cognitive dissonance of change and the Republicans who hate it

In the September issue of More Magazine, Hanna Rosin has a piece called “Why Testosterone is the New Estrogen.” (I can’t find a link on their site, drat!) In the piece, the author of the new book The End of Men argues that our culture has shifted so much on gender issues — more women…

September 9, 2012 in Feminist, gender norms, LGBTQ, politics, Race, rape.

Why I didn’t watch Ann Romney’s RNC speech

I didn’t watch Ann Romney speak last night at the Republican National Convention. Sacrilege? Perhaps. But let me ask you something — whatever your political persuasion is — did you learn anything substantive? Did you move from a maybe to a yes or no? I am willing to bet not, and I’m not a betting…

August 29, 2012 in Feminist, Nevada, politics.

The Ryan method: Validating rape as form of conception

When news broke yesterday about Paul Ryan’s new comments about rape, I was just finishing a new post for the Independent Voter Network about the Todd Akin news cycle and what it showed us about media bias (and our own biases). Wait. You didn’t hear about the new Paul Ryan rape comment? The one where…

August 28, 2012 in Feminist, health care, politics, rape, reproductive rights, sexual assault.

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