Tag Archives: Harper’s

Animal news? That depends on your definition of “animal”

From Harper’s Weekly Review: “We’re talking about the ones that are on crack, and they break your door down, and they’re standing in your living room growling and tearing your house apart,” a Florida legislator explained to a state committee … Continue reading

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Animal news not about the Highlands macaque

But still from Harper’s Weekly Review: “It’s not my fault if they actually [say] a little bit of effing and jeffing,” said the CEO of a zoo where parrots have been cursing. It was announced that a binturong, a South … Continue reading

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Yay, girls! Glad to see feminism is alive and, well…

From Harper’s Weekly Review: In Shetland, for the first time, girls led the Up Helly Aa fire festival, in which participants don Viking dress and lob torches at longships, and women in Japan took part in a naked festival for … Continue reading

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