This past weekend, I went with Good Old Lower East Side, a community organization that I used to intern at and I'm now a (dedicated) member of, for the National People's Action Conference in D.C. As its website explains, National People's Action is a network of grassroots organizations from… Read full post »

After a nine year marriage, Thomas Beatie, who became famous in 2008 for giving birth to a little girl, and his wife Nancy are calling it quits. Beatie was born a woman but began transitioning to male in 2002, taking testosterone and having his breasts removed, but kept his female reproductive o… Read full post »

As some of you may know, I am very critical of the Catholic Church. It seems like every week, some bishop or priest or the Pope himself does something stupid and/or morally reprehensible. For example, just a few days ago, the Vatican reprimanded "radical feminist" American nuns for, I s… Read full post »

I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge one of America's most under-appreciated heros--or heroines, the incredible Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association (predecessor of the United Farm Workers Union) and political activist. 

While most people have at… Read full post »

Do you see anything wrong with the picture above? Me neither. I think it's adorable and sweet. How nice to see images of men playing and taking care of children.  

I would never in a million years expect anyone to find this photo, which comes from a New Zealand… Read full post »

 In keeping with her anti-bullying message, Lady Gaga has set up a campaign called Born This Way, "which will support programs and initiatives that deal with all aspects of empowering youth. The non-profit charitable organization will lead youth into a braver new society where each individu… Read full post »

By the "other f-word," we're talking, of course, about "faggot." 

In the second episode of the Slate podcast series Lexicon Valley, co-hosts Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the highly controversial slur. Bob Garfield begins by laughingly admiting that he uses the word "pretty much all t… Read full post »

This isn't really a post of my own, but I couldn't pass up an opportunity to promote the work of one of my favorite high school teachers, Dr. Steven Mazie. Check out his new article on the contraceptives controversy! Just try to ignore the idiotic comments, particularly those by a man named… Read full post »

I found this bizarre, hilarious video on Jezebel today of a man who shoots his daughter's laptop for posting a an angry rant against him on Facebook. "Dear Parents," it goes, "I'm not your damn slave. I'm not here to clean up your shit. We have a cleaning lady for a reason. Her… Read full post »

**This post is fairly graphic** 

Anyone who reads gossip columns (guilty) knows by now that Snooki of Jersey Shore has been having some incontinence issues, which she attributes to a urinary tract infection. After peeing on the dance floor of a club last episode, she admitted to An… Read full post »

I've officially had it with the Occupy Oakland protesters. They seem intent on destroying any iota of credibility the movement still has. It's embarrassing.

First, on Sunday, they tried to illegally take over a convention center to "draw attention to the problem of homelessness."/… Read full post »

Yesterday evening, I accidentally attended mass. I really wish I hadn't.

My friend and I were in beautiful Montreal for the weekend, clubing, bar hopping, eating, and, in my case, attempting to speak in French, an endeavor at which I failed miserably. We ended up in Old Montreal, where we decided… Read full post »

There's a big difference between being pro-abortion and pro-choice. While members of the former camp seek to protect legal access to abortion, those of the latter, including myself, know that abortion is merely one of many reproductive options that should be available to all women. Just as one isn't… Read full post »

"You're not helping!"

That's what I want to yell every time I see a picture of a curvaceous '50s bombshell with a caption about how much sexier that aesthetic is than today's super-skinny ideal.

A few days ago, I came across the following picture on my good friend's Facebook profile.… Read full post »

A few years ago, after a month-long summer vacation in the quiet, peaceful Nova Scotia, where I have family, I deboarded a plane at LaGuardia Airport and set out to find out which bus would take me to the subway. I was tired and spaced out, but I eventually found it,… Read full post »

I found this gem in the Huffington Post yesterday, a posthumously published gratuitous rant "brilliant, perfect jewel of an essay on politics and sexuality" by the late, great Christopher Hitchens. When Hitchens met Margaret Thatcher in the late 1970s, he was immediately struck by/… Read full post »

Some of you may have read my post from a few days ago, "Polyamory on Good Morning America", about my thoughts on a polyamorous trio raising a son together, which I also posted on it on BlogHer.com. BlogHer's editors, for some reason, decided to "feature" the piece (I say, "for/… Read full post »

Yesterday, one of my favorite shows, Dance Moms, returned to Lifetime for its second season. I would be kidding myself if I claimed that my primary motivation for watching it wasn't hedonistic in nature, but I'm not a believer in "mindless entertainment." Even the most seemingly valueless books, movi… Read full post »

In no particular order:

1. People who say, "BUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME! THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE THEN!" when you point out the sexism or racism in an older work of fiction. I love One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's a great book. But the fact that it was written… Read full post »

An 18 year-old mother shot and killed a home invader, a man who she thought had been stalking her, in an act of self defense. There had been two men, but the other turned himself in.

I absolutely support this woman's decision to do what she needed to do to protect herself and… Read full post »

According to this cardinal,  LGBTQ activists are kind of like the Klu Klux Klan for "protesting against Catholicism."

Not only is this an untrue statement, it is also incredibly racist. By comparing peaceful gay rights activists to the KKK, Cardinal George completely belittles the pain/… Read full post »

One of my New Year's resolutions this year is the same one I make every year: To read more. More books, more news, more interesting blogs.

Two blogs I started reading recently are Womanist Musings and Wood Turtle. Womanist Musings is written by a Canadian woman named Renee Marti/… Read full post »