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Yearly Archives: 2010

Lessons from Art: Feminism Gets Semen All Over Your Face

Oh, hey! It turns out The British are up to something both pleasant and amusing, for the ladies. It is a “feminist postcard art auction,” with images intended to demonstrate something or other about the state of contemporary feminism. So far, so well-intentioned. Thumbs up, The British! But have you ever wondered, ladies, what a […]

A Message From Garland Grey, Real American

Ah, election season. The whisper campaigns, the endless press conferences, the surreal sight of rich people trying to pretend they care about anything but themselves, their fussy children, and their stable of miniature ponies. And no matter how much conservative politicians have tried to stay on message with their plan for the economy (spoiler: TAX […]

An Amazing Time, for Women!

There are many things that we, as a people, can learn from the “Cathy” finale. The most important, however, appears to be that once you are married and pregnant, your life story is over. “LADY GOALS: ACCOMPLISHED. SHUTTING DOWN SUBJECTIVITY UNIT,” the little text display behind your eyeballs will read. You will be surprised, because […]

TO QUEER, WITH LOVE: The Year I Wanted To Be A Teacher

I used to want to be a teacher, did I ever tell you that Beatdown? My last semester of college, I took an extra 6 hours to qualify to teach my chosen subject area. While dealing with my autoimmune problems, writing papers, and studying for finals, I was commuting two hours both ways to attend orientation […]

Delayed News Digest: Lady Dislikes Job, Quits, Gets Other Job, Blogs A Little

Oh, wait. I meant SEX PROSTITUTE POSES AS HUMAN TEACHER, PROBABLY SELLS THE SEX TO YOUR CHILD, REVEALS SEX EXPLOITS TO INTERNET; THERE WAS  SEX! I get these things confused. Sorry.

Hey, Everybody: Let’s Define “Neutral!”

So, here is something that is in the news a lot lately: GLBT kids committing suicide. I know, right? SCARY. Definitely not suited to an article in which there are jokes. Because, my God. However, here is a nugget I came across in my internet searches, which I will now share with you: In the […]

This Week, In Sexual Harassment Defenses: But Have You Noticed You Are Hot, Though?

Meet Pete McMartin, a Canadian journalist. He wrote for the Vancouver Sun, and also for the paper of a town called “Regina,” which sounds nice because it is a lady name. No other information was available on Pete McMartin, largely because I didn’t look past the first few results on Google. But it seems like […]

Tiger Beatdown Lives!

Sort of! We are currently messing around with lots of things, up to and including post schedules and that sort of thing. And thus, the silence. Which is no doubt obnoxious! Sorry! I was at the movies! And so on, and so forth. However, this leads us to our next request: One of the many […]

Tiger Beatdown Maintenance Update!

SEXIST BEATDOWN: Nation of Whoopi Goldbergs Edition

Say! You know what’s a fun word to have an argument about the definition of? Probably not “rape,” as it happens. But for some reason, everyone’s just in a rape-definition-debating mood. Like, for starters, we have “birth rape,” reported on by Birth Trauma Truths via Irin Carmon over at the Jezebel, which goes like so: […]