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Postmodernism and Libertarianism’s Juvenile Understanding of Privilege, Identity, and Liberty

September 2, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz 5 Comments

We’ve got another awesome Sex and the State guest post! If you would like to submit a guest post, please fill out my contact form with an brief outline of what you want to write about. In libertarian and even conservative circles, the phrase “check your privilege” seems to have become the ultimate symbol of all things … [Read more…]

Posted in: Social Issues, Uncategorized Tagged: Privilege

Why Facebook Should Embrace Polyamory

July 17, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz 2 Comments

Facebook raised eyebrows earlier this year by unveiling 49 new gender options for users. Hopefully that’s just the start of the ubiquitous social network’s social boundary-pushing ways. The next frontier? Unconventional relationship options. Instead of multiple options for relationships with just one other user, Facebook should allow users to be in relationships with multiple users. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Social Issues Tagged: polyamory, Social Conservatism

Privilege Is a Plastic Spork

July 1, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz Leave a Comment

Mutual Exchange is the Center’s goal in two senses — we favor a society rooted in peaceful, voluntary cooperation, and we seek to foster understanding through ongoing dialogue. Mutual Exchange will provide opportunities for conversation about issues that matter to the Center’s audience. A lead essay, deliberately provocative, will be followed by responses from inside … [Read more…]

Posted in: Social Issues, Uncategorized Tagged: Privilege

Maya Angelou Testified About the Jim Crow South

June 9, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz

From the New York Times piece on the recently passed Maya Angelou: “Hallmarks of Ms. Angelou’s prose style included a directness of voice that recalls African-American oral tradition and gives her work the quality of testimony.” Testimony. In the Alabama Southern Baptist churches I grew up in, we gave our testimonies. By that we meant … [Read more…]

Posted in: Social Issues Tagged: Jim Crow, Maya Angelou, Racism

Checking My Hot Lady Privilege Before I Ban Bossy

March 14, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz

Well, between FEE, Stossel, and the ban bossy campaign, it appears the libertarian world is in a full-blown privilege discussion. I kind of hate that this is like, my deal. What some people know me for. Because everyone is right about the fact that it generally sounds hostile and dismissive to say “check your privilege” … [Read more…]

Posted in: Social Issues, Uncategorized Tagged: feminism, Privilege, Privilege Checking, Sexism

Michele Bachmann Didn’t Care for Religious Tolerance Until AZ Law

March 10, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz

Tea Party favorite and former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is upset that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a broad bill which carved out a special right for religious people to discriminate against gay individuals. “I was sorry that she made the decision, and it’s because I believe that tolerance is a two-way street and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Social Issues Tagged: Bachmann, Gay, Religious Freedom, Tea Party

Insane Email Response to My Michele Bachmann Article

March 10, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz

Last week I published Michelle Bachmann Didn’t Care for Religious Tolerance Unti AZ Law on the Huffington Post. Sunday morning I received this email. I’ve altered absolutely nothing. This person is apparently teaching history high school history in the United States. That should tell you everything you need to know about our education system. Subject: Re: … [Read more…]

Posted in: Social Issues Tagged: Bachmann, Gay

FDA Makes the Right Move, Generic Emergency Contraception Now Over the Counter

March 6, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz

For too long, the Food and Drug Administration under President Obama was a pretty big disappointment to women. But this week’s decision to make generic emergency contraception (sometimes known as the morning after pill or Plan B) available to women without a prescription, marks the latest move in an improved path toward policy backed by science instead … [Read more…]

Posted in: Social Issues Tagged: Contraception, feminism

Why Advising Women to Marry Young Insults Men Even More Than Women

February 27, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz

Susan Patton, author of Marry Smart: Advice for Finding ‘The One,’ has turned the old adage about men not buying the cow if they can get the milk for free into a WSJ article. While Patton’s goal may be to motivate young women to marry well by marrying early, she counterintuitively insults men and women in the process. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Social Issues Tagged: feminism, Marriage, Social Conservatism

New Amnesty International report calls for legalizing sex work

February 4, 2014 by cathyreisenwitz 2 Comments

It just couldn’t be clearer. “Amnesty International is opposed to the criminalization or punishment of activities related to the buying or selling of consensual sex between adults.” Thus begins a recently leaked document from the famed human rights organization calling for an end to prohibitions on sex work. Ironically perhaps, the most important, and controversial … [Read more…]

Posted in: Civil Liberties, Social Issues Tagged: sex work
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