Greta Christina has been writing professionally since 1989, on topics including atheism, sexuality and sex-positivity, LGBT issues, politics, culture, and whatever crosses her mind. She is author of
The Way of the Heathen: Practicing Atheism in Everyday Life, of
Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God, of
Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why, of
Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless, and of
Bending: Dirty Kinky Stories About Pain, Power, Religion, Unicorns, & More, and is editor of
Paying For It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Clients. She has been a public speaker for many years, and many of her talks can be seen on YouTube. Her writing has appeared in multiple magazines and newspapers, including Ms., Penthouse, Chicago Sun-Times, On Our Backs, and Skeptical Inquirer, and numerous anthologies, including
Everything You Know About God Is Wrong and three volumes of
Best American Erotica. (Any views she expresses in this blog are solely hers, and do not necessarily represent this organizations.) She lives in San Francisco with her wife, Ingrid. You can email her at gretachristina (at) gmail (dot) com, or follow her on
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Tonight I am thinking of my late mother, who so wanted to vote for Clinton eight years ago but then (as she put it) “a good-looking young guy from Illinois came in and spoiled the whole thing.” My paternal grandmother was proud that as a Canadian she got the vote before her cousins in the US did, and I’ll bet she would be thrilled tonight that finally a woman will lead a major party ticket.
I [verb] Hillary! She’s such a(n) [adjective], amirite?
Hillary Clinton is the first female nominee from either of the two dominant parties in American politics, yet many other women before her have run for other parties: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_United_States_presidential_and_vice-presidential_candidates#Party_nominees
some fascinating and inspiring women noted here.