This week has been a political doozy. But the GOP’s war on women isn’t the only thing that happened.
- The Texas mandatory sonogram bill has been sent to the senate for a vote. The Texas Tribune has a great piece on Texas’ anti-choice democrats. Their reasons include “feeling” like women regret abortions, and wanting them to understand that an abortion ends an unintended pregnancy. Because women didn’t before.
- Note to Fox News: men filming women in showers without their consent isn’t “equipment managers gone wild.” It’s gross, and it’s creepy, and it’s harassment, and it’s a violation of privacy. It’s not a great time for a cute pun on shitty pseudo-porn videos.
- Texas A&M researchers find that male swordtail fish can choose when and where to release pheremone-filled urine, contrary to previous belief. But the headline on SiFy? “Chemicals In Male Swordtail Urine Drive Females Crazy For Sex.” You may file this under “people are unable to keep from anthropomorphizing animal behavior to fit human gender narratives.”
- Is it wrong to expect more from an expensive private university newspaper? Boys hate Valentine’s Day and stupid, fragile girls are desperate to celebrate it!
- DNA tests that detect first-degree familial incest could put doctors in legal limbo, according to Baylor geneticists.
- LGBT bills to watch in the Texas Lege this session.
sincerely, me
conspiretheatre
Jenny Rain
merrittmartin
nanarchist
rooflizard
Susan Quesal
tessamuldvarp
theakohout
thefword527
andrea grimes
Is it wrong to expect more from an expensive private university newspaper?
only when this is the same newspaper that printed, in all earnestness, a piece called “life’s tough for pretty girls” when i was in school. now, there exists a possible angle for a piece with that title that COULD be interesting, but this was not it. this was of the “i have TOO many dates to the party to choose from” and “oh no! you spilled champagne on my strawberries!” school of thought.