Month: November 2016

Those Wily Teenagers | Vol. 4 / No. 3.5

Elle Irise Feminism

Well… It’s been quite the week, hasn’t it? Part of me wanted to do yet another article on the garbage fire that is the Trump administration, and the very real threat he presents to basically everyone on the planet, including the white people who voted for him. The rest of me reminded that part of me that I’m already having trouble sleeping at night. So I’m turning my attention to other things for a moment, in an attempt to not scream into the void forever. Don’t worry, I’m sure he will be the topic of many, many future Feminist Friday posts. So instead, this week I’m turning to an interesting little corner of the internet: teen pregnancy in The Sims.
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Fighting Fake News | Vol. 4 / No. 3.4

RFB because "viral"

By now it’s obvious to everybody but Zuckerberg that Facebook’s failure to fight so-called “news” that was outright fabricated by clickbait merchants may have had a significant impact on the presidential election. And while The Zuck hasn’t got any plans to actually do anything about it, calling the whole idea “pretty crazy,” Buzzfeed is reporting that inside the company there’s some dissent on that front.
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Is This A Cry For Help, Apple? | Vol. 4 / No. 3.3

RFB opinion

You know in action-thriller films — in hostage situations — where, in order to let the heroes know the situation, the hostages will do weird things? You know, say things that don’t make sense? You know, “oh, no, I think the volcanic glow they heat McDonald’s apple ‘pie’ filling to is a totally appropriate temperature for human food,” or “Taco Bell has the best beef.” “Let’s go eat Arby’s.” Well, I’m starting to wonder whether Apple isn’t going through something similar. Is this a coded message, Apple? Do you need assistance? Blink once for yes.
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Vote. | Vol. 4 / No. 2.2

RFB politics

This is a post just for my American readers today.

I’m not going to pretend I don’t have any political opinions. In another year, I might even say it doesn’t matter who you vote for, just that you do get out there and vote.

But this year, if you’re a skeptic, there’s a pretty stark choice…
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