She’s been arrested, she’s been freed, she’s been arrested again, she’s been freed again, she’s been denied a passport, she’s been interviewed by Lisa Mullins but couldn’t speak freely–it’s like the government of Pakistan is the drunkest guy at the fucktard’s frat party. Fortunately for confused supporters, Tom Watson has compiled the definitive Mukhtaran Bibi […]
Archive for June, 2005
Salvador Dali "Self-Portrait as Mona Lisa" (1954)
American women, and I suppose some American men, too, if they are pretending to be progressive, view the Veiled Woman as a grim symbol of Muslim paternalism run amok. In the US, the veil is the logo of terrible oppression.
I’m not saying veiled women aren’t oppressed. In certain parts […]
Longjawed orbweaver, Leucauge venusta, female I think, weaving, you know, an orb. Photographed by Twisty in North South Austin, June 2005
We get it, you’re saying. Patriarchy sucks. Great. But we really came for the spiders.
OK, fine, get off my case already; here’s an orchard orbweaver. Orbweavers are the builders of the classic wheel-shaped webs made […]
Like feckless chumps the world over, I might have gone all day yesterday without contemplating the monstrous obscenity that is the Mukhtaran Bibi case. Fortunately blogger Jim McCulloch, one of the more sentient beings in Texas, alerted me to the most recent turn of events in the wrenching story of this remarkable Pakistani woman. If […]
A few years ago, when I quit the glamorous whirl of local rock stardom to begin my life of taco-based seclusion, topping my list of Things I Definitely Never Want To Have To Look At Again, Let Alone Smell was “drunk guys.†Oh sure, they’re cute when they’re young, but experience shows that their bitter […]
Now this is my kinda pie porn
Wacky news! It turns out that patriarchy-blaming is not at all the reclusive, obsolete, oddball hobby I thought it was! That is, if the slew of veteran patriarchy-blamers who stopped in over the weekend to give my pie fight post the once-over is any indication. Thanks to links from […]
Open Letter To People Who Make Sandwiches In Restaurants
Published June 13th, 2005 in Morsel Institute. 9 Comments"Green Turkey Sandwich" at Marye’s in Westlake. My views on turkey sandwiches are already on record, so I won’t go into all that.
Why? Why must you wad up the meat into a fat little puck? Nobody wants that fat little puck. It creates an inferior sandwich, that meat puck surrounded by a vast desert of […]
Honeymoon at Jesus Beach
What can the motive be behind Godbag Nation’s hysterical love affair with the non-viable second-trimester fetus? Our governor-mullahs claim they are “protecting the unborn†because they “love life.†I am sorry to say that this is a lie. Their behavior toward most organisms more accurately suggests the moral development of something that […]
Unfertilized chicken ova with cream cheese and basil
In a country where their government pays their teachers to lie to them about basic scientific fact, it is no great surprise that so many of the American townsfolk persist in confusing zygotic organisms with babies. The preservation of their ignorance has made it easier for them to […]
The Pie Fight Chronicles, Part II
Published June 10th, 2005 in Knobjectivism, Strawfeminism, Blogulation, Men Hate You and Mass Media. 24 CommentsGosh, Ginger, smearing pie all over you on cable TV is totally an expression of my sexuality. I’ve never felt so alive.
Part II: The Hinge of Fate | Read Part I
I rarely read DailyKos; its fratboy zeitgeist is too circle-jerky for my taste, and the commenters’ obsession with ratings, as well as their deep conviction […]
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