Slave2TehTink is normally found making posts with no redeeming social value whatsoever[1] in her LiveJournal, or posting pictures of her small menagerie on her flickr. Offline she lurks on the Civil War battlefields of northern Virginia with her fawn Doberman Tink, and knits. “JURORS BALK AT S...

Naomi Wolf has an article about porn in The New York Times and its real effects on that fact that it’s become “wallpaper” and seeped into mainstream media. For most of human history, erotic images have been reflections of, or celebrations of, or substitutes for, real naked women. F...

And today’s doucheplonker of FAIL award goes to… this Sydney Morning Herald reporter, who managed to write this entire article without once mentioning the word “rape” or “assault”. Instead, she repeatedly labelled these violent gang rapes “sex”. SMH: &...

by capper When I worked in the foster care system, Pat Benatar's song was my unofficial anthem. It helped me remember why I put myself through the pain and the stress that went with the job. I had suppressed that memory until recent events brought it back to the forefront. Today's news regarding the...

This is why Social Security is so important by Brian from Incertus this post explains in simple, stark terms why social security cannot be privatized. if people can withdraw their retirement savings from private accounts, they will do so even at great penalty. the reason we have social security is t...

Disgusting people in this world. Still feel smypathy for them, it’s hard not to. People end up having grown up with a warped and stunted view of socialisation. I’m not sure how it happens (though I have my suspicions) but some people seem unable to communicate wholly and fully, naturally...

[map courtesy of Google Maps.] A few people have wondered “What are indigenous people saying”? in the fallout of the Aurukun gang-rape case. I’ve tried to gather some voices. If you’ve seen others, please add a pointer to them. Boni Robertson was the first to hit the news. Fr...

POWER -  CONTROL -  MANIPULATION   My observatons:  In healthy relationships, whether male/female or friendships or even parent/child, there is a "balance of power" that shifts from time to time for various reasons.  This is a GOOD thing.  As children, we begin life as ...

i've decided that i'm going to ignore some things until i'm too stoned/drunk to not wanna kill myself just thinkin about them, n that's how i am right now. i was supposed to see my therapist today n i cancelled AGAIN. tuesday i honestly couldn't go cuz i had to write that damn speech, but today ther...

first some good/funny stuff :D   "It's not complicated, and if you want to know I'll explain it cuz it's way cool, it's good biology!" ~my biology professor when someone asked if she could explain how RU486, an abortion pill, works "if its not too complicated."   "It's like circumcisions. ...