Kathy Shaidle

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A blogging pioneer since 2000, Kathy Shaidle runs FiveFeetOfFury.com. She has been called “a purveyor of some of the most offensive racial stereotypes I have ever read” by Bernie Farber of the Canadian Jewish Congress.


Vile Bodies

Corporate Media’s Boob Job

Corporate Media’s Boob Job

My first reaction to that over-discussed TIME magazine cover showing a woman

Crime

The Curse of King Martin

The Curse of King Martin

Rich Lowry owes John Derbyshire an apology. When Lowry fired Derbyshire from National

Idiocracy

Too Stupid for Words

Too Stupid for Words

In Annie Hall, Woody Allen’s character time-travels back to his old public-school

Home Front

No Room at the Inn

No Room at the Inn

Canada’s Human Rights Commissions (HRCs) are the bureaucrats who fined a comedian for

Politics

Shine Briefly, Little Pony

Shine Briefly, Little Pony

“I think it would be appropriate for Earth Hour in the interests of the environment

Zeitgeist

The Calley Effect

The Calley Effect

I share my Taki colleagues’ dismay and disgust regarding the fly-by-night carnival

Sex

Death by Diva?

Death by Diva?

How many suicides will we blame on Lady Gaga years from now? Hear me out: Our ruling

PC World

Turning Cads Into Klansmen

Turning Cads Into Klansmen

I spoke too soon when I reported back in January that women no longer have any

PC World

Forgetting the Alamo

Forgetting the Alamo

“Racial incident mars high school game,” San Antonio’s KSAT reported March 5.

Pop Music

Don’t Stop Daydream Believin’

Don’t Stop Daydream Believin’

They were completely fake, they were mostly unlovable, other people wrote their

Hollywood

The Not-so-Great Dictator

The Not-so-Great Dictator

So Jewish people don’t run Hollywood after all? That was my first snarky thought

PC World

This Week in Atonement

This Week in Atonement

Who says American manufacturing is dead? The nation has cornered the international

Media

Chris Matthews: A Tingle Inside the Skull

Chris Matthews: A Tingle Inside the Skull

I’m notoriously mean-spirited, so please believe me: When I say I think Chris

Lit Crit

Too Fat to Fit Through the Eye of a Needle

Too Fat to Fit Through the Eye of a Needle

Charles Murray is a genius with a bad idea. Murray is an expert on IQ, but while not

South of Wall Street

Inconvenient Truths About Sundance

Inconvenient Truths About Sundance

Middle America’s quaint pastimes are mocked. Quirky teens navigate suburbia’s dark,

PC World

Girl Scout Kooky

Girl Scout Kooky

At my first and last Brownie meeting, I hid in the community-center bathroom for two

PC World

One Broke Culture

One Broke Culture

“Ugly.” That’s how not one, not two, but three professional media-watchers

Vile Bodies

Antifreeze and Gatorade

Antifreeze and Gatorade

I occasionally visit The Comic’s Comic to keep up with the thimbleful of contemporary

Scandal

How Many Female Pandas Does it Take to Screw in a Lightbulb?

How Many Female Pandas Does it Take to Screw in a Lightbulb?

I come bearing great tidings to the women of the world: You no longer have any

Human Rights

Giant House of Death on the Prairie

Giant House of Death on the Prairie

As a sentient being born in the 1960s, I don’t remember not knowing about the

Kids Today

In Defense of Bullying

In Defense of Bullying

I was the shortest child in every grade, cursed with crooked teeth, thick glasses, and

Healthcare

The $600 Penis Pump

The $600 Penis Pump

You remember the $600 toilet seat. How could you forget? Back in the 1980s, reporters,

Bravery Hurts

The Nanny-Goat State

The Nanny-Goat State

For men and women who’ve voluntarily joined an organization that demands (legally)

Public Nuisances

The Big-Screen TVs of Turtle Island

The Big-Screen TVs of Turtle Island

“Why is there ALWAYS a big screen tv?” That was Saskatchewan blogger Kate

Women

The Consolations of Ugliness

The Consolations of Ugliness

Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at. —John Berger, Ways of

Energy

Keystone Cop-Out

Keystone Cop-Out

It ain’t “nostalgia” if you weren’t there. “Anachronistic” more accurately

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