Fear works

This Slate article says that conservative politicians play on fear, and historically, that’s a successful tactic. (I get that this article was in advance of Halloween, but even though my local CVS aisles have moved on to the next holiday, the topic bears a little exploration, I think.) Fear is a successful motivator in theology, as well. I …

So it’s not just U.S. politicans who can’t say “vagina.”

We’ve covered lame politicians already — elected officials who can’t say “vagina,” but very much want to legislate it — but guess what happened when a U.K. company tried to substitute “vagina” with nonsensical, infantlizing names in their ads? The Brits spoke back. In spades — so much that the company (Femfresh) took down its Facebook …