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  • Polanski

    Just because an adult is sexually stimulated by the sight or actions of a child does not excuse his actions. Your author attempts to excuse Polanski by saying the thirteen-year-old victim he raped behaved provocatively. So where does this slippery slope end? With the three-year-old tot who has learned that ''flirting'' melts an adult and yields ...
    Posted to Human Nature by Mary Golden on October 14, 2009

  • Who said, "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer"

    I agree that during the campaign she was remarkably racist and sexist. Both are incredibly manipulative. She is fantasic at what she does though, and brilliant. I think a lot of the abuse they ground through from the a holes of the GOP all those years made them who they are. They had to adopt an ''if you can't beat em, join em.'' I do love them ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by redneckliberalpostbush on November 30, 2008

  • Dahlia Lithwick Uses Recipes to Write a Legal Column About..

    ... ABORTION. Lithwick's very idea that women do not have reproductive choice, if they cannot extinquish the life growing in their own wombs, is in and of itself faulty. I mean, my God, did the female have sex with the guy, or did she not? As to being ''for change'' in everything but pro-Abort American policies at home and abroad, not everyone ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard2 on August 21, 2008

  • My daughter has learned history and women's rights from AG

    As a mom, I was not thrilled with the American Girl doll books. They are not great literature and they are tied into selling the dolls. On the other hand, they have given my daughter a basic framework of understanding for American History. She also cites them to talk about how girls were treated unfairly in the past. Overall, she has gained a ...
    Posted to IM by BookMama on July 4, 2008

  • three cheers for Hirshman

    Hirshman has it exactly right. The key point here is that while wealthy women can, in some sense, afford to be stay at home mothers, if they decide to do so, they are dependent on their husband-breadwinners and can put themselves in a position where it is difficult to get a divorce or restart the career if needed. And that means they may decide ...
    Posted to Culturebox by Dilan Esper on March 12, 2008

  • Re: What is with all the lipstick?!

    It's such a shame that some women don't feel beautiful without makeup. Clearly, the reviewer equates lipstick as a way to feel good about herself. I haven't read the book she reviewed, but I have to wonder if she has kids. It sounds like she has some fear about being a mother, fear that's common in women without kids. I had it. I remember. And ...
    Posted to Culturebox by Kimberly MP on August 4, 2007