The “gotcha” question is tempting, oh so sorely tempting. The problem is, what if the question you decide to ask reflects poorly on you and your general level of ignorance. As with most train-wrecks, the results are ugly. Watch Potholer dismantle yet another clueless christian creationist with nothing but the sober reality of empirical fact. […]
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Dead Wild Roses: You Can’t Make Shite Like this Up – Delusional Christians and Obama
It is like watching a traffic accident, everyone just slows down and gawks at the spectacle at hand. The wordpress reader made me slow down and read this post from Cynthia on The Trumpet Sound. Now usually when I see the godbaggy speak oozing forth from a blog I just keep on going knowing that […]
Dead Wild Roses: Susan Brownmiller – On Pornography.
Still reading Against Our Will, but found this quote on the internets – ”I wonder if the ACLU’s position (on pornography) might change if, come tomorrow morning, the bookstores and movie theaters lining Forty-second Street in New York City were devoted not to the humiliation of women by rape and torture, as they currently […]
Dead Wild Roses: What the Frakk – No One Tells Me Anything – BSG Blood & Chrome
Yes, I do live under a rock. I’m guessing not having a TV will do this to you, but it was by chance that I happened by this release of the new BSG series blood and chrome and its awesome! Episode 1 and 2 are already out. Dammit I’m finally going to have to learn […]
Dead Wild Roses: Against Our Will – Susan Brownmiller – Quote of the Day
“Against Our Will” is an important book, I suggest that everyone read it as soon as possible. “A world without rapists would be a world in which women moved freely without fear of men. That some men rape provides a sufficient threat to keep all women in a constant state of intimidation, forever conscious of […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – god, A Reassuring Fable
With all the noise coming from the rightwing deluded conservo-nut side of the blogosphere decrying loss of all hope, I thought I would reaffirm the reason why they lost and lost big in their election. Your base is believes in magic and mythology, here and now in the 21st century. Your wacky ideas had their […]
Dead Wild Roses: Project Unbreakable – Pictures that say too much.
*TW for sexual violence. Project Unbreakable is about the survivors of sexual assault. It is a photoblog of survivors holding up signs with messages about their experiences and feelings. Powerful stuff. Abuse is epidemic in our societies, not thinking about it does not make it go away. Please link to and propagate Project Unbreakable’s message. […]
Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Some Wineglass with your Mozart?
Something a little different this Friday folks. The love of music comes in many shapes and sizes, we here at DWR appreciate peoples’ dedication to their art. This fine individual has decided to pursue his love of Mozart via the crystal harp; I say more power to him. Filed under: Music Tagged: Crystal […]
Dead Wild Roses: We are post-feminsim, post-patriarchy and post-racism…honest.
Trigger warning for Language, Homophobia and Racism and violence in general. This is by no means a scientific finding. This isn’t even a good sample, but lets background that for bit and look at what is going on in the video. How many times do you hear the word “Bitch” or “Fag” or even more […]
Dead Wild Roses: More advice on how to be a decent human being.
Filed under: Education, Feminism Tagged: Bitch, Feminism, Helpful Hints
Dead Wild Roses: The Catholic Church is a Force for Good?
Oh that answer of course is “No”. “No” a million times over. But its always fun to watch the deluded try and justify the rotten foundations of the RCC or as in this case yell at themselves while on hold.
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Supporting the Leser Evil – Go Obama, Go.
Our neighbour to the south tends to influence the world and North America. As a citizen of said region, I would have to endorse the lesser evil of Obama rather than Mittens. Betty Bowers helps reinforce that idea.
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: My Flippant Love Affair – With Video Games
I hate to say it folks, but video games have not been improving as of late. Certainly the exceptions being the gratuitous eye candy and special effects, but as far as things that make you sit back and go, “Wow that was fantastic!” have been few and far between.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – The Golden Crockoduck
Religious stupidity it burns! Potholer54 goes into the dark seedy world of Creation “Science” to find the most vacuously dishonest christian on Youtube. It was a tight race, but one familiar name came out on top… Filed under: Religion Tagged: Christianity, How Religion Poisons Everything, Religion, The DWR Sunday Religious
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Pro-Life is Pro-Ignorance as well – Ottawa School Trip Cancelled.
You would think that here in Canada we would have at least few more moments of sanity. Apparently not. “A trip for students from two Ottawa Catholic high schools to observe the U.S. presidential election has been cancelled because of an article on an anti-abortion website, leaving students and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Frieday Musical Interlude – CBC Signature Series – A Minor: The Faded Beauty.
Welcome readers to the key of A minor, the CBC Signature Series continues and as always, you will have to go over to the CBC Radio 2 site to listen to the music and voice-over by Paolo Pietropaolo. A minor: The Faded Beauty Also known as: The Wilted Rose. The
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: GOP and Rape – Devaluing Women Since the 90′s
If you are a woman how do you vote Republican with stuff like this going on in the party? Just sayn’. Found this on The Dancing Professor, go there for a fantastic read/rant as well. Filed under: Politics Tagged: American Politics, Feminism, Rape, Republican War on Women
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Ah, my favorite Ayn Rand Quote
On Objectivism – “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Have a Happy Patriarchal Halloween
That whole male-gaze/female objectification thing is soooooo out to lunch. Go to the Tumblr to see the rest. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Halloween, Male Gaze, Objectification of women, Sexist Costumes
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