First, here is a few things you should now about the US federal minimum wage and the poverty level. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. A full-time minimum wage employee earns $15,080 annually. In 2012, the poverty threshold for a single person was $11,945. For a family of four with two children… Read more Just a Few Economic Facts You Should Have
In my book The Jezebel Effect I discuss how female politicians are slut shamed in a way male leaders are not: Any woman can be slut shamed, but what happens when a woman gets real power and/or prestige in her community? Does the slut shaming increase? Yes and no. If they are maintaining the sociocultural… Read more Brace Yourself For the Slut Shaming Onslaught
Hilary Rodham Clinton will most likely be the first female POTUS. Frankly, I am not thrilled. I was – I am – an ardent supporter of Bernie Sanders. There are several key policy issues where I agree with Sanders and vehemently disagree with HRC. Those are: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict – Sanders confirms Israel’s right to… Read more Why I’ll Be Voting For Clinton Even Though She Doesn’t Thrill Me
The Hollywood Reporter recently published an interview with Woody Allen in which he said several narcissistic things regarding his wife (who is also formerly his kinda/sorta-stepdaughter) Soon-Yi Previn. When asked how Soon Yi had effected his life, Woody Allen nattered on about how good HE was for HER … so much so that the reporter… Read more More Creepy Woody Allen in a Creepy Interview
Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, is not only a philanthropist, he chivvies and chides other major corporations to give to philanthropic causes as well. He is also very concerned about civil rights. Therefore, he was one of the MANY corporate bigwigs to sign a letter drafted by civil rights organizations protesting the “bathroom law”… Read more Let Me Define This For You
I love the meme that goes around social media roughly wondering, “If May the Fourth is Star Wars Day, and the next day is Cinco de Mayo, then is the day after that the Revenge of the Sixth?” Ah, the pun is very punny. Notwithstanding the joke, some pretty bad stuff has gone down on… Read more The Dark Side and the Sound of Silence
The thing that drives me nuts about the multi-billion dollar dieting industry is that most of them know (based on multiple scientific research studies) that their approach does more harm than good … especially those that push “meal-replacements” or radically reduced calorie diets. It is healthier to be fat than it is to diet, particularly… Read more The Biggest Losers Also Lose Their Metabolism
My little dog Foxy is very sweet. When we first got her, she wasn’t very cute. Life on the mean streets had left her patchy and emaciated. She looked better after a few weeks of food and love, but still … a pretty scruffy little nerf=herder. She looks much better now. This morning she leaped… Read more Wee Foxy Has a Boo-Boo
Ever since North Carolina passed that ludicrous law demanding that people go potty in the bathroom that matches their birth-assigned gender my social media has lit up with posts in support of the law and posts decrying it. Some of the people supporting the law have a hatred of anything NOT heteronormal dripping off the… Read more Who is a Danger in Bathrooms?
Eighteen authors (including ME!) will be in London on 24 September to talk about history, discuss our books, answer question, mingle with our readers, and sign things if you want them signed. All proceeds are going to help the good people examining the Mary Rose winkle yet more facts out of her remains …… Read more Meet The Authors!