The Hathor Legacy & Zenit have awesome pieces up right now about women’s role in violence against them. The Hathor Legacy examines the myth of equating surrender to protection while Zenit has a startlingly (and I believe unintentionally) feminist examination of women’s role in their own subjugation. Both are worth a read (in the order [...]

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All right, I’m usually one of those cynical bastards who bemoans the commercial underpinnings of Valentine’s Day–created by candymakers and gift card companies, blah blah blah humbug blah. I include this qualification because I don’t want my second romantic post in two days to completely obliterate my gruff, sardonic reputation. I’m a mean [...]

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