EdgeOfTheSandboxinIron LadiesWhy Sex Was Better Under Socialism Is One Hot Mess of a BookIt’s pretty colonialist, too.Mar 6, 2019Mar 6, 2019
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EdgeOfTheSandboxHow to Get Fired for an Abortion JokeI’m not prepared to say that Kevin D. Williamson is the greatest writer of his generation, but he embodies many of its sensibilities.Apr 12, 2018Apr 12, 2018
EdgeOfTheSandboxinIron LadiesThe Secret History of International Women’s DayDid you know it was a Soviet “red calendar day”? Or that what sustained it through the years was not radicalism but traditionalism?Mar 8, 201810Mar 8, 201810
EdgeOfTheSandboxinIron LadiesArt’s Watery GraveWhen curators become moral arbiters, art becomes propaganda.Mar 5, 20181Mar 5, 20181
EdgeOfTheSandboxinIron LadiesEvery Generation Needs Its PagliaA little behind the scenes conversationFeb 28, 20183Feb 28, 20183