Slate.com has an interesting write-up on a new technology, you know, the one making it possible to never menstruate again. Like the author, I’ll pass over the debate about the relation between womanhood, nature, and the body – not really my place to make a comment. Except this: I’m wary about the whole “keep technology off our bodies” rhetoric, not because of the politico-economic suspicions underlying the rhetoric (sound enough), but simply because technology is so deeply inside our bodies that we should talk more about boundaries than abolition. Rather, my main interest in this reflection is a familiar name: Jerry Falwell. What would Jerry think? Read the rest of this entry »
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I’ve been looking for a way to talk about Jerry Falwell’s death. There are the obvious things. You know, how he was hateful and disgusting and sinister and crafty and crass. He won’t be missed largely because he has already won the big battle, namely, bringing the legitimacy of hate back into the center of political discourse. Slate.com nicely listed some highlights of his career, including the classic blame: 11 September 2001 is the fault of feminists, et. al. Read the rest of this entry »