Vernacular and Euphemisms - Get Out! Trigger warning? STFU!
Each of the terms in the title are words in the modern lexicon of dialogue. They mean something in context that is different than the literal meaning of the words. They are short-hand forms of speech...
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Sandra Fluke meets Los Angeles Kossacks (w/video)
4 days before the June 3 primary we had the honor to hear Sandra Fluke, running for California Senate in CA-26. And BTW her first diary in DKos broke all records for Recs for a first diary (please...
View ArticleElection Preview: Los Angeles Kossacks, Sandra Fluke and tmservo433
Los Angeles hosted Sandra Fluke (rhymes with book) this afternoon at Casey's Irish Bar as she talked about her plan to represent the California State Senate District 26 as a progressive Democrat.
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Victory!
The results from yesterday’s California State Senate race -- District 26 -- are in. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, I am moving on to the general election! I am immensely proud of my campaign...
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#StopRush Scores Big
Filed from the field by hrhprissy, who is on assignment:Sluts, prostitutes and militant feminazis everywhere rejoiced as Sandra Fluke crossed the finish line in the California Primary. She and her...
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Aw, Rush Limbaugh's Sad - Tiny Bookstore Rejects His Books & Won't Play With Him
Finally, it took a small, independent bookstore in Washington DC to stand up and turn down Rush Limbaugh's children's history books. The words sting my fingers as I type:...
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Supreme Court Case Imminent: Monday’s Hobby Lobby Decision
Most of you know that I’m not afraid to speak my mind. Even though House Republicans refused to let me speak at a hearing on contraception coverage – a hearing with five men and NO women on the panel –...
View ArticleHow an ordinary father's son stumbled onto feminism
In a recent Walking on Eggshells diary, CroneWit made a valuable observation about how men talk (and often do not talk) about their familiarity with feminism. [W]e need men who understand this to...
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Powerful Boycott Still Crushing Limbaugh's Career - Media Expert Holland...
It seems Rush Limbaugh has been on a fast snowball to Hell. Every month, sometimes every week, there is bad news for the for former king of hate radio. Relentless protestors have worked hard to make...
View ArticleRethinking Patriarchy - What's in it for Men?
One of the rocks that the debate on women's issues seems to founder on, over and over again, is the disparity of reward that seems to be available for men and women in the process of shifting from the...
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I've never heard Limbaugh THIS WORRIED as he is by overwhelming reaction to...
Rush Limbaugh has been in full damage control mode since the Hobby Lobby decision came down. I've never heard Rush this scared!And it's classic but predictable, and it's also common. The decision is...
View ArticleI like sex
It's my third favorite thing. (Things one and two are eating and sleeping.) Meanwhile, I love my two children and am grateful beyond expression that I have the ongoing experience of being their...
View ArticleRepublicans say that they are pro-life. That is why they trash kids on...
Republicans and other Conservatives managed to jump the shark years ago by claiming to value human life; while leaving human lives outside the womb to suffer under their policies. What would appear to...
View ArticleFootball And The Rape Culture
The New York Times has a lengthy in depth article about what is very regrettably a classic recurring story. A newly arrived freshman woman goes to a party and consumes alcohol. She is raped by football...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: Misogyny is a Feature, Not a Bug
Recent Supreme Court rulings highlight the persistent presence of misogyny in the US.Megan Amundson, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, expressed her anger over the Supreme Court’s...
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#HobbyLobbyLove is a thing, but it's not going well
A lovely Hobby Lobby visitor snapped this today... Sharing the #HobbyLobbyLove http://t.co/...—@BrettDewey America's most prominent teen mom and walking demonstration of the failure of conservative...
View ArticleGOTV VI: Sandra Fluke Motivates Millennials
Welcome to the newest diary in the GOTV series and thank you for stopping by. We are very fortunate to have the indomitable Sandra Fluke as our guest who has recorded a terrific video about the need...
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Who The Hell Is This Woman and Why Is She So Angry?
This is my first diary. I decided to create this profile because the diaries of Puck Goodfellow inspire me and I can no longer continue to be this angry and stay silent. To my friends that will sound...
View ArticleThis Week in the War on Women: Reflections from Netroots Nation
This Week in the War on Women is a series that appears on Saturdays at 5 PM Pacific time. Last week I attended Netroots Nation in Detroit, and today I want to share some thoughts about it. If nothing...
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