Kahomono - Still Lucky After All These Years

Random musings on whatever catches my attention that day

David F

Self-Documenting Republicans

South Carolina state Senator Thomas Corbin (R - of course) was quoted last week by a site called FITSNews, speaking to his lone female colleague, Katrina Shealy, regarding her gender. Just as I was absorbing this, I saw that Mississippi Rep. Gene Alday (R - acist)…

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David F

Manliness and... Hot Sauce?

Does the spectacle of men enjoying crazy-hot peppers or million-Scoville hot sauces ever strike you as a bit disingenuous?  Like there's really another motive unrelated to making chicken wings tasty?  You may be on to something. A new study titled, Gender differences in the influence of…

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David F

Amazon Signaling

Drew of Toothpaste for Dinner has a companion blog called The Worst Things for Sale.  Every now and then you will see an item there somewhat along these lines: Now this doesn't look so bad, a simple 18" audio patch cord, useful for connecting a portable…

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David F

How Drag is Different from Blackface

Mary Cheney saw the previews for RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7, and flipped out.  Although out as a lesbian herself, she can usually be found attacking LGBTQ communities to make political hay for those who trade on the Red base's homophobia.  She wrote, This is an…

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