Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoon strip which compares the vaginal ultrasound Texas women are forced to have before an abortion (in addition to an imposed waiting period) to rape has been pulled from several newspapers. I’ve yet to hear a sensible explanation for this decision. Trudeau is one of many voices in the United States objecting ...
Although medicine continues to make tremendous leaps and bounds (just look at Charla Nash’s new face), it’s certainly not infallible. Amy Colton is just one woman who has first hand experience of its imperfections. When she hit 40, she was diligent about getting regular mammograms. But seven years after her first one, she discovered the ...
Apparently knowingly and recklessly groping airplane passengers, in the name of safety, is fair game in our country. The Texas government attempted to pass a bill prohibiting TSA agents in airports from intentionally touching flyers’ private areas while examining for safety. Unfortunately, the bill that was cleared by the Texas House of Representatives on a ...
The women who commit sexual abuse are terrifying creatures with a hidden agenda. However, a new list of “hot” sex offenders helpfully ranks them according to their level of attractiveness. Why publish such a thing? What makes “hot” an appropriate adjective? Apparently after reading the thunderstorm of angry comments, they realised they needed to clear ...
A cheerleader was raped by her school’s football star Rakheem Bolton and the 16-year-old refused to cheer for him at a game. So she was kicked off of the squad. Her parents sued the school for inhibiting her right to free speech, but the Supreme Court refused to hear it. Apparently “school spirit” means cheering ...
I cannot figure out whether the members of American state legislatures are hypocrites or completely oblivious when it comes to reproductive rights issues. A bill that would mandate women getting abortions to have ultra sounds performed so they can view the image and hear the fetal heart beat tentatively passed the state Senate floor today. ...
Two big changes regarding transgender rights have been proposed this week. One would legally recognize transgendered citizens as a third gender, and one would refuse to recognize a sex change. Let’s see if you can guess which law was proposed in the US and which in Pakistan. If you guessed that Pakistan proposed recognizing a ...
Miss San Antonio, Texas, had her crown taken away from her because, she claims, they thought she was too fat to keep it. Domonique Ramirez, a 17-year-old who wears a size 2, had her crown given to the competition runner-up in February, but has since won it back. The jury clearly wasn’t too sure what ...
Applicants for a new $500 scholarship must be “Male – No less than 25% Caucasian.” The Former Majority Association for Equality, the group who launched the scholarship, swears that they are not motivated by racism, but by equality. Their mission statement reads: We have a very simple mission: to fill in the gap in the ...
Is an abnormally high reduction in the number of children born in your own race considered racist or genocidal? Or are you simply looking out for your family by allocating resources and making sure every child is wanted? A controversial billboard in Texas proclaims “Black & Unwanted” with a photo of a sad Black baby’s ...
It’s that time of year, when spring blossoms counteract the car pollution, beer gardens are filled with humans on...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
