From Toxic Misogyny to Toxic Feminism
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 31st, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
From Toxic Misogyny to Toxic Feminism
Cathy Young, RealClearPolitics
Last weekend’s horror in Santa Barbara, where 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and wounded more than a dozen before shooting himself, unexpectedly sparked a feminist moment. With revelations that Rodger’s killing spree was fueled by anger over rejection by women and that he had posted on what some described as a “men’s rights” forum (actually, a forum for bitter “involuntarily celibate” men), many rushed to frame the shooting as a stark example of the violent misogyny said to be pervasive in our culture. The Twitter hashtag #YesAllWomen…
More VA Problems; Obama Doctrine; Romney’s Return; Maya Angelou: Still She Rises
Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Good morning. It’s Thursday, May 29, 2014, and the world has noticeably less color than it did only yesterday: Maya Angelou has passed over to the other side. An abused daughter of segregated Dixie, she went as a young woman to California, New York, and Africa to find her voice — and, once discovered, that voice could never be stilled — before returning in triumph and a hard-won peace of mind to her native South. Maya Angelou was a memoirist, poet, actress, singer, dancer, activist, political campaigner, lecturer, and college professor. In addition to a sinecure at Wake Forest…
