Monthly Archives: June 2010

Dissent: Just the Way You Are

As much as I applaud Mr. York for coining a new ‘-ism,’ I think that ‘sexyism’ has been around for a lot longer than ‘racism’ and perhaps even longer than ‘sexism’ – although who can know for sure.  Certainly the Greeks had some conception of the power of pretty people in a work environment.  I recall hearing

Essay: A Defense of Sexyism

For all the reminiscing over the “good old days,” some things do improve with time. We may never succeed in eradicating prejudice, but the past century saw the United States make tremendous strides toward eliminating racial and gender-based discrimination. Though still a work in progress, the effort to curb intolerance towards homosexuality has also gained