American Apparel contest has sparked a petition protest.
If I thought it would do any good I’d sign the petition, but on reviewing the success of American Apparel’s (bordering on pornographic), marketing tactics over the years, I don’t think it would do any good. People need to stop buying the stuff …
Speaking mostly to myself, as I often do, there are times when I want to bring back that old piece I found somewhere and post it again.
Then I feel better and wander off, in a state of rebellion, to read about science, in blogs.
That was the case this evening, and thank god for it or …
My “observation and report” on the Jody Hill directed, Seth Rogen starring, venal film of the same name, made at Legendary Pictures, and distributed by Warner Bros.
SETH ROGEN: when we’re having sex and she’s unconscious like you can literally feel the audience thinking, like, how the fuck are they going to …
April 8, 2009 – 5:20 pm
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By cooper
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Posted in Sexism, Society, Women, feminism, human rights, liberty, pop_culture, sex
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Tagged news and opinion, Rape, rape culture, Women
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Weekend Quick-Eds (Like op-eds but shorter).
There are a lot of people powered news sites, from Huff-Po “Off the Bus” onward, but SPOT.US, a people powered news site which went live a couple of weeks ago, is conceptually interesting. The concept appears to be two-fold. An individual or group of individuals can fund their …