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The Gun Issue Is A Masculinity Issue

I feel like I'm going into this already having lost some of you. Are events like these about gun control or mental health? Answer: Sure. But there's still more. What some of us fail to see are the millions of connections that tell us what is wrong with our world. These are not separate issues. The same reason our schools become war zones for angsty, white teenage terrorists is the same reason why Pence wants to electrocute your kids. It is also why we have to rise up on social media with hashtags like #MeToo and #TimesUp. Our boys need help. There, I said it. Maybe you hate the word feminism. You've been lied to at some point. Feminism isn't radical. It isn't crazy. It's simple. Equity. It's the assertion that women, actually, that ALL people are deserving of respect, authority, and compensation that is directly correlated with how much effort they put into life, regardless of gender, sex, or race. How many more times will we have to blog abo...

Radicalized Alt-Right Terrorist Kills 17 People in the 18th School Shooting of 2018

MAGA Supporter and Alt-Right Domestic Terrorist, Nikolas Cruz, shot and killed 17 people this past Wednesday at a Parkland, Florida high school. The 19-year-old who had been expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for his past violence and disciplinary issues returned to said school with an AR-15, a semi-automatic rifle, and apparently weapon of choice among mass murderers of his kind. The AR-15 was used in almost all of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States, including but not limited to Las Vegas, Aurora, San Bernardino, Orlando/Pulse Nightclub, and Sandy Hook. Investigators believed he pulled the fire alarm in order to draw people out of classrooms before opening fire on students and faculty.  Cruz had been kicked out of two private schools and had been held back twice. His social media presence can only be described as really disturbing and super suspect. Cruz was an avid Donald Trump supporter who posted a variety of gun and violence rela...

Lady Doritos: "Not As Sexist As It Sounds!"

So listen, I know I haven't blogged since December because I'm a lazy sack of sh*t  because I was getting my laptop fixed but who even reads this  but I'm blaaaaaaaccckkkkkkkkkkk   back . Like a Pheonix, I only rise from my ashes during Black History Month. Indra Nooyi, chief executive of PepsiCo, made some high key sexist remarks about the way woman want to enjoy a bag of Doritos on a "Freakonomics Radio" podcast on January 31st. She said, "they don't like to crunch too loudly in public and they don't lick their fingers generously, and they don't like to pour the little broken pieces and the flavor into their mouths." Well, Ms. Nooyi clearly you haven't ever seen a round of sorority recruitment because my sisters would dispell a theory like that in a matter of seconds, #SigmaServesDoritos.  Although PepsiCo, which owns Frito-Lay, the manufacturer of Doritos now denies this, when she was asked if Doritos was planning a mal...