Kim Kardashian and the Culture of Shame

This article by Jayn Griffith at The Establishment is making the rounds on Facebook. It’s an enlightening read: The Real Reason Everyone Freaked Out Over Kim Kardashian’s Nude Selfie – The Establishment On International Women’s Day (March 8), Kim Kardashian posted a nude selfie on Twitter. The reaction was predictable: a smattering of compliments, some […]

A Father’s Letter to Young Women (About Getting Naked) | UnTangled

A Father’s Letter to Young Women (About Getting Naked) | UnTangled. I have a tween daughter. Which means many places on the Internet, where women and girls are presented as nothing more than objects of lust presented for men’s entertainment, terrify me. And it’s not just the Internet. So many places these days, we see […]

New Statesman | Let’s call the Isla Vista killings what they were: misogynist extremism

New Statesman | Let’s call the Isla Vista killings what they were: misogynist extremism. When I tagged this link for posting a few days ago, I wrote myself a note: I don’t know what to do with this, but it scares me to think about writing about it. That probably means I should do something […]