hell’s handmaiden

John Edwards went on record as “repudiated the notion there is a ‘global war on terror’, calling it an ideological doctrine advanced by the Bush Administration that has strained American military resources and emboldened terrorists.” Damn straight. There is no war on terror. There are terrorists, yes. There is a war, yes. Several wars actually. There are people in Army suits shooting at people not in army suits. But the war on terror is a farce, and it is a farce that is actually making things worse.

Iraq on the verge of collapse

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a Dirty Little Secret

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Sorry, but I’m not buying it. Reactions like this– originally encountered at NoPornNorthhampton– do not come from watching naked people have sex. I’m sure the account is true in that it is an accurate reflection of the author’s experience, of her emotional reations and her subjective state. Damage like this does not come from watching nudie flicks. This kind of pathology is well on its way when you get to the porn.

I was claiming power, the all-elusive power that women strive for their entire lives, from degrading and enjoying the degradation of other women. I had absorbed a lesson from the patriarchy: women are easy to degrade, weaker, and more vulnerable, so much so that even another woman can take their power.