Saw this article today, about an “emergency” rape law passed in Italy: Italy’s government has rushed through a decree to crack down on sexual violence and illegal immigration after a spate of rapes blamed on foreigners. What’s “a spate”? Must be quite a few, to ju...

By now most of you have heard about the racist cartoon published in The New York Post. There’s a lot of good commentary out there on this already, and some calls to action, which I strongly urge all of you to heed. That said, I haven’t said much about this before today because my feeling...

I’ve been following this whole octuplet controversy with mixed feelings. A part of me very much groks the anger being directed at Nadya Suleman. No single person can give 14 children the care and attention they all need; hell, I’m not sure a couple could manage it. If “it takes a v...

Chris Brown tried to choke Rihanna. That was while he was threatening to kill her. And the stans are out in force claiming that she deserved it/provoked him/he didn’t do it on purpose. I would say I don’t know WTF is wrong with people, but I see this shit a lot. From men who want to just...

I enjoy his plays and movies but I’ve always felt the same as Nichole here about his portrayal of women, which is not all that great: There is little to dispute that [Tyler Perry's] target audience is Black women, so let’s look at the message we’ve received so far from the play. A beautifu...

There was much to be happy about today and I will blog about that in a bit, but I do need to point out something: Whoever was in charge of the logistics of this day from the Metro and other public transport to safely getting ticketed people into the designated areas IS MADE OF FAIL. I have rarely be...

Renee writes: Say it with me, gay is not the new black. African-Americans did not cause the passing of prop 8, and the gay community does not have the right to compare its struggles to the black civil rights movement. I completely agree that gay is not the new black, and African-Americans did not ca...

Patrick McGoohan dies. Phooey. David of the Debate Link guest posts on Feministe. This is the first of a series of posts on antisemitism, many of which I expect to piss me off completely. :-) There’s also good stuff in the comments, especially from Holly. Work Made For Hire, a new blog of busi...

I’m tired, ya’ll. Too tired to be angry. So tired of all this shit. The tiredness won’t last forever, of course; I’ll rebound, as I must. But I need a break. In the meantime, though — I’m cautiously heartened by this. Mehserle was arrested in the New Year’s ...

(You can download higher-quality versions of the above trailer here.) I’ve been a fan of Nina Paley’s comic strips for years, but I didn’t know she’s also an animator. Josh Jasper recently gave me a head’s-up about her full-length, unreleased film, “Sita Sings The...