The Redistribution of Sex

All this stuff about "incels" is freaky and rather disgusting, frankly.

But considering there's a major push to legalize prostitution on the left (it's "sex work," don't you know?), it does seem rather inevitable that "progressive" social policies designed to satisfy a "right to sex" will emerge. Such a right is a bullshit, of course, but I've already seen idiot libertarians like Will Wilkinson making the argument that incels should get cash vouchers to help them afford women of the night, or something.

It's too weird. In any case, see Ross Douthat's column at NYT, FWIW:

My Wednesday column: The Redistribution of Sex, which apparently has many readers on this platform already:https://t.co/Jb9vzkngKB

— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) May 2, 2018

Ashley James in White Lingerie

At Taxi Driver, "Ashley James Nipples in See-Through White Lingerie."

And, at the Daily Star, "Ashley James exposes bare breasts in see-through lingerie snap: ASHLEY James certainly isn't afraid to flash the flesh."

Russell Banks, Cloudsplitter

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Russell Banks, Cloudsplitter: A Novel.

When Old Left and Far Right Share a Bedroom

Pretty interesting.

At NYT, "A Very German Love Story: When Old Left and Far Right Share a Bedroom":

Helmut Lethen, 79, and Caroline Sommerfeld, 42, both writers, represent two generations and two intellectual camps in an ever more divided Germany. They are political enemies. And they are married, having the conversation their country is not. https://t.co/uoHdp8IPIR

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 1, 2018

VIENNA — When she says identity, he hears exclusion.

When he says diversity, she hears Islamization.

He accuses her of forgetting history. She accuses him of obsessing with history. He calls her a racist. She calls him a national masochist.

Helmut Lethen, 79, and Caroline Sommerfeld, 42, are both writers. They represent two generations and two intellectual camps in an ever more divided Germany. They are political enemies.

And they are married.

Their marriage is exceptional, incomprehensible even, but it is also a laboratory for tolerance and a rare window into how the other side thinks. Intimately and daily, they are having the conversation their country is not.

It is a very German love story (though the couple reside in Austria, where the husband teaches), one neatly pegged to the 50th anniversary of the counterculture movement that remains a touchstone of global postwar history — and to the ascent of the counter-counterculture movement of today.

May 1968 was as important in Europe as it was in the United States, fueled similarly by a youth bulge, sexual liberation, disgust with the Vietnam War and general discontent with the era’s political establishment.

And it spawned much the same trajectory for its baby boomers, from budding student revolutionaries to button-down liberal elites.

Germany was no exception. And neither was Mr. Lethen.

A student activist at the time, Mr. Lethen toyed with Communism, rebelling against Germany’s postwar elites which, as he put it, “still stank of the Nazis” — only to become part of the country’s cultural mainstream.

Ms. Sommerfeld, a philosopher in her own right, was swept up in another countercultural movement: In the summer of 2015, as hundreds of thousands of refugees arrived in Germany, she discovered the “New Right,” the intellectual spearhead of a nationalist movement that considers Islam and globalization existential threats.

Her husband had celebrated the arrival of the refugees: “I think it is the first time in our cultural history that we have welcomed the foreign in this way,” he said.

Ms. Sommerfeld, though, felt “anxious” and “repelled.”

Today, she hopes her own fringe movement is tapping into a shifting zeitgeist that will reverberate in Germany and beyond, just as her husband’s did in its day.

“We are the megaphone of a silent majority,” she claims...

Well, I'm with her, to borrow a phrase, lol.

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Fear of the Left is Most Powerful Force in America

Well, that's pretty powerful, but it's not a force for good.

From Dennis Prager, at American Greatness, "Fear of the Left: The Most Powerful Force in America Today."

Erynn Brook Hates 'Whiteness' and Masculinity

At the Other McCain, "Yes, America, Erynn Brook Hates You."

She's a terrible, terrible person. Read her Twitter feed, ugh. Imagine being married to that!

Eiza Gonzalez in See-Through

At the Nip Slip, "Eiza Gonzalez See Through to Thong!"

And at Hot Celebs, "Eiza Gonzalez – Candids in West Hollywood."

Shania Twain Performs on NBC's Today Show Concert Series in New York City (PHOTOS)

At Drunken Stepfather, "Shanina Twain Big Trash Tits in New York City (PHOTOS)."

I think she recently lost a lot of Trump-supporting fans, what, with her walk-back of a presidential election endorsement (actually, an abject apology to the murderous leftist correct-think mobs).

Sophie Mudd

She's spectacular.

At Drunken Stepfather, "SOPHIE MUDD’S MASSIVE TITS OF THE DAY."

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Ireland Baldwin Bares It All for Beach Photo Shoot

At London's Daily Mail, "Ireland Baldwin bares all as she shares snap from sultry nude photoshoot."

Victims of Communism Day

At Reason:

Today is May Day. "Over time, the date was taken over by the Soviet Union and other communist regimes and used as a propaganda tool to prop up their [authority]. I suggest that we instead use it as a day to commemorate those regimes' millions of victims."https://t.co/kfMLXupao7

— reason (@reason) May 1, 2018

While communism is most closely associated with Russia, where the first communist regime was established, it had equally horrendous effects in other nations around the world. The highest death toll for a communist regime was not in Russia, but in China. Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward was likely the biggest episode of mass murder in the entire history of the world. In terms of comprehensive state control over society and suppression of civil liberties, Soviet communism fell short of the even more thoroughgoing totalitarianism of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge and North Korea.

Elizabeth Hurley Flashes in Sheer Dress

At London's Daily Mail, "Elizabeth Hurley, 52, flashes her nipples in sheer kaftan after revealing son Damian, 15, is 'embarrassed' by her sexy selfies ... so who took the picture?"

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Jennifer Delacruz's Marine Layer Forecast

Still cool out, especially on the coasts.

Here's the lovely Ms. Jennifer, for ABC News 10 San Diego:

Olivia Jordan Nothing but Bikini Bottoms (VIDEO)

At Sports Illustrated Swimsuit:

The Culture War is First and Foremost a War of Words

This is great. It's Michael Knowles, for Prager University:

Our 'Cry Closet' Education System

The University of Utah has installed a "cry closet" for students to let it all out during finals week.

Funny, I don't remember needing to cry during finals. I was ecstatic the semester was coming to an end and I got some time off from school, sheesh.

Here's Mike Rowe, on Facebook, "Our Educational System is Under Attack."

And for Prager University:

Guadi Galano

At Editorials Fashions Trends, "Guadi Galano by John Joseph Estevez."

Out in Paperback: Omar El Akkad, American War

*BUMPED.*

I've been thinking about this book a lot, since more and more people are describing American politics as a genuine civil war.

At Amazon, out in paper, Omar El Akkad, American War.

It's a great book.