Archive for 'insult'
Flarf You, Ethnic Slurs: "Corrosive, Cute, or Cloying Awfulness."
According to Micheal Magee, “Poems are, like, total bullshit unless they are/squid or popsicles or deer piled/on elk in the trunk of David Hasselhoff’s/cutlass Sierra.” That’s pretty much the spirit of the first poetry movement of the 21st century: semi-dadist riffing with Googleian specifics. It’s an interesting metaphor for modern consciousness– globalization has brought the [...]
Posted: May 18th, 2009 under agency, art, feminist, globalization, identity, identity politics, insult, poetry, politically correct, politics, pop culture, popular culture, postmodern, repression, slur.
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You Have the Right to Fewer Choices.
Right. So I said I’d take a break, and I haven’t slept in a while, but this bears repeating: They’re passing a TRAP law in Wisconsin (curtsy to Pandagon ). Basically, this means that women who are trying to get abortions and abortion providers will both need to jump through more hoops to “prevent women [...]
Posted: November 7th, 2007 under ACLU, Carhart, Justice Kennedy, Louise Melling, Misogyny, Pandagon, Supreme Court, abortion, abortion providers, abuse, anti-choice, birth, bullshit, carhart vs. gonzales, childbirth, coercion, consent, danger, dark humor, domestic violence, feminist, freedom, government, gynecologist, gynecology, health care, human rights, informed consent, insult, joke, justice, law, legislation, mandatory wait periods, motherhood, power, rape, stupid, terrorism, terrorists, trap law, waiting period, wisconsin, women, women's rights.
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Reserved to be Judged by God: Prostitution in Argentina
Last night, over wine ($3.50 a bottle) at a fancy club where most people were in awe of a celebrity named Gisela something who none of my compatriots recognized, someone I had just met told me the story of being pressured to join a prostitution ring. It was a long story, but it can be [...]
Posted: July 3rd, 2007 under AMMAR, American, Argentina, Argentine, Argentine constitution, Bolivian, Buenos Aires, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Europe, Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation, Female Sexuality, Gisela, God, Mercy Plaza, Mujeres Creando, Ninguna mujer nace para puta, Once, Once Plaza, Plaza de la Merced, Plaza de la Puta, United States, VIP, activism, activist, arrest, awareness, breasts, brothel, cab, cabron, celebrity, club, condom, constitution, crime, curse, danger, english, fashion, feminism, feminist, fine, fur coats, garter belts, hijueputa, insult, jail, judge, law, marriage, national campaign, pedophile, police, prostitute, prostitution, prostitution ring, punk, retro-punk, scam, sex tourism, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, sexual violence, spanish, swear, taxi, the state, tourism, tourists, vandalism, whore, wine.
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