Thursday, September 25, 2014

Salon.com: The domestic violence gender trap: Hope Solo, Ray Rice and the tired myopia of “women do it too”

September 25th, 2014
Hope Solo, Ray Rice

The domestic violence gender trap: Hope Solo, Ray Rice and the tired myopia of "women do it too"

Asking "where's the outrage" over a women's soccer player accused of violence entirely misses the point. Here's why

Christopher Hitchens

7 different types of non-believers

If you've left religion behind and you're unsure what to call yourself, you might try on one of these

Barack Obama applauds George W. Bush at the dedication ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, April 25, 2013.

Lies the media repeats about Iraq: Phony patriotism, fake Syrian "moderates" and the very real end of empire

We have made a shocking mess in the Middle East. This new adventure sets America up for incredible decline

Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in Fallujah, June 30, 2014

"A very brutal style of warfare": Terrorism expert explains ISIS — and what you should really know

ISIS may be the result of American policy, but it doesn't mean we can make them just go away, an expert tells Salon

Lena Dunham, Mark Zuckerberg

The millennial is dead: How an irrepressible stereotype was finally supplanted

Everything advertisers and the media said about them has become obsolete. And suddenly, here comes Generation Z

Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, John Roberts

GOP war on black voters quietly re-ignites: New ploys show it's not just ancient history

How the long history of Southern states trying to disenfranchise African-Americans got an ugly new boost this month

Sean Hannity

The 6 dopiest right-wing attacks on Obama

The president's "latte salute" is just the latest manufactured scandal from the conservative media machine

Viggo Mortensen in "The Two Faces of January"

Viggo Mortensen on "Lord of the Rings" — and playing an American at last

The chameleonic star on why the first LOTR movie was best, and playing a '60s con man in "Two Faces of January"

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The 3 biggest myths about pornography, debunked by Belle Knox

A new documentary about the Duke porn star challenges preconceived notions from the right and left

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The nasty, scary rise of tick-borne diseases

If you thought Lyme disease was terrifying, wait until you hear about Babesiosis and tick-borne relapsing fever

Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel is not a terrorist: Debunking the ludicrous right-wing backlash to her short story

Conservatives are calling for legal action against the novelist, who wrote about a plan to kill Margaret Thatcher

Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck

"Ben and I owe everything to him": Matt Damon tells Katie Couric he was shocked by the death of Robin Williams

Damon opens up about his guilt, sadness and the importance of removing the stigma around mental illness VIDEO

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Let me be Lil Miss Hot Mess: Facebook took away my stage name

Social media helps drag queens fight isolation and try out new identities. So Facebook's policy is a problem

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Another blow for BP: Judge rules businesses can keep oil spill payouts

The oil giant's liability for the Deepwater Horizon disaster continue to add up

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Virgin America flight diverted because of masturbating passenger

A flight from Boston to L.A. landed early after a man was found masturbating and trying to open the emergency exit

Dinesh D'Souza exits the Manhattan Federal Courthouse after pleading guilty in New York, May 20, 2014.

Dinesh D'Souza's pathetic persecution complex: No, he isn't the victim of a government conspiracy!

The right-wing pundit goes off on another paranoid tangent

"A Neptune-size planet with a clear atmosphere is shown crossing in front of its star in this artist's depiction," via NASA

Water vapor and clear skies discovered on Neptune-sized planet

NASA discovered the exoplanet, HAT-P-11b, outside of our solar system

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Amazing: Watch someone get a tattoo in slow motion

We have a newfound respect for tattoo artists VIDEO

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Southern Baptist Convention kicks out church for being too tolerant of LGBT members

The church slammed a congregation that adopted a "live and let live" approach to homosexuality

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NYT executive editor Dean Baquet: "I have an obligation to diversify the staff"

The Times is implementing some serious changes in response to Alessandra Stanley's tone-deaf piece on Shonda Rhimes







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