Privilege FTW: Sexual Healing
PrivilegeFTW is a recurring feature that poses the grandmommy of all political questions: “Trolling? Or just dumb?” I pull together all those moments when privilege undermines the political, when...
View ArticlePrivilege FTW: Romney’s Condoleezza Strategy
Who’s your VP Candidate? Probably a woman, because the only way to fight fire is by using a woman as a trading token for votes. That’s how Mittens is going to play this game… When John McCain was going...
View ArticlePrivilege FTW: It’s Not Racist if it’s Racist…
What does white lady liberal feminism and classic economics have in common? Answer: racism, both explicit and casual. Clarissa is an academic who writes about feminism and everything else, cuz...
View ArticlePrivilege FTW: Thinspo A Go-Go
Oh MY GAWD- the double standards, with skinny women being forced to pick up the slack for all the fat women who lack beauty. And now they have to deal with fake models like Kate Upton, who are trying...
View ArticlePrivilege FTW: FreeDumb Summer
Remember that time in history when a large group of predominantly white, moderately affluent young people were denied the right to vote? One Salon commenter does. In response to a story about Florida...
View ArticlePrivilege FTW: It’s Not a Hate Crime
I hope you said the title in your best Arnold Schwarzenegger voice. The HATE CRIMES (there I said it) perpetrated against the Sikh community of Wisconsin brought about a whole slew of public figures...
View ArticlePrivilege FTW: Female Anatomy 3.0
From the gentleman that sits on the committee that has continually reduced federal biomedical research budgets for the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health: Todd Akin, brave...
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