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.
Rape is not a subject that should be discussed flippantly or lightly. It shouldn’t be down-played. It shouldn’t be brushed off. And yet, in the last few months we have seen a lot of crap being espoused from (mostly) men from (mostly) the right. It is inexcusable, and we shouldn’t stand for it. What with it being election day and all, let’s take a trip down Memory Lane and relive these horrifying moments in GOP rhetoric. I have decided to use intentionally unflattering pictures of them so they learn their lesson: You denigrate my gender, you get unflattering pictures of you posted on blogs you probably don’t read. (Booyah.) Read more
Noah is the newest movie from director Darren Aronofsky. It’s slated for release in 2014 and looks to be a remake of 2007’s Evan Almighty. [Note: After some further painstaking research, I discovered that it is evidently based on some little-known story in the Bible known colloquially as “Noah’s Ark.” Amazing!] It also stars some big name celebrities like Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, and Emma Watson. Read more
There was a time, not too long ago, where we had to present reasons to support same-sex marriage. The tables are turning. It seems to me that social conservatives and religious leaders no longer have the moral high-ground that they thought they did and are now having to present their side of the argument more and more. And they’re doing a piss-poor job of it. Read more
