Boys Being Boys
I've been putting off writing about the misogynistic motives behind the Isla Vista shootings for a variety of reasons. Slate magazine, my main source for journalism these days, has covered it well, including the meta-coverage of the hashtag activism growing out of it. Some of the opinions expressed in their many essays and podcasts have caused me both to nod in agreement and squirm with recognition. Writing and publishing my own angle, tiny though my audience may be, has felt like it would be redundant, and might also shift me uncomfortably into a no-win zone I am loath to enter. With all that said, there were two pieces published today that got me thinking I could add a perspective that is, if not unique, at least underrepresented in what I've seen elsewhere. The first, an essay by Christin Scarlett Milloy in Slate 's "Outward" blog, asks the question "Is It Natural to Be Queer? "and comes to the surprising conclusion that it doesn't matter; t...