What The TSA Screenings Mean For Sexual Assault Survivors
Among the constituencies pissed off about the TSA's new security measures: Sexual assault survivors, for whom both the body scans and the patdowns can be triggering.
The Anti-Groping Lobby's Pantsless Plot
The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg proposes that men wear kilts on a day of protest against new gropey TSA policies. We suppose women could go pantyless, but somehow that seems less like a less effective fuck-you. Still, the dissent is building.
Will TSA Ever Max Out on the Touchy-Feely Security Measures?
Just in time for the holidays—the only time many Americans fly—the Washington Post reports on the Transportation Security Administration's new passenger pat-downs, which involve touching and feeling around people's private areas. What more could they do to us?
Nicki Minaj's Bodyguard Needs To Watch His Hands
[Miami, November 1. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]
Prison Guards Make Lawyers Remove Their Bras
Some Belgian lawyers allege that the "sensitive" metal detectors at one jail are just an excuse to get female visitors to take off their bras.
Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
We covered the shrill, fear-based badvertising commercials for home security systems in December 2008, in August 2009 and October 2009. Today, Sarah Haskins tackles the same damsel-in-distress ads.
