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So I spent the weekend at a bachelorette party, feeling out of place and being not quite as bored out of my mind as I expected, but still pretty bored. And although I am never in demand at events like this - I have problems faking enthusiasm appropriately, and people say I’m mean - [...]

I play poker. More specifically, I play (by preference) no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em. I have also been known to play limit and pot-limit Texas Hold ‘Em, Omaha Hi,
five-card draw, seven-card stud and Razz—but really, my heart belongs to no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em. (Isn’t that sweet?) S’matter of fact, I am playing [...]

Having never had an audience that was actually progressive, I’m not sure what I should write about this weekend. There are three things that are floating around in my mind, so I’m going to leave it up to the audience to vote on what I should blog about.
1) The Business of Being [...]

I’ve always giggled when people say we have moved to a “post-patriarchy” and that feminism is no longer necessary. People who believe this obviously don’t open their eyes very often. But, the fact that we still live in a patriarchy have never been more noticeable then when one is planning a wedding.
I never [...]

It is really really bad to do pharmaceutical experiments on soldiers. It’s obviously wrong to perform such experiments on anyone without really strong checks for safety and informed consent.
But, y’know, if the experiments have already been done, we may as well admit that the results are, in some cases, basically hilarious.

“But one hour and ten [...]

i really don’t think i can handle much more of this.
Democratic White House hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) had harsh criticism for the “activist base” of the Democratic Party during a private fundraiser for her campaign, The Huffington Post reports.
“We have been less successful in caucuses because it brings out the activist base of the [...]

So I was just sittin’ at home, relaxing with some online poker and surfing the Blogosphere to occupy the mental space between hands, when on Feministing I came across this:
After the highest court of Maryland reheard the case which made the horrifying ruling that a woman cannot be raped once she has consented to [...]

*Disclaimer* I am not a poet.
Identity
First I was a human baby.
But not to long after that I was-
Girl
I was dressed in pink and my name ended in an “a”.
Next there was “girl child”
With skirts and dolls,
I learned about drag
By turning Barbie into a parachuter
Mom and Dad told me to stop climbing trees
Later, when I [...]

Howdy Punkass people! Our host has graciously invited me to come over to his place and pontificate on my subjects of interest (which can be quite eclectic). I have been a fan of Punkass ever since Bluey the Body Rights Thingamabob and it made my day to be called a regular here.
Anyway, I [...]

Awwww yeah. Way back when I invited Sabotabby to join, I also doggedly pursued a certain other awesome PAB commenter: Antigone. Back then, she politely declined. So when it was time for PAB to go from a few people blogging sporadically to a whole cadre of us sticking it to the man, [...]

You stupid weak baby. You pussy-whipped prissy-pants cooter-licking nancy boy.
You probably think this is about the spark plug, don’t you? And in some ways, it is. The spark plug is sort of like the cock of your car. Scratch that — it’s the cock of your SUV, truck, or (in certain [...]

And I’m back! With, as promised, content and shit. For my first post, I will channel my not-very-inner-bourgeoisie and write about National Public Radio.
No. Seriously.
A couple of days ago, Talk of the Nation had Roger Mudd and Bob Schaffer, both former reporters at the CBS news bureau, reminiscing about their days working at that company. [...]