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Lies, Damned Lies, And Facebook (Part 4 of ∞)
(see also parts 1, 2, and 3 of ∞) Some friends of mine on Facebook were talking about rape (as you do), and one of them brought up how anti-rape public awareness campaigns targeting men have been found to be … Continue reading
The Anti-Reactionary FAQ
[Edit 3/2014: I no longer endorse all the statements in this document. I think many of the conclusions are still correct, but especially section 1 is weaker than it should be, and many reactionaries complain I am pigeonholing all of … Continue reading
Giving and Accepting Apologies
“Saying ‘I’m sorry’ is the same as saying ‘I apologize.’ Except at a funeral.” – Demetri Martin Today was the Day of Atonement. As an atheist, I find it hard to appreciate atonement in its cosmic, maybe-not-even-possible sense. But I … Continue reading
Social Psychology Is A Flamethrower
Mark Twain: There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. If this is true of all science, it is doubly true of social psychology. At its best, … Continue reading
Literally Inconceivable: Contraceptives And Abortion Rates
I have amazing parents who would never do something sneaky like install a keylogger on my computer to keep tabs on me as I move thousands of miles away from home. But if I’m wrong and they did do that, … Continue reading
Social Justice For The Highly-Demanding-Of-Rigor
My last two posts have led to a lot of anti-feminist activists getting linked to my blog, so this would be a more hilarious time than usual to write the next post in my series of arguments against Reactionary politics … Continue reading
I do not understand “rape culture”
Trigger warning: discussion of rape Someone brought up “rape culture” in the comments to my last post. Now I really should stop criticizing feminist ideas, because doing so is both mind-numbing and mind-killing and makes me feel like a bad … Continue reading
Arguments About Male Violence Prove Too Much
[CONTENT WARNING: rape, violent crime, racism] [EDIT HISTORY: This piece was widely circulated and critiqued after first being published, and I received a lot of feedback, some of which was good and some of which was bad. I have entirely … Continue reading
Polyamory Is Boring
I. I remember explaining polyamory to my father when I met him in Utah. He just shrugged and said “I guess I’m too old-fashioned for that sort of thing to make sense.” I feel blessed to have a father with … Continue reading
My objections to “objectification”
Ozy keeps writing about objectification, which ze seems to use synonymously with “fetishization”. I had high hopes ze would finally be the person who uses that word in a way that makes sense, so I can stop just assuming it’s … Continue reading