From a personal ad on Atlasphere, “connecting admirers of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged”:
I love intelligent, sassy girls, particularly those working in consulting or investment banking (but other fields are great too). Really, nothing is hotter than an accomplished girl in a suit, as long as she is willing to settle down and have my [...]
Interesting discussion at PeaceBang’s about whether the GOP’s blame-gaming of Sarah Palin is sexist or not. (Parenthetical note: Is it wrong that I get ticked off when men tell me that attacks on a woman are not sexist? It feels patronizing even when that is (presumably) not intended. But as I mentioned [...]
I’m boggled. How could a person read this lambent and beautiful essay, and respond like this?
You’re not afraid to say it–despite many years in which women have preached feminism to each other, many if not most girls on the brink of womanhood are not primarily looking to be great career successes or to [...]
I just heard a Republican campaign manager on the radio talking about the McCain campaign’s intention to emphasize “Joe the Plumber” for the next several days of the campaign. But it’s not only Joe, he said! “It’s Bob the Builder and Tom the Teacher.” How inclusive!
So there we were, several dozen Girl Scouts and a few parents, waiting to enter the swimming pool where we had a planned event. And there they were, two young teenage girls and a young teenage guy, hanging around close by, presumably after having left the swimming pool.
They caught my eye initially because the young [...]
