Daily Read: 27FEB2013

Hoo-boy.  There have been so many articles about Seth MacFarlane's hosting job at the Oscar's that is has been darn near impossible to pick just one.  However, I have finally found this feminist rant on Jezebel.  That is what I am supposed to call it, right...when a woman writes a piece calling out the injustices...that makes it a rant?  Oh, whatever...it's a bloody good read and again makes me wish I could write so well.  Thank you!

Daily Read: 23FEB2012

Oh what the heck.  The Dayton 500 is this weekend.  What would it hurt for me to post another article in relation to it?  I am, however, sticking with my Danica related theme.  This article is even better.  Janet Guthrie, I think you are pretty cool.

Since then, many capable female drivers have come and gone — it’s not that there’s been a lack of talent. And it’s not just that the racing world is conservative or sexist, although those elements are there. The explanation lies in the extremely expensive nature of the sport. Patrick is the first woman who has been able to summon the mega-dollars necessary to field a front-running car, and last Sunday she made the most of it.

Daily Read: 22FEB2013

Doubt you will ever convince me to be a NASCAR fan, but you can probably easily convince me to be a Danica Patrick fan now.

I think that I am just going to try to earn everyone's respect out there on the track, and that's it," she told the New Yorker around the time of her transition to Nascar. "And if that doesn't play culturally, and I don't adapt culturally, and do all of the things that are stereotypical of that crowd, well, who cares? I mean, things evolve. Things change. And, you know, I'm able to do what I want to do. I don't have to conform.

Well said, Danica...well said! 

Daily Read: 21FEB2013

I have always said that I am undecided about the death penalty.  As it is currently enforced in the United States, it is ineffective at the very least and beyond cruel and usual in the more extreme cases.

The second stay of execution for a mentally impaired man in Georgia is exactly what I mean.

Daily Read: 19FEB2013

Right then.  It's almost March.  I've failed at being consistent on here.  I suppose that is what happens when you figure there is no one out there reading your stuff.  However, in an attempt to at least look like I do something with this blog, I've decided to create my daily read post.  (Well...maybe not daily...a girl can dream big, can't she?!)  At the very least, I will be able to look back upon the articles that I found pertinent to my continuing education.

So, without further ado:

Rape is rape.  Violence against women is violence against humanity.  If you have to put it in the context of only being horrific if perpetuated against a member of your family, then you need some growing up to do.