Good intentions, atrocious execution

                You’ve all probably read Feministing’s post on the anti-female genital mutilation ad depicting a victim as a sex toy. I was immediately reminded of another well-meaning but horribly offensive campaign to raise awareness for the genocide in Sudan. MTV has launched an on-line game, “Darfur is Dying,” in which players take on the role [...]

How I spent my summer guilt-trip

Finally, I am returned to the fiber-optic embrace of the Internet!
I apologize, mostly to my co-bloggers, for the delay in postings. All Mothers Day, I was paraded before various neighbors and relatives to prove I had, in fact, survived four months in Milwaukee. Saturday and Friday before, I spent the next two days either [...]

Where will you be June 7th?

Because the American Life League will be staging protests at “any clinics or facilities that distribute the birth control pill” to mark the 43rd anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court case that recognized a couple’s right to privacy extended to the free purchase of birth control.
Predictably, their hip, youthful site is a wonderland of misinformation, [...]

Meet your new blogger

Hello! I and others will be overseeing The Word Warrior next year, while our founders are studying on the East Coast and in London Towne. We thought the end of the school year would be the most appropriate time for my inauguration, as no one will have time to read. 
It’s hard to decide what to [...]