feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
by Amanda Marcotte Is it just me, or does there seem to be an increasing number of ads and products that are this overtly misogynist? (Via.) I’ve seen a lot of ads that assume that women shop too much. And I’ve seen ads that ...
Later On (Free subscription) | 34 minutes ago
Paul Krugman makes a good point: Digby asks why the anti-climate-change types are so angry, then approvingly links to Amanda Marcotte, who says that it’s all about annoying liberals. I don’t agree, although that’s clearly part of it. The rage, by the way, is amazing. Nothing gets me as many crazed emails and comments as any reference to [...]
Mike the Mad Biologist (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Both Digby and Amanda Marcotte have been asking why global warming seems to be driving much of the right wing berserk. While I agree that part of the reason is the ever-present desire to punch a hippie in the face, I think Fred Clark at the Slacktivist hits on a key point in these two posts : "It isn't intended to deceive others. It's intended to invite others to participate with...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Amanda Marcotte Via Skepchick comes this irritating article from Stephen Prothero that attempts to shame the “bad” atheists by upholding the supposedly “good” atheists, who are good due to a supposed gentleness. I knew I ...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Amanda Marcotte So, it seems some scientists have been caught talking about global warming in political terms, privately, but in a way that simply reaffirms that global warming is real and caused by human activities. But since these scien...
whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | yesterday
“..Yesterday, I asked why conservatives are so crazed about global warming .. and was pleased to see so many fine explanations. Amanda Marcotte delved into the subject in depth and I think she nailed it. The reason was obvious, and right under my nose: it pisses off the liberals. ‘And boy, is [...]
Stayin' Alive (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amanda Marcotte is a bit puzzled by the passionate commitment of conservatives to global warming denialism , and ends up concluding that a major motivation is just that they like to piss off liberals. There's likely something to that, but there is a more basic explanation that I'm surprised people seem to miss. The free market ideology at the heart of economic conservatism depends on...
JivinJehoshaphat (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Detroit Free Press reports that the U.S. Senate could vote on the Nelson amendment today. NARAL is airing deceptive ads in Michigan attacking Bart Stupak. Stupak has a press release responding to their ad. Amanda Marcotte for some reason can’t understand why prolifers like it when people (like Sarah Palin) choose life. She writes, But what Ben Smith fails to note in his article...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just For Fun by digby Yesterday, I asked why conservatives are so crazed about global warming and was pleased to see so many fine explanations. Amanda Marcotte delved into the subject in depth and I think she nailed it. The reason was obvious, and right under my nose: it pisses off the liberals. And boy, is it effective! Those liberals sure get steamed when they think about how reckless...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
by Amanda Marcotte I’ve been sitting on this piece sent to me by a friend for a few days now, because of the Big Brooklyn Move, but better late than never. Jonathan Zimmerman has a theory about why the Twilight series is so popular: because ...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
by Amanda Marcotte Ben Nelson, who has been hostile to health care reform throughout this whole process, has decided that he wants to jump on the train of using sex-phobia and misogyny in order to derail the momentum of health care reform. He...
feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
by Amanda Marcotte Kate Harding has an excellent analysis of the outcry by organizations like NOW and feminists like Gloria Steinem against the proposed 5% tax on elective cosmetic surgery that would be used to finance health care reform. Wha...
faith in honest doubt (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... was never in doubt, confirmation of the second came later, via Sadly, No! and, more thoroughly, Amanda Marcotte : Debbie Schlussel has decided to make the subtext of so much conservative angst aimed at vegetarians into the text, by telling her audience that male vegetarians can literally expect to grow “man boobs” from eating all that soy. Her evidence? Some movie star...
Gerry Canavan (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... who didn’t watch porn. Also spotted at Pharyngula . But won’t somebody think of the children ? * Amanda Marcotte: You’ll notice that entire categories of women are being redefined as so disgusting that any man who touches them should be ashamed. First it was over 40 (cougar), then over 30 (puma), and now over 25 (cheetah), and soon it will be anyone over the age of legal consent....
