Jessica Bluemke grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and graduated from Ball State University in 2008 with a BA in Literature. She currently works as a writer and resides on the North side of Chicago.
By the end of 2012, Uganda’s internationally contentious “Kill the Gays” bill will become law. The highly religious, highly Christian country has been trying to get this bill passed since 2009, and it faced a great deal of criticism on an international level along the way: several European countries threatened to reduce aid to the country if the bill was passed. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga described the bill’s passing as a “Christmas gift” for the Ugandan people. Read more
Does anyone remember how mad people were when Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a slut? I, for one, didn’t realize that anyone called anyone else a slut after the age of 16, but there it was. Now, a blogger over at the Christian Men’s Defense Network has named an entire voting bloc “The Slut Vote” and I bet you just can’t wait to hear his super sound arguments for his position. He is, evidently, known as B-Skillet and he wrote an opinion piece about how the sluts blew it for Romney. I say “evidently” because the CMDN website, his piece, and his Twitter feed are all set to private. I say “blew it” because it was a dirty pun. Read more
I hope everyone is well rested after last night. I, myself, was merely a half-hour late to work after staying up to watch both speeches (worth it). I am super-excited to report that extreme right-wingers are overreacting to President Obama’s victory in a delightfully cartoon-ish way. But were you really expecting anything else? Joseph Farah, founder of WorldNetDaily.com and Snidely Whiplash mustache-model, is pissed. Read more
