Eighty year old Giles Corey, accused of witchcraft in 1692 after questioning the word of the girls behind Salem’s witch hysteria, protested his accusation and trial with silence. In an attempt to make him talk the court ordered him “pressed.” This meant he would be laid on his back with a board on his chest, and rocks piled on top of the board until he gave the answer they...
As it has done annually for the past few years, Time magazine recently ran a poll asking readers what words they’d like to see stricken from the cultural lexicon. In years past, successful contenders were “YOLO”, “OMG” and “twerk”.…
On November 12, 2014, scientist Matt Taylor landed a spacecraft on a comet. But as scientists rejoiced over this feat of extreme difficulty, all feminists could think about was what he was wearing.
The aftermath of TIME‘s word ban poll
Last week we reported an annual TIME poll, calling for the ban of the word feminist.…
Tonight’s show: “Geordie Tait – Power Ballad,” written by our own brilliant Rachel Edwards. We discuss the Ballad of Geordie Tait. The white knight of all white knightery, bigot of all forms of bigotry, Full Macintosh 2.0 – you know him, you despise him, the one, the only Geordie Tait.…
Oh boy, someone pulled the controversy alarm.
Listen, I figure I may as well get this out here once and for all: I don’t like feminism. In fact, I’ve got a lot of issues with it. I see it in action today, in the news, on the web, and it makes my blood boil.…
Every now and then a social justice warrior comes along that is, well, special. Someone so utterly bonkers that they do our job for us. They do us all a favor by setting an example of what sort of human being you should never aspire to be.
Recently, we had the marvelous Geordie Tait show up on the #GamerGate scene, and he is a level far beyond #FullMcIntosh.…
In one corner of the internets, we have Matt Taylor, a lead European Space Agency scientist on the Rosetta project, who just the other day successfully landed a space probe on a comet travelling tens of thousands of kph, millions of kilometres from Earth.…
As the battle of #GamerGate rages on, the Social Justice Warriors have finally found their kryptonite. Not in bigotry or hatred, but in passionate women and minorities who are tired of being exploited.
#notyourshield
On October 15, 2014, two months after it began, #GamerGate had its fairest piece of mainstream media coverage.…
This program is brought to you by Honey Badger Radio. In the Badger Cave, we’ll be interviewing noted authors among the Honey Badger crew: some whom you may know from their blogs, numerous interviews, speaking events, and articles; others whom you may not be familiar with.…
I was arguing with a guy today about MGTOW.
He made the assertion that I’m a misogynist who spouts anti-woman rhetoric. So I challenged him to find anything I’d ever said that was anti-woman. My aunt has as of late been worried about me as well; she’s a little flighty but her heart’s in the right place.…
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