The “Wife as Personal Prostitute” Model

Every once in a while a discussion will wind its way through the local blogosphere that is so ridiculous to me, I hardly know how to begin to comment on it.  Right now, folks are again debating a series of legislation designed to make sure that women don’t run around stealing men’s money by lying [...]

Good for You, Miley Cyrus

Folks, here’s why I can’t get too worked up about Miley Cyrus posing for supposedly scandalous candid pictures: Miley Cyrus is being marketed as that weird sex-tarty “good” girl crap thing that we seem to require of our young pop stars.  She’s dressed up in skimpy shirts and tight pants and good bras and make-up [...]

A Post Perhaps Too Meta

Two things before we get started.  1.  I swear, Katie, I am not stalking your baby, but I’ll admit that I do have this fantasy in which your baby and Bekah’s baby get together and I get to watch and laugh like an idiot.  2. Up front I’m just going to say that using babies [...]

Just a Little Bit More on Eno Road

I’ve been thinking a lot about appropriation in the wake of the mess still rippling out in the feminist blogosphere (which I don’t care to rehash, though you can find some good links in this comment, if you’d like to get started rehashing it for yourself).
But appropriation.  In my understanding, appropriation is when someone from [...]