5 Stupid, Unfair and Sexist Things Expected of Men: on the male side of gender issues, Greta Christina looks at the ways in which men are forced into a narrow gender definition. Besides, anybody who will point out that ”men get a clear social message that, in order to be manly, they have to be tall,” is certainly somebody I will highly consider somebody worth listening to. Trust me, it sucks being short.
We’re one step closer to bringing Anne Rice back into the fold: she’s announced that organized religion can suck it. Basically, since being Christian in America is quickly becoming synonymous with being a right-wing blowhard and Anne Rice, pretty much being a liberal, has had enough and has decided that she will follow Christ in however screwed up a manner as she pleases. Read the comments, they’re nice and full of people shouting “HOW DARE SHE?!” You know, because all the people she hates are either Catholics (as if the Vatican is the only problem with Christianity) or the fringe group that isn’t actually Christian. Cognitive Dissidence, they can has.
And the shocker of shockers, Republicans vote against small businesses and tax cuts. Why, because those mean ole democrats wouldn’t allow them to add such relevant amendments as the estate tax, nuclear loan guarantees, border security, and those Bush tax cuts for rich folk that are getting the boot. But don’t fret, a Republican did say something nice and hypocritical:
“This small-business bill should pass, and it should pass with relevant amendments,” Mr. LeMieux said. “Before I am a Republican, I am a Floridian and an American, and this bill is good for our country.”
So if it’s so good, why not vote for it to pass without such aforementioned, highly relevant amendments?
