Culture
Bristol Palin is Against Obama's Support of Gay Marriage, Blames Teen Girls and Too Much Glee
Bristol Palin has a blog post up today on Patheos about how problematic it is that Barack Obama’s... Read more »
Lady Business: You want food stamps to go with that advanced degree?
So, I thought the point of making the investment to get more education was to not rely on government assistance. I want to be careful about my tone, since I was a welfare recipient as a child. I don’t think we should stigmatize men or women who need assistance, but this is a frightening... Read more »
Fertile Ground: Heartland Institute Pulls "Unabomber" Climate Change Billboard
The conservative organization Heartland Institute pulled a billboard recently featuring a photo of “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, with his supposed voice... Read more »
Not Buying It: 10 TV Shows Ranked by Wardrobe Believability
There are plenty of shows on television right whose characters sport highly realistic wardrobes, and there are just as many that definitely don’t. I crowdsourced (read: asked people on Facebook and... Read more »
B-Sides: Naomi Hooley and the Wilderness Inside
I discovered Naomi Hooley’s warm, powerful music a few months ago, when a friend pointed me first to her song “Tornado” and then the album that spawned it, the gorgeous It was a Great October. Her sound is earthy... Read more »
Fertile Ground: Want to Fix the World? Practice Permaculture.
With everything from mindless consumerism to car emissions wreaking havoc on the earth, we know full well that humans do more harm to the environment than good. In fact, it seems that human existence sucks the life out of the planet. (Some existences are more damaging than others, of course). So... Read more »
End of Gender: "Hard-Wired" Debate is Hard to Swallow
Studies on hard-wired sex differences suggest that even Barbie, whose careers have ranged from astronaut to computer engineer, struggles in the science. Why? Because she’s a woman.... Read more »
Fertile Ground: Food Banks, Nutrition, and the Romney Delusion
Though it may seem like old news now, Ann Romney’s positioning by the GOP as the epitome of womanly motherhood is important here. It is no secret that the Romney family is out-of-this-world wealthy. Ann Romney’s stayed-at-home child-rearing therefore brings up many issues, including... Read more »
BitchTapes: Royal Wedding Anniversary Mix!
This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of THE ROYAL WEDDING (a.k.a. the biggest media frenzy of our lifetimes, a.k.a. the time you stayed up late eating rice cakes tweeting about Pippa Middleton, a.k.a.... Read more »
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