At Monday’s 352nd Republican presidential debate, the remaining candidates for the GOP Presidential nomination tackled the tough issues, like whether or not felons should be allowed to vote and what in the sam hill is going on with black people being poor all the time.
…is that he’s a domestic violence committing, female co-star intimidating asshole. You can read the details of what he did to his female partner at the link. Regarding his treatment of female costars: Kiera Knightly didn’t want him spanking her during one of their scenes in a…
The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would not defend the constitutionality of a 1996 federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and woman, after two years making the opposite argument. (WSJ)
Touchdown.
Hello Amber!: On Having My Work Published Without Permission (Part 3)
As I’ve written about on numerous occasions, my zine was recently included in a Thames & Hudson publication called Fanzines, by Teal Triggs. The artwork appeared in the book without my consent and wasn’t even credited to the correct name. I soon found out that I was not the only one whom the author “forgot” to contact - many, many zinesters received identical emails from her after the book went to press (including my twin sister, pictured below), all of them ending with the line, “I do hope this is okay.” Actually, it’s not.
A website has been created in order to archive all of the blog posts and discussions on the matter, as well as inform interested parties and keep everyone involved updated. It was put together in a bit of a haste, but a lot more info is soon to come, including a full list of “contributors”, lists of those whose work was used without permission, those who are boycotting the book, factual errors found within the text and further actions to be taken. Feel free to spread the link widely.
It was discovered recently that the book is now available through retail chain Urban Outfitters. This is disappointing, though not surprising considering the chain’s well-documented history of ripping off designs from independent artists.
If you would like your name to be included on the list of those whose work was included without permission, those who are boycotting the purchase of the book, or if you’ve written about this matter on your blog and want the link added to the archives, or if you have any questions or concerns regarding the website or the book, please email: fanzinesbytealtriggs@gmail.com
Fuck off, Teal Triggs!SPREAD THE MOTHEREFFING WORD!
not cool
Limbaugh and Huckabee Say Obama Women Should Be Groped
The Transportation Security Administration’s reputation has been plummeting rapidly into an abyss these last few weeks. In addition to ongoing and widespread resistance to new “enhanced” security measures imposed by the TSA, police in Atlanta began an investigation today into allegations that a TSA official kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman passing through Hartsfield-Jackson airport.
And among all of this TSA wreckage, Rush Limbaugh thought it appropriate to suggest President Obama take one of his young daughters to an airport to “have a TSA grope her.”
According to Limbaugh, this would “show it’s safe for everybody, just like he did in the Gulf with the oil spill.”
And then there’s Mike Huckabee, who proposed that Obama take his wife, daughters and mother-in-law to Washington Reagan National Airport to undergo body scans and public pat-downs. Huckabee said:
If it’s OK for your wife, your daughters and your mother-in-law, then maybe the rest of us won’t feel so bad when our wives, our daughters and our mothers are being put through this humiliating and degrading, totally unconstitutional, intrusion of their privacy.
If this was supposed to be some kind of sincere, concerned-citizen approach to political criticism, it failed.
Why target only the women and girls in President Obama’s family for hypothetical public humiliation and traumatization? Why not senior members of the Obama administration, or President Obama himself? Because it wouldn’t be as shameful. The Fox News comments are informed by the assumption that women’s bodies belong to the men in their lives (husbands or fathers), and any public exposure of those bodies (when not sanctioned by men) is dishonorable and shameful for their male “owners.” The same logic, that public exposure of women’s sexuality is shameful, drove the recent rejection of ads on network TV for a product designed to increase women’s sexual arousal. Men can dance in the streets to promote Viagra in TV commercials–but a product to aid women’s sexual activity? Shameful.
Add racism to the mix: Huckabee’s remarks are an eerie echo of slavery-era tropes in which sexual humiliation, assault and rape of Black women were used as tools of domination and emasculation of Black men by white slave owners–not to mention the horrific effects of sexual violence on Black women themselves. White men’s sexual ownership of Black women’s bodies was used to assert power and control over Black men, to challenge their supposed “sexual prowess” (another racist stereotype). By “owning” Black women’s bodies, white men put Black men “in their place,” shaming and subordinating them via women’s sexuality.
So I wonder, is putting President Obama “in his place” the goal of Limbaugh and Huckabee’s strong-arm, bludgeoning approach? Because any legitimate argument Huckabee and Limbaugh might be making against the TSA procedures is invalidated by insidious racism and sexism.
are you fucking kidding me? let’s take a look at “thanks, but i don’t want to have sex”.
it’s cool. just get them drunk enough and then they can’t say no. put something in their drink and they can’t say no.
way to support rape culture.
Remember that Newsweek article from last week, when Ramin Setoodeh declared ‘gay actors can’t play straight’? Well, Kristin Chenoweth, currently starring on Broadway in “Promises, Promises” with Sean…
It’s become some trend among high school students. In addition to that, after reading an article on Tumblr I decided to research them myself. The article was pretty accurate; To Write Love On Her Arms is nothing short of a scam. While the concept of TWLOHA is nice, it’s hard to support a “charity” that only donates 25% of their income. They are also directly affiliated with an anti-gay group that believes in “curing” gay people.
wow. i have lost all respect for them. at least their hoodies were comfy…
Ever wish you could make the already troubled life of a woman with an unwanted pregnancy even harder? You are in luck! Today marks the start of the anti-choice movement’s “40 Days for Life” event. From now until March 28th, event organizers are amping up protests at abortion clinics in 165…
they always come to columbus :[
