Home In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. On Monday night, Donald Trump’s wife Melania touched hearts as she addressed the Republican National Convention, sharing the lessons she learned growing up as a black girl on the South Side of Chicago. As first spotted by journalist Jarrett Hill, Melania’s speech bore more than a passing resemblance to another speech at another convention about eight years ago — Michelle Obama’s 2008 address to the Democratic National Convention. The cribbed portion discussed the values that Michelle and Melania apparently share, including working hard for what you want in life and keeping your word. Read more → I apologize for Feministe’s long, long radio silence, and I hate that this is the occasion to break it. Read more → [Content note: mentions of transphobia and child sexual abuse] While Feministe has been down, an issue erupted in North Carolina about where trans people are allowed to pee. Here are some highlights, if somehow you missed it while you were missing us. Read more → Calm down. Read more →
Sex and the Ivy moleskinerie Stephen Fry Mac at 30 By Stephen Fry January 24th, 2014 It was thirty years ago today that Sergeant Jobs taught the band to play. Close SEND TO A FRIEND To send a link to this page to a friend, fill in the following form, and we'll do the rest. An Open Letter to David Cameron and the IOC By Stephen Fry August 7th, 2013 Dear Prime Minister, M Rogge, Lord Coe and Members of the International Olympic Committee, I write in the earnest hope that all those with a love of sport and the Olympic spirit will consider the stain on the Five Rings that occurred when the 1936 Berlin Olympics proceeded under the exultant aegis of a tyrant who had passed into law, two years earlier, an act which singled out for special persecution a minority whose only crime was the accident of their birth. Only The Lonely By Stephen Fry June 24th, 2013
The Homicide Report : Los Angeles Times Posted April 2, 2014, 4:34 p.m. Monty Wayne Barker, a 74-year-old white man, was shot Friday, March 21, in the 5200 block of Mecca Avenue in Tarzana, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. Around 5:10 p.m., officers responded to a call of a man with a gun, according to an LAPD news release. When officers arrived on the scene, Barker walked from the rear of his Mecca Avenue residence to the front, still carrying a shotgun. Barker, who suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 6:28 p.m. The LAPD’s Force Investigation Division responded to the incident and will conduct an investigation of the officer-involved shooting. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s Justice System Integrity Division also will review the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call ... Continue reading »
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