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Why 34 mentions of Israel got me trashed last night

Before last night’s debate, I created a little drinking game for myself and anyone who wanted to join. The instructions were to drink every time Israel was mentioned and drink twice every time the candidate emphasized how close he was with Israel and/or its Prime Minister or criticized his opponent for not being close enough. I had no idea how intoxicating and expensive this drinking game would be. Because it turns out that during the debate, Israel was mentioned 34 times!

I was too trashed from all the Israel mentions to keep track of how many times the candidates praised Israel or accused each other of not hearting Israel sufficiently, so I had to check the transcript.

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By Syreeta McFadden • 11 years ago

Quick hit: The last presidential emcee battle

So the biggest fallout from the last presidential debate of 2012 might be the most awesome MC diss made by head of state to an opposing candidate. Followed by the best commander-in-chief mansplaining I’ve ever seen in the history of evers:

And the interenets responded with the kind of gumption and American ingenuity that I’d expect.

Perhaps Ann’s round up of responses best captures our collective reactions to the tit for tat between Romney and Obama in this last face off as we head into the final stretch of the forever presidential race.

By Maya Dusenbery • 11 years ago

What We Missed

As several readers have alerted us, there are Romney campaign ads popping up on the site. Obviously, we didn’t choose them, but if the Romney campaign would like to spend ad money attempting to sway Feministing readers to their side, we’re actually totally cool with that.

At Room for Debate, Jennifer Pozner weighs in on how truly awful reality TV is.

Beverly Guy-Sheftall on creating the first women’s studies program at a historically black college.

A California high school’s secret “Fantasy Slut League” is just as bad as it sounds.

“The Romney-Ryan ticket represents a constricted and backward-looking vision of America: the privatization of the public good.”

An awesome letter to Dwell magazine from an eight-year-old girl.

The Todd Akin ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 11 years ago

Quick Hit: The Dream Defenders call on candidates to address the war on youth

Sarah Jaffe has a good piece at Truthout about the Dream Defenders, a coalition of young activists that formed in Florida after the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Tonight, at the final presidential debate in Boca Raton, they’ll be demanding real answers from both candidates on issues–from the privatization of prisons to the inequalities in the education system–that affect youth but which are too often left out of the political debate altogether. Here’s who they are:

We are the sons and daughters of slaves and farm-workers. We are Dreamers and the products of a generation that had a Dream. We are ‘We Shall Overcome’ and ‘Si se puede!’ We are Phoenix and Selma, the Freedom Rides & the Trail of Dreams, ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 11 years ago

The gender gap in presidential politics approaches an all-time high

According to Nate Silver, the gender gap in this year’s election could rival the 20-point high in the 2000 election between Bush and Gore:

Weird. Wonder if this has anything to do with that “war on women” that totally doesn’t exist.

According to Nate Silver, the gender gap in this year’s election could rival the 20-point high in the 2000 election between Bush and Gore:

Weird. Wonder if this has anything to do with ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 11 years ago

Missouri pastor gives awesome anti-gay rights speech

Yes, you read that right. If you haven’t seen it yet, watch Rev. Phil Snider’s speech against gay rights as the Springfield City Council debated adding sexual orientation and gender identity protections to the city’s nondiscrimination law. Watch until the end.

In a followup post on his blog, Rev. Snider notes that different forms of discrimination function in different ways in our society, quotes bell hooks, and gives a shout out to the “people of faith across the country who are open and affirming — not in spite of their faith, but precisely because of it.” Well done, sir.

Transcript after the jump.

By Maya Dusenbery • 11 years ago

When domestic violence is deadly: Shooter kills three women at a Wisconsin salon

Just a few months after the tragedies in Aurora and Oak Creek, the latest act of mass gun violence took place outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin yesterday.

Radcliffe Haughton opened fire at the salon where his estranged wife works, killing three women and injuring four others, before turning the gun on himself. While details are still coming out, the police are already pretty sure that “this incident is domestic violence related.” Earlier this month, Haughton allegedly slashed the tires of his wife’s car. Just last week she got a restraining order against him and he was ordered to turn his weapons over to the sheriff’s department.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has a slew ...

Just a few months after the tragedies in Aurora and Oak Creek, the latest act of mass gun violence took place outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin yesterday.

Radcliffe Haughton opened fire at the salon where ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 11 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

Romnesia!

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. Beware of the corporate pinkification.

A great piece by Mary Elizabeth Williams on the war on 12-year-old girls.

Just when you thought you couldn’t hate the Boy Scouts any more, there’s this.

In case this wasn’t already abundantly clear, a new study shows that “that neural biases to race are not innate and that race is a social construction, learned over time.”

If you feel the need to get caught up on the Dinesh D’Souza’s scandal, here’s a guide with gifs a-plenty.

Live Action’s latest “sting” against pro-choice groups is maybe the biggest flop yet.

LGBT celebs for Obama!

Mormon feminists for Obama!

Andrew Goldman was suspended for the NYT for a month ...

Romnesia!

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. Beware of the corporate pinkification.

A great piece by Mary Elizabeth Williams on the war on 12-year-old girls.

Just when you thought you couldn’t hate the Boy Scouts any more,