Obsidian Wings

notes from the culture wars, chapter the millionth: in which the League of Women Voters throws some shade

by russell

From the League of Women Voters notes on a recent City Council Meeting in Salem, MA:

The motion to pass an ordinance to change the language in existing and future ordinances to remove gender bias was distracted by a long debate over the suitability of changing "manhole" to "maintenance hole." Though this linguistic change has no bearing on what anyone else calls the hole leading to sewage, six male councilors, Councilors Dibble, Dominguez, Flynn, McCarthy, Prosniewski, and Sargent, determined that “manhole” must indeed remain masculine. Those men were the majority vote, and they do get to keep their hole.

ouch.

Open thread, y'all.

Why I am where I am

by liberal japonicus

This is not the post I've been working on, but Michael Cain's comment in the last post sets me off on a train of thought. Might not have been the one he was on, but anyway. Below the break cause there is a video down there.