politics Archive

0December 13, 2011
No Newt Is Good Newt

I had these buttons / pinbacks made back in the day — the early days of the gross ineptitude, racism, and misogyny of the political money-grubbing beast that is Newt…
0October 27, 2011
Signs Of The Times: 1969 (Or, Men At Work?)

In light of the recently released Congressional Budget Office report on income inequality, I found this cover of the August 1969 issue of Fortune relevant — especially the The Time…
0October 17, 2011
What I’ve Been Reading Link Round-Up

Come explore with me! Beware Pinkwashing at The Girlie Girl Army: All about how unhealthy and manipulative buying “pink” for breast cancer awareness &/or research can be. At Sociological Images,…
0October 4, 2011
A Chilling Cold War Reminder Of The Freedom Of Media

Making Democracy Work & Grow: Practical Suggestions For Students, Teachers, Administrators, and Other Community Leaders, from the Federal Security Agency, Office of Education, Bulletin 1948 No 10, Oscar R. Ewing,…
2September 28, 2011
Make Your Children Feel Pretty By Making Fun Of Presidents (Or I’m Giving Away Atomic Religous Beauty?)

Perhaps today’s right-win conservative evangelists are only following the advice of Dorothy C. Haskin in God In My Kitchen: Fifty-Two Thoughts For Homemakers (copyright 1958, Warner Press, Anderson, Indiana)… In…
0September 24, 2011
“Protection To American Labor And American Industries”

I spotted this 1888 Benjamin Harrison silk handkerchief or scarf at Listia (if you don’t know what Listia is, check out my review), and I was so bummed to have…
1September 15, 2011
In Which Gardasil & I *Almost* Make The News (Or, Ethics In Medicine & Media)

Last week I watched The Republican Debate at the Reagan Library. I found myself astounded by the fact that these people with limited intellectual reasoning, if not limited intellectual functioning,…
0August 17, 2011
The Weinerlogues, Performed By Bill Maher & Jane Lynch

I don’t get HBO, so I can’t see . But since I love Mahr and Jane Lynch, I just had to share this clip in which the dynamic duo read…
0August 7, 2011
Sign Of The Times 1932

Wanted Urgently a strong rope to hang myself alternatively unfurnished accommodation for my wife unborn child and myself Photograph of an unknown man during the Depression, circa 1932; via, via.
0July 28, 2011
Sign Of The Times: 1922 & Today

Message in Washington, D.C., July 28, 1922; message to Washington, D.C. today. Don’t let the tea party-ers or republicans fool you: the hold-up on the debt ceiling has nothing to…
0July 13, 2011
The Vow: For You, Not I

While most people have been talking about the horrible misrepresentation of slavery and other racist notions, Vyckie Garrison, of No Longer Qivering, notes the other sinister side, the sexist side,…
0July 8, 2011
Think Global, Act Local

“Think Global, Act Local” is more than an old saying or mantra; it’s a philosophy. Thinking globally while acting locally is a way to take huge problems, like racism (as…
0May 22, 2011
Equal Rights Status, 1944

A quick news item found in the May 1, 1944 issue of Pathfinder magazine; with links added by yours truly: Equal Rights Pledging support to candidates in the coming election…
0February 8, 2011
No More Wire Hangers, Ever!

I’m invoking the name and memory of Joan Crawford to make a plea for those of you in the US to take action against those who would force women to…
0January 28, 2011
“Snake Oil Is Wonderful Stuff” (I Fear A New Anti-Obama Slogan *sigh*)

A vintage ad (Newsweek, 1950), in which those wise and merciful corporations, Electric Light & Power Companies, expose their virtues while exposing the menace that is government regulation, comparing it…
0November 19, 2010
(Mini) Signs Of The Times

A lot of 30 feminist and gay/lesbian pinbacks, including pro ERA pins and “I Love You Susan B. Anthony.”
0November 2, 2010
The Law’s Long Arm (Vote!)

Some people will tell you it’s more important that you vote than who you vote for; I’m not one of those people. But I don’t have a lot of time…
0October 14, 2010
Pinheads & Patriots; The View Edition

I missed seeing Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, The Patriots, walk away from Bill O’Reilly, The Pinhead, on The View; but thanks to the Internet, I can watch it over…
5February 9, 2010
Don’t Tell Me I Give Feminism A Bad Name

In her post, Phony Feminists and Super Bowl Commercials, Karen Townsend says that the “outdated, outmoded, out of touch [with the] feminist movement” females who’ve “loudly bellowed” in a “snit”…
2November 24, 2009
Corsets Bound To Stay Suffrage

If you’ve been following along with my corset history workshop, you’ve read about the debunking of the science behind death-by-corset claims and seen some of the evidence why science and…
0November 10, 2009
I Was With 95% Of Americans In 1950

From the June 26, 1950, issue of Newsweek, results of Gallup Poll regarding “how well informed the average American is on terms and phrases appearing regularly in the news.” The…