29 September 2014
A Discussion About Domestic Abuse with 11 Men and 0 Women
From ESPN Has a Problem With Women at Esquire:
On Monday night, a panel on a two-hour pregame show for Monday Night Football will, among other things, address domestic abuse. This panel will discuss, once again, the appropriate penalty for hitting a woman.
The panel for that discussion will include the following people: Chris Berman, Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Adam Schefter, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, Jon Gruden, Mike Tirico, Stuart Scott, Steve Young and Ray Lewis.
Up to 11 men, all between the ages of 39 and 74 will sit at the table for a domestic violence discussion on ESPN. Zero women. Victims of domestic violence in America are most likely to be women aged 20-24.
When the show has updates from the field — brief reports about injuries and the upcoming game — they’ll cut to female sideline reporters, Lisa Salters and, on some weeks, Suzy Kolber.
These people are not allowed at the table.
On Monday night, a panel on a two-hour pregame show for Monday Night Football will, among other things, address domestic abuse. This panel will discuss, once again, the appropriate penalty for hitting a woman.
The panel for that discussion will include the following people: Chris Berman, Cris Carter, Mike Ditka, Adam Schefter, Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson, Jon Gruden, Mike Tirico, Stuart Scott, Steve Young and Ray Lewis.
Up to 11 men, all between the ages of 39 and 74 will sit at the table for a domestic violence discussion on ESPN. Zero women. Victims of domestic violence in America are most likely to be women aged 20-24.
When the show has updates from the field — brief reports about injuries and the upcoming game — they’ll cut to female sideline reporters, Lisa Salters and, on some weeks, Suzy Kolber.
These people are not allowed at the table.
27 September 2014
Adding "Mr"
From I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to my resume and landed a job by Kim O’Grady:
"My first name is Kim. Technically, it’s gender neutral, but my experience showed that most people’s default setting in the absence of any other clues is to assume Kim is a woman’s name. And nothing else on my CV identified me as male. At first I thought I was being a little paranoid, but engineering, sales and management were all male-dominated industries. So I pictured all the managers I had over the years and, forming an amalgam of them in my mind, I read through the document as I imagined they would have. It was like being hit on the head with a big sheet of unbreakable glass ceiling."
"My first name is Kim. Technically, it’s gender neutral, but my experience showed that most people’s default setting in the absence of any other clues is to assume Kim is a woman’s name. And nothing else on my CV identified me as male. At first I thought I was being a little paranoid, but engineering, sales and management were all male-dominated industries. So I pictured all the managers I had over the years and, forming an amalgam of them in my mind, I read through the document as I imagined they would have. It was like being hit on the head with a big sheet of unbreakable glass ceiling."
Labels: politics
26 September 2014
John Oliver Takes on the Miss America Pageant
06 November 2012
Quote of the Day: Get Fuzzy
In honor of the election... From Dumbheart, by Darby Conley:
Satchel: Bucky, you're a Republican, you'll like this: how many Republicans does it take to change a lightbulb? Nobody knows! They won't release the information! Ha ha ha!
Bucky: Oh yeah? Well, how many degenerate liberals does it take to change a lightbulb?
Satchel: Well, with the proper funding --
Bucky: They never change anything, they just cry over the broken bulb!
Rob: Hey, hey, hey, settle down in there.
Satchel: I'm sorry, Rob, there's no room in this discussion for another party.
Bucky: How many 3rd partyers does it take to change a bulb? We'll never know...
Satchel: Bucky, you're a Republican, you'll like this: how many Republicans does it take to change a lightbulb? Nobody knows! They won't release the information! Ha ha ha!
Bucky: Oh yeah? Well, how many degenerate liberals does it take to change a lightbulb?
Satchel: Well, with the proper funding --
Bucky: They never change anything, they just cry over the broken bulb!
Rob: Hey, hey, hey, settle down in there.
Satchel: I'm sorry, Rob, there's no room in this discussion for another party.
Bucky: How many 3rd partyers does it take to change a bulb? We'll never know...
10 September 2011
Quote of the Day: P.J. O'Rourke
From Eat the Rich, he discusses the rudeness of Russians:
People who weren't in Russia before 1991 sometimes think Russian rudeness is a product of freedom. "I guess the Russians are finally free to be rude," they'll say. They're wrong. Manners were worse yet in the USSR and were accompanied by a public atmosphere of defeated fatigue and indefatigable suspicion. [...] So socialism causes rudeness. And capitialism causes rudeness. But if you go to Sweden, where they've got both, everybody's polite. You figure it out.
People who weren't in Russia before 1991 sometimes think Russian rudeness is a product of freedom. "I guess the Russians are finally free to be rude," they'll say. They're wrong. Manners were worse yet in the USSR and were accompanied by a public atmosphere of defeated fatigue and indefatigable suspicion. [...] So socialism causes rudeness. And capitialism causes rudeness. But if you go to Sweden, where they've got both, everybody's polite. You figure it out.
Labels: P.J. O'Rourke, politics
23 June 2011
Canadian Politics, Backwards
I love Rick Mercer and his sense of humor. The only problem is that he spends most of his time talking about Canadian politics, which I know very little about. I end up learning stuff, though, by going backwards from the jokes. It's sort of like reverse engineering technology...
But sometimes he actually explains things! Here's "Everything You Wanted To Know About Canada but Were Afraid To Ask":
You can find tons of his stuff on YouTube:
Na30P4: The Movie
Missile Defense in 30 Seconds
How Parliament Works
The Throne Speech
A very educational Have and Have-Not Provinces
Finally, the very silly January Tributes
But sometimes he actually explains things! Here's "Everything You Wanted To Know About Canada but Were Afraid To Ask":
You can find tons of his stuff on YouTube:
Na30P4: The Movie
Missile Defense in 30 Seconds
How Parliament Works
The Throne Speech
A very educational Have and Have-Not Provinces
Finally, the very silly January Tributes
Labels: politics, Rick Mercer
