Those “young pretty white girls” are not your enemy: the people who raped them and harassed them to their deaths are your enemy. Racism and sexism are intimately intertwined. In both cases, people are denied their humanity because of the type of body they occupy. Violence against people with brown-skinned bodies is either ignored or [...]

“I try to be very careful of how I critique issues in other countries and cultural contexts…” Buzz!!!! Wrong answer! Cultural relativism is right up there with moral relativism as a refuge for cowards. This law is barbaric and inexcusable. This is not about “culture” this is about ignorance and cruelty. Perhaps I am biased, [...]

It seems as if HIlary Rosen’s comments hit a nerve with you. You seem to be very uncomfortable with the choice you have made not to work outside the home. I wish you would stop complaining about the burdens of your privilege (having the freedom to make that choice puts in a very rare and [...]

White upper middle class bias has failed everyone. “I thought quitting work and raising kids was bad because that’s what happened before feminism.” Poor women and/or women of color did not have the option of “quitting work” to raise their kids. It was then and still is a luxury reserved mainly for the privileged classes. [...]

Great comment! Thank You!