Best Practice, Feminist Practice

This is a cross-post of a guest post for Ashley at Small Strokes Fell Big Oaks
The theme of this series, Teaching Feminism, is near and dear to my heart. I recently graduated with my master’s in English, and I spent much of last and this year researching feminist pedagogy to write my master’s thesis. In [...]

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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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Must-Read Link Round-Up

So, I finished my thesis, and I passed.  I am, for all intents and purposes, done with my masters program.  I still have presentations to design and lessons to plan and papers to grade, and I’m more than a little burned out from everything at the moment.  So, instead of a proper post, I will [...]

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