Jane Devin

Subtitled: If my eye offends you, fuck you. It’s mine.
Tomorrow, the religious wrong, while pretending religion has nothing to do with it, will attempt to beat me over the head with their imagined moral authority and their too-real power. Chest-beating Christians will circle around me in a vulturous group, waiting [...]

I recently had cause to remember The Year that Blew My Mind. It wasn’t mind-blowing in a good way – the oyster of the world didn’t open up and reveal any grand pearls of wisdom – instead, my gray matter was challenged to find reason for the unreasonable, and causes for the inexcusable. [...]

Inspired by John R., Dolores, and all the rebels who gather here . . .
Years ago, I wrote a paper on the state of charity in the U.S., and while the specific details have faded, I remember that the dollar amount of private contributions alone – independent of any governmental assistance – would have been [...]

“Feminism: the radical notion that women are people.” - Anonymous
“Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” - Pat Robertson
Feminism. The word can rouse the twin specters of angst and animus out of even their most [...]

Prig
n.
1. A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
I don’t believe that a Caucasian person could have given a speech like the one Barack Obama did on March 18th.
In fact, it is almost certain that a white person could not have even given a similar speech [...]