Meagan Hatcher-Mays

8/28/13

How Not to Talk About MLK on This Historic Day (Or Ever, Really)

Today is the 50^th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Dr. King was a lion among…

8/22/13

The Tough Road Ahead for Chelsea Manning

This morning, Army private Bradley Manning formally announced that she would be living the rest of her life as a…

8/15/13

Great News for Ladies Who Like Sex: 'Sexual Peaks' Are Nonsense

Like all Ladies of a Certain Age, I've been inundated with the message that female sexuality and desire meet their…

8/8/13

Forty Percent of White Americans Are Lying About Their 'Black Friend'

Even though America is soundly post-racial and racism is over because Barack Obama and Cheerios, it turns out that…

8/7/13

Made-Up Dick Diseases Keeping Us From Figuring Out Male Birth Control

Like a lot of unchaste women, I take birth control every day. I do this because, as an underemployed person, I am…

7/19/13

FYI: Terrorists Can Be Hot and Black Men Can Be Innocent

This week, Rolling Stone made everyone very mad by putting a picture of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzokhar…

7/2/13

Tulsa's Olympics Bid Involves Shitty Trail of Tears Gimmick

If you’re like me, you have a dormant streak of patriotism that comes alive once but every four years—on the…

6/27/13

What the DOMA Decision Does and Doesn't Mean for Gay Marriage

As you have perhaps heard, Supreme Court has done something about gay marriage! This is a big deal, because for some…

6/25/13

Clarence Thomas Is the Absolute Worst. Here's Why.

Everyone knows Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the best Supreme Court justice, but which one is King Shit of Poop Mountain?…

6/24/13

SCOTUS Issues Ruling On Affirmative Action, and It's A Little Weird

This morning, the Supreme Court finally delivered its opinion in Fisher v. University of Texas—the affirmative…

6/21/13

George W. Bush's Awful "Anti-Prostitution Oath" Is Unconstitutional

Man, the Supreme Court wants to go on summer vacay so bad! All it wants to do is head to the cabin upstate, chill at…

6/20/13

How Sofia Coppola Whitewashed <em>The Bling Ring</em>

How Sofia Coppola Whitewashed The Bling Ring

I've had a mild obsession with the "Bling Ring," a merry band of teenaged robbers, ever since I read Nancy Jo…

6/17/13

SCOTUS Confirms: Dumb Arizona Law is Totally Dumb

This morning, the Supreme Court held that an Arizona state law requiring additional proof of United States…

6/14/13

I Read the <em>Daily Mail</em> Every Single Day Because I'm a Monster

I Read the Daily Mail Every Single Day Because I'm a Monster

I need to make an announcement regarding my credibility as a potential future professional woman and as a human…

6/13/13

SCOTUS Avoids Dystopian Nightmare and Says Your Genes Belong to You

This morning, the Supreme Court unanimously (cute!) ruled that human genes are not patentable. The Court heard oral…

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