My friend Lisa writes fiction (under two pseudonyms) and I find the dedication and thought that can go into crafting that kind of book to be fascinating. I also find her ideas to be fascinating. Hope y’all enjoy it as much as I did! If you read Cracked regularly, you’ve probably read David Wong’s post,… Read more Guest Post From Lisa Lewandowski
Obviously, not all powerful and dynamic queens are slut shamed. Even when they develop reputations for other wretched things, it does not QED lead to rumors of sexual deviance. Mary I of England got the moniker Bloody Mary for her strong-arm attempts to re-establish Catholicism in England, but she was never called ‘Slutty Mary’. No… Read more What About the Strong Queens Who Were NOT Slut Shamed?
Jessa Duggar Seewald, reality TV ‘star’ and fundamentalist evangelical Christian, recently posted a screed on Facebook explaining why she was ‘saved’ from Hell but liberal (i.e. tolerant) Christians like me were headed straight into perditions flames. According to her, that fact that not-real-Christians like me “believe in a loving God, not one who would send… Read more From Jezebel to Jessa
Obviously, The Jezebel Effect contains historical and cultural analysis of the ancient Israelite queen Jezebel. She is the epitome of a slut shamed queen. Even though other queens are reviled as harlots, only Jezebel has a place in major religions as a uber-harlot. In fact, Jezebel has been upgraded from a strumpet to a demon… Read more Would Jezebel like Thin Mints or Samoas the best?
One of the slut shamed queens my new book focuses on is Catherine the Great of Russia, whose mythical sex life has gone to extremes. For instance, have you heard the titillating historical trivia about Catherine the Great? You know, the one about how she had a special sling to hold up her horse while… Read more Catherine the Great
I have great news! (At least, it is great from my perspective. Y’all just jump on my train, okay?) I have a release date for my second non-fiction book, The Jezebel Effect: Why the slut shaming of famous queens still matters. It will be officially released into the wild on February 27, 2015. That’s right!… Read more Release Date for The Jezebel Effect!!
I was going to blog about Elizabeth of York, since today is her birthday and the date of her death. However, the news about the murders of three young Muslims in North Carolina has changed my plans inasmuch I feel compelled to address their deaths. The three murder victims were 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat, (a… Read more Radical Atheist Murders Three Young Muslims in North Carolina
Every religion has a history of violence carried out by its fringe and/or power-players. Every religion. Let’s just look at the “Big Four” though, for examples. Hinduism has a violent history. It was the 17th century Hindu warrior king Shivaji Bhonsle who first invented and used guerrilla warfare methods (Shiva sutra or ganimi kava), which… Read more The Truth For Truth’s Sake
I have this friend named Sandy James. Her husband has cancer and almost died of sepsis recently. She’s a teacher, and thus lavishly underpaid, so the medical bills are crushing her like Rodin’s Fallen Caryatid Under Her Own Stone. She is an English, rather than chemistry, teacher so she cannot Walter White ala Breaking Bad… Read more Blatant Emotional Manipulation
Let me start off by pointing out that I am not one to follow the “party line” vis-à-vis healthy and safety. I was trained as a medical anthropologist and I know plenty about paradigm shifting, assumptions, and authoritative knowledge. I don’t eat GMO foods because no one has proved they are safe and several European… Read more The vaccination debate