Do these bars make me look fat?
I like Amnesty International. I really do. Part of it is probably related to the fact that it was the first human rights org I …
More on the “moral majority”
I’ve already written about what I like to call the “moral majority” on Gawker sites (in the past it was about the judgment of sex …
A thought on language use vis-à-vis “privilege”
I often think of the rhetoric used to describe people in challenging socioeconomic situations (i.e. “the poor”, “the homeless”, etc.). The one thing that always …
Thou shall not read
via The Guardian, ‘Oral sex’ definition prompts dictionary ban in US schools Dictionaries have been removed from classrooms in southern California schools after a parent …
Niche dating
via The Week, a list of very (emphasis on very) niche dating sites: For Anglophiles, Date British Guys Cat lovers unite at Purrsonals.com The name …