The former Bruce Jenner was an Olympian and respected personality. The new Caitlyn Jenner is fodder for media outlets to either extol her bravery or ridicule her journey to what is still considered weak and inferior — being a woman. Like many others, I posted the Vanity Fair cover on my Facebook wall, and comments […]
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YouTube: Nigeria Criminalizes Female Genital Mutilation (Circumcision)
The African country of Nigeria has passed a bill that makes Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) a crime. This is WONDERFUL news for women’s rights in Africa and hopefully will spread to other parts of the world that still carry out circumcision on minors. In fact female circumcision was only outlawed in the United States in […]
OpEd: #SavingChase Court Case Comes to a Bad End as the Mother Signs Consent to Forced Circumcision
The topic of non-consensual circumcision has routinely made the nightly news as the fate of a four-year-old boy and his intact penis have been the center of attention of news coverage in America and beyond. As you know, I am a staunch body integrity activist, and in the situation of circumcision, we activists who fight […]
TOD: Artists Being Targeted for “Un-American” Activities
Topic o’ the Day: Artists Being Targeted for “Un-American” Activities My daughter is studying McCarthyism in her history class, and they’re watching the Jim Carrey film The Majestic, which takes place during that time of blacklisting artists. I have never heard of this film before, but I will see if I can watch it online. […]
TV Show “Perception” Canceled Because Mental Health Issues and Good Writing Aren’t Appreciated on TV
Because I’m a nerd and not up on many things in popular culture (quite gladly, actually), I just found out that the TV show “Perception” was canceled. WHAT THE HELL? The premise of the show centered around a brilliant neuroscientist Daniel Pierce, who splits his time between his duties as a college professor and as […]
OpEd: FUCKING CHEROKEE MEN (AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR)
OpEd: THE FACE OF ORGASM: IS YOUR WOMAN FAKING ORGASMS OR NOT?
DailyOJ: ALLOWING AND RECEIVING
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