Power is violence. I just finished the book Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. I guess books about utopias are intended to make us question how things are by showing us how things could be. And it really made me question capitalism – at least the way it’s structured in our society. …
Category: Opinion, but pretty sure we’re right
The Joker: Violence Coming to a Theater Near You and Why Your State Rep is to Blame
If the Joker movie incites violence, whose fault is it? Every Republican that tries to regulate a woman’s body. Every evangelical Christian that tries to force women into specific roles. Every anti-abortion activist that thinks they know better than any woman how to make decisions for her own body. Every right-wing pundit that attacks feminists….
Stop Spreading Propaganda
One of the ways some people spread propaganda – and get you to do it for them – is to boldface lie. For example, a few months ago, there was the rumor going around (that many were treating as fact) that “Democrats are proposing full-birth abortion bills.” Well, there’s no such thing as full birth…