Tough Love – Sex and brainwashing

24 December, 2009 in America, beauty, capitalism, equality, feminism, media, propaganda, television, Tough Love, U.S., women
Tags: America, dating, economics, feminism, men, reality TV, relationships, sex, sexism, unclear on the concept, women

Posted by Irresponsibility I have seen my share of ghastly television, but for sheer can’t-prise-my-peering-eyes-from-the-telly-nor-stifle-my-howls-of-anguish VH1’s alleged dating show Tough Love takes the chocolate chip biscuit. “Alleged” because Tough Love is to ordinary dating shows what H-bombs are to BB guns. The premise is Master Matchmaker® Steven Ward, with a little help from Matchmaker Mom [...]

Laura Dekker Unjustly Detained Imprisoned Transported

22 December, 2009 in arrest, children, civil liberty, equality, feminism, freedom, gender gap, house arrest, human rights, incarceration, sport, women
Tags: Britain, family, feminism, freedom, Netherlands, news, sailing, sexism, sport, women, women can't win

Posted by Irresponsibilty Expert Dutch sailor Laura Dekker has been forcibly and unjustly detained in Venezuela, and is being transported back to the Netherlands to be questioned by police. Her crime? Being a 14-year-old girl with a burning ambition to sail around the world. When teenage boys express a desire to sail around the world [...]

Bad Beef – ‘Would you Like E. Coli with That?’

4 December, 2009 in America, food, government, politics, safety, U.S.
Tags: America, close but no cigar, E. coli, food safety, health, meat, New York Times, news

Posted by Irresponsibilty Food poisoning from toxic strains of E. coli, mostly the O157:H7 variety, has become a recurring problem. The strain is responsible for an estimated 73,000 illnesses and 61 deaths across the country each year. – New York Times Good news carnivores! The Agriculture Department has given prelimary approval to an E. Coli [...]