Kanazawa Strikes Again: Evo-Psych Zombie Edition

You may recall my personal nemesis, Satoshi Kanazawa, from this longwinded bit of commentary I did in 2007 in response to his ridiculous article, “Ten Politically Incorrect Truths about Human Nature.”
Well, Kanazawa is back! And not a minute too late, as I was starting to forget the bullshit that is evolutionary psychology! Without this reminder, [...]

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Dr. Tiller’s Murder is an Act of Terrorism

As  Gloria Feldt, former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation, asks us to do, I am proclaiming the murder of Dr. Tiller — a doctor who worked tirelessly to continue providing women reproductive choices despite numerous attempts on his life and work — a despicable act of domestic terrorism.  And as Bonnie Erbe explains, anti-choice [...]

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Tough Love’s Steve Ward on Victim Blaming

I watch VH1 sometimes, I admit it.  And this season, since my favorite contender got kicked off of Rock of Love Bus, I began watching Tough Love: 
Handsome, cocky and smart, Steven Ward is America’s maestro of love. His brutally honest approach to matchmaking is what has made him and his mother Joann Ward one of [...]

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Kyle Payne is back — and as big of a douche as ever

Ugh, he’s so sleazy.
Background: here, here, and here.
I’ll echo the many others who’ve already said it: Kyle Payne is a sexual predator (whether or not there’s a “pattern of abuse”), and he is not welcome in my feminist blogosphere (whether or not he is interested in being called a pro-/feminist blogger).  
And, for the record? [...]

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Asshole Music, Part Deux

My mp3 player’s been dead for the last two weeks, so I’ve had a lot of chances to listen to the radio lately — unfortunately.  I listen to one of the very, very few radio stations I can stand in this area: KTCL 93.3.  The rest of the stations in this ridiculous state are “soft [...]

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