Missives From Troy
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“Star Trek: Into Darkness” Is Fine, But It’s Still No “Galaxy Quest”
Recently Kumail Nanjiani tweeted that the best Star Trek...
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“Keep in mind that the Republicans’ most serious charge revolves around the creation of misleading talking points. Stop and think about that for a...”
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Don't Use Your Phone in a Theater, Ever
This is incredible. Read Kevin Williamson’s first hand account or Gothamist’s write up.
ST. LOUIS (The Borowitz Report)—Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin doubled down on his controversial remarks about the female body today, proposing a prominent national security role for the uterus: http://nyr.kr/Sa2APZ
Akin, we all wish you were as smart as a uterus.
“It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that’s really rare,” Akin said, referring to conception following a rape. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something, I think there…
Sweet holy fuck.
More and more, I’m coming to the realization that there are a lot of grown men (in elected leadership positions) in this country who don’t have a basic working understanding of either the female reproductive system or criminal law.
Great story from Rookie about virginity and waiting for what you want.
“There is always so much conversation for girls about having their virginity ‘taken’ that it starts to feel like sex isn’t actually your choice when, in reality, it TOTALLY is your choice. It was my choice to decide…
“Usual” does not dictate normality or necessity when it comes to someone’s personal choices with their body.
Amen to everything in Rookie’s post.
A short article on the social contract women don’t have with society, but do have with themselves.
(via early-onset-of-night)
(via angry-comics)
