It's 'splaining season. Everybody has their own pet theories of why it happened. Most are probably wrong, but some are spectacularly, garishly wrong, wrong in so many ways you have to wonder if they're right. Jon Stewart had one such on his Weekly Show. Richard Reeves, President of the American Institute for Boys and Men,… Continue reading The Daily: 26 November 2024
Tag: sexism
The Daily: 10 November 2024
I don't know about you all, but I've been on a steady diet of John Oliver, The Daily Show, sudoku puzzles and this. I haven't had a real meal since All Hallows. With the water being gone, there have been more days than showers this week, and I don't even feel that bad about that.… Continue reading The Daily: 10 November 2024
The Daily: 30 July 2024
The last two weeks have been an object lesson in the embarrassing subconscious bigotry of white men. First, I encountered an essayist that said he didn't read much written by women, even as he admitted that women write more than half of the printed words. He excused himself by claiming that most of the writing… Continue reading The Daily: 30 July 2024
