F***in’ idiot: SALEM, N.H. — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was about to deliver a line that has become a centerpiece of her campaign since her loss in Iowa. “Everybody in this race is talking about change. But what does that mean?” “Iron my shirt!” yelled a man, who stood up in the middle of a jammed and stuffy auditorium at … Read More
Sir Mix-A-Lot Likes Genius-Breeders
Hmmmm: Universities of Pittsburgh and California (Santa Barbara) researchers found that women with “hourglass” figures are more intelligent than women with round or straight bodies, and tend to give birth to children who are more intelligent. The hourglass-shaped woman is defined as one whose shape consists of a smaller waist than hips. These hourglass-shaped women were found to also … Read More
Miss America: Reality Check?
Hat-tip to Heather Handy Heather Maple-dew-Who, who has the low-down. It’s a four-part "reality series" on TLC, starring all 52 Miss America contestants. According to the TLC release: The premiere episode begins when the 52 state winners arrive at the mansion in full pageant regalia – dresses, sashes and crowns. Immediately they meet their host Michael Urie who delivers the … Read More
Words That Make Women Cringe
Funny article on certain non-dirty words that apparently make a lot of women cringe. One of the big offenders: the word "moist". There’s even a Facebook group with over 70 members dedicated to "I Hate The Word M***t". And they’re not kidding. Some comments: IF YOU EVEN UTTER "THE M WORD" NEAR ME, I’LL CASTRATE YOU! My friends and family … Read More
Ann Coulter Dreams Of The Day When Women Can’t Vote
Coulter in the New York Observer: If we took away women’s right to vote, we’d never have to worry about another Democrat president. It’s kind of a pipe dream, it’s a personal fantasy of mine, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at … Read More
The Dove “Real Beauty” Campaign
Following on the heels of their "Evolution" public service ad, Dove presents "Onslaught". Not as good as "Evolution", but it still gets the message across in a very interesting way. More from T Rex at FDL: I can’t imagine what it must be like to raise a daughter in this media climate. I just can’t. I like J. K. Rowling’s … Read More
Today, Aurora (Illinois) Is Ground Zero Of Abortion Wars
Interesting little controversy. Planned Parenthood wanted to open a women’s health clinic in Aurora, Illinois. I’m not using "women’s health clinic" as a euphemism for "abortion clinic" — it really is a women’s health clinic. Among the services they were to provide: gynceological exams, cancer screening, HIV testing, pap smears, etc. And oh yes, surgical and medicinal abortions. Now PP … Read More
Women’s Fashion News
The latest trendy trend? White eyeliner. My review: Ladies, please. Don’t. Really. No kidding. Don’t. You look alien. Or diseased. Or both. You look like a diseased alien (it doesn’t help if your a stick figure model like the one pictured above, either). It may be okay if it’s not too overdone, but otherwise? Otherwise, you look jaundiced. Or an … Read More
Southwest Airlines: Now Flying To Prudeville
Does Southwest Airlines have a dress code or something? “We don’t have a dress code.” Tell that to Kyla Ebbert, who was escorted off a Southwest Airlines flight two months ago for wearing an outfit far less revealing than a bikini top. Ebbert, a Mesa College student and Hooters waitress, was allowed to stay on the plane, but only after … Read More
More On “Crazy Sexy Cancer”
I noticed I’m getting a spike in traffic here (for some reason, I’m ranked number five at Yahoo for searches on this subject), and it is largely due to people googling "Crazy Sexy Cancer", the TLC documentary I blogged about earlier in the week. For what it is worth, I finally got around to viewing it on my TIVO last … Read More
Crazy Sexy Cancer
Best. Documentary. Title. Ever. Looks interesting too: Crazy Sexy Cancer is an irreverent and uplifting documentary about a young woman looking for a cure and finding her life. In 2003, 31-year-old actress/photographer Kris Carr was diagnosed with a rare and incurable cancer. Weeks later she began filming her story. Taking a seemingly tragic situation and turning it into a creative … Read More
Only Mentally Impaired Women Have Abortions
Bet you didn’t know that. There’s an infamous video out there — I’ve probably linked to it before — in which anti-choice activists are interviewed. ALL of them say that abortion should be made a crime. But when asked "If abortions become a crime, then what should the punishment be for women who have abortions (i.e., commit that "crime")? Almost … Read More
Faith vs. Reality
"Now this — this is supposed to be what we look like — men and women", quips one of the guys in "The Full Monty", opening up a magazine. Yeah, right. Faith Hill meets Faith Hill. Via Shakesville. Give me the sensual natural curves of an Emily Mark or a Heather Maggs (or, ideally, both of them at the same … Read More
It’s A Woman’s World
Another dumb Fox reality show: What if it was “a woman’s world”? What if women made ALL the decisions? If men were their obedient subjects? These questions and more will be explored when a group of strong, educated, independent women, tired of living in a man’s world and each with a personal axe to grind, rule over a group of … Read More