The Other NWA

Amanda on "sensitivity training"

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:46:23 -0500

There’s something sad, but also kind of hopeful, about a boomer who deploys a “sensitivity training” joke when called on some sexist bullshit. There exists in the history of work a specific place and time where a fancy guy could live out his days engaging in lazy sexism until some loathsome bureaucrat stuck him in a room and made him a watch a poorly-acted VHS tape about not talking about people’s butts. The people I work with don’t need to take sensitivity training to not be sexist because we work with women, work for women, bowl with women, crush beers with women, learn from women, fight with women. We argue with one another about sexism and racism and Chris Brown and Prop 8 and rape and sex and blackface and Juggalos and all of the hard things not to satisfy some legal or professional obligation but because our differences interest and fascinate us. We want to diversify our workplace more and more and more not because it satisfies some quota or looks good on the masthead but because it is far less dull this way. Sometimes we fuck up. We call each other out on it. And then it is crushed under the weight of a thousand beers. The ranks of the sensitivity-trained will not run this town forever. We are here to make sure of that.

…and our favorite topic, “Why Boomers supersuck.”

Pretty much sums up our country’s cultural/political...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:04:00 -0500

Pretty much sums up our country’s cultural/political divide.

yahoopolitics:

We’ve got some serious handshake/fistbump communication difficulties here.

This House Panel on Birth Control Consists Exclusively of Dudes

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:09:00 -0500

good:

The GOP’s explanation: The fight over birth control coverage mandates is “not about women.” It’s about “religious liberties.”

Really? Or is it just easier to wage a culture war with the language of “freedom” and “big government?

Read more on GOOD→

Me on the culture wars. Nice spin, fellas! #atleastbehonest

"I am a logical liberal who also happens to be Catholic. I am embarrassed by the outcry against birth..."

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:53:00 -0500

“I am a logical liberal who also happens to be Catholic. I am embarrassed by the outcry against birth control on the whole, but it seems even more ridiculous when applied to my situation: a married woman with two young children (including a one-month old) who is trying to do what is medically best for her family.”

- Georgia Rep. Tom Price dared us to bring him “one woman” who had been unable to afford birth control. Within hours, we found 25. Share your own story at #priceiswrong (via amandahess)

add in “savory appetizers” between...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:52:00 -0500

add in “savory appetizers” between “whiskey” and “the internet,” and yeah.

annlf:

this needs some editing, but has the potential to be the basis of a best-selling self-help book.

Needs to be said….again. motherjones: Who’s using birth...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:17:01 -0500

Needs to be said….again.

motherjones:

Who’s using birth control? Oh, right, almost every single woman in America.

I wrote about the Ronversion experience…. good: Ronverts:...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:37:00 -0500

I wrote about the Ronversion experience….

good:

Ronverts: Breaking Up with Obama, Rebounding with Ron Paul

When Obama failed to sidestep politics as usual, many disillusioned young voters found a refreshing alternative in Ron Paul. Ronverts aren’t necessarily the stereotype of those college kids searching for a libertarian demagogue; in a way, they’re rejecting that model altogether.

Read it on GOOD→

Susan G. Komen done fucked up. Here are ways to show...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:02:54 -0500

Susan G. Komen done fucked up. Here are ways to show you’re pissed.

good:

Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women’s Health for All

"The fact is, we can no longer tell someone’s financial reality by what they eat, how they dress, and..."

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:09:28 -0500

““The fact is, we can no longer tell someone’s financial reality by what they eat, how they dress, and where they grew up.””

- A #HUSTLIN MUST-READ

Oh Hell Yes.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:19:08 -0500

ellenwillis:

Out of the Vinyl Deeps was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle award! This awesome news comes at the tail end of some pretty fab year-end accolades. Go mama!

Sooo an “A League of Their Own” screening is totally...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:49:00 -0500

Sooo an “A League of Their Own” screening is totally in the works for 2012. No shit. It’s happening. Here’s a little erotica from Shirley and Mae to get you excited.

Open Marriages Aren't Wrong–Newt Gingrich Is

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:27:00 -0500

Open Marriages Aren't Wrong–Newt Gingrich Is:

Me on the difference between giving repressive tradition the finger and just being a total asshole scumbag.

Hustlin’ is now a weekly series, curated/written by me!...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:52:00 -0500

Hustlin’ is now a weekly series, curated/written by me! Substituting recession-era-youth pity with #realtalk. First rant below.

good:

Hustlin’: Why We Should Stop Obsessing Over What College Majors Make Us Rich

We get it, English majors are poor. But instead of following the money, shouldn’t we be asking why our culture undervalues arts and humanities?

Read more on GOOD→

I Googled "Writing With Lipstick"

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:11:00 -0500

I Googled "Writing With Lipstick":

Women talking politics clearly necessitates a lipstick Sharpie.

jessicavalenti:

Here’s the thing: I will always want more women’s (and feminist) voices in the mainstream media, particularly in politics. There’s an overwhelming byline gender gap and that needs to change. But The Washington Post’s new lady blog, “She the People,” is not a step in the right direction…

They all look so happy. chileanstudentmovement: November 25,...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:37:00 -0500

They all look so happy.

chileanstudentmovement:

November 25, Feminist March in Santiago

“Less violence, more orgasms”

“I am so over Sookie and her precious fairy vagina and her...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:34:00 -0500

“I am so over Sookie and her precious fairy vagina and her unbelievably stupid name. Fuck Sookie!” Pam is the Joan Holloway of True Blood.

OH, ZOOEY. carefreewhitegirl: A new rendition for Zooey: (Can...

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:06:10 -0500

OH, ZOOEY.

carefreewhitegirl:

A new rendition for Zooey: (Can You Teach Me How To Be A Carefree White Girl) This NEW YEARS EVE

Me on marriage. Again.

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:00:15 -0500

Me on marriage. Again.

“Where burrito”: How an anti-hangover patch failed...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:10:00 -0500

“Where burrito”: How an anti-hangover patch failed the entire GOOD staff. (I wasn’t there and am sad about it. But I still like it.)

See, this picture just makes me wanna start some sort of 90s...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:32:03 -0500

See, this picture just makes me wanna start some sort of 90s tumblr.