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Scott Roeder: Pro-Life Activist, Murderer, and Cartoon Plagiarist?
This week, anti-abortion activists staged an eBay auction to help raise a legal defense fund for Scott Roeder, who was charged with murdering abortion provider George Tiller back in May. With the auction, anti-abortion activists were hoping to capitalize on Roeder’s newfound notoriety by selling off a series of his signed, pro-life memorabilia.
But before the items could hit the virtual auction block, eBay announced that the memorabilia would be removed from the Web site. In a statement, the company said that it would “not allow listings that promote or glorify violence, hate, racial or religious intolerance, or items that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity.”
St. Louis cartoonist Gary McCoy had a more personal beef with the auction: It totally ripped off his work.
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On the Difficulty of “Saying No”
Kathryn Holmquist’s little piece of horrific sex advice—sometimes, girls, it’s “too late to say no”—has evolved into a more advanced discussion on this blog. The question: Why should women be required to say “no” in the first place?
Mike Riggs Is Trailer Trash Zombie. But Is It Sexy?
Yesterday, City Lights Editor Mike Riggs revealed that he dressed as “Trailer Trash Zombie” for Halloween this year, a costume he claimed was “not even a little bit” sexy—“unless short denim shorts, suspenders, a camo ball cap, a black sabbath tee with no sleeves, and really upsetting face paint is your idea of sexy.” Now, we have the photo evidence to judge for ourselves. Is Trailer Park Zombie sexy? Is it just offensive? Or is it one of the rare offensively sexy costumes?
Keep this tidbit in mind, courtesy of Riggs: “also, the shorts progressively shortened through the night as I (a) ripped pieces of them off and (b) pulled them up over my gut.”
Ashley Madison’s Conservative Values
AshleyMadison.com, an online dating site that facilitates extramarital affairs, has never been too popular among moral conservatives. Earlier this year, Deroy Murdock argued on Human Events that Ashley Madison has edged out gay marriage as the number one threat to traditional matrimony. Now, cluck-clucking conservatives won’t have to choose between the cheaters and the gays: Ashley Madison has begun marketing itself as a place where the married can pursue their same-sex attractions, too.
Writer to Rape Victims: Sometimes, It’s “Too Late to Say No”
As long as we’re all airing our half-baked theories about why rape happens, Kathryn Holmquist has got an idea: Rape happens because girls think they can say “no” whenever they want. According to Holmquist, the date rape problem begins with girls who want to get physical—girls who deliberately drink, flirt, and engage in “deep kissing” in the club—and then don’t want to have sex. She writes:
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Halloween: How Sexy Was It?
According to media reports, this Halloween was gearing up to be the sexiest, most infantilizing, super sexiest, most racially insensitive, nipple-suspender-y Halloween ever! So, how sexy was it? I surveyed the staff of the Washington City Paper to find out.
Sexist Comments of the Week: Do Drunk Girls Deserve to Get Raped?
Last week, I wrote about some disturbing Internet comments posted in the wake of the Richmond gang rape that blamed the victim for drinking alcohol. The post inspired some really positive responses . . . and more disturbing Internet comments.
Alex makes the case for victim-blaming—at least girls will now know “the possible consequences of decisions.” Decide to have a beer, maybe you’ll get gang-raped: A valuable lesson for young girls:
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The Week’s Most Popular Blog Posts: Spooky, Slutty Edition
This week on the Sexist, we tackled sex, drugs, boobs, and racism. In no particular order.
1. The 10 Worst Sexy Halloween Costumes, in which this shit is almost over, I promise.
2. The Sex-Ed Gender Divide, in which sometimes, when a woman meets a man she loves very much, she still needs different out of her sex ed experience.
3. How to Inform a Friend Their Halloween Costume Is Racist, in which we attempt to dissuade a fellow trick-or-treater from her “Sexy Illegal Alien” get-up before someone kicks her ass.
4. WJLA’s Breast Cancer Report Won’t Blur Boobs, in which an educational breast-baring is hailed as exploitative
5. The Date Rape Drug Is An Urban Myth. Let’s Put it to Rest, in which the conversation on acquaintance rape needs to change.
Photo via the George Eastman House
ABC News Story on Showing Boobs Won’t Show Boobs
ABC News has picked up the story of local ABC affiliate WJLA’s series on breast cancer detection. WJLA has courted national media attention for its decision to televise a local woman’s self breast exam, un-draped, un-blurred, and unedited. ABC News, for one, remains committed to blurring the boobs: “for our purposes, we are showing it without any full nudity,” the segment explains.
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Drunk Girls Deserve to Get Raped
Don’t believe me when I say that people actually think drunk girls deserve to get raped? Let’s take the case of the 15-year-old California girl who was brutally gang-raped at her homecoming dance for hours in front of dozens of onlookers. Apparently, the victim had been drinking. For some people, that turns her horrific rape into a valuable morality tale that will put the fear into our nation’s drunk girls. Helpful Comments points us to some not-atypical online reactions to the story:
