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It's Not My Job to Make You Forget I'm Female

Erin Andrews is a woman. She also happens to be an attractive, blonde sports reporter for ESPN. That alone, according to Christine Brennan, is evidence that she was "asking for it" when someone videotaped her undressing…
QotD: Post-Racial My Foot

Today's quote comes from Mustang Bobby at Shakesville. Responding specifically to Russ Douthat's ridiculous op-ed on why Affirmative Action is no longer necessary (Shorter version: our president--he's black!), but with a…
Kick Ass! (In a good way)

OMG, I just heard a white, male senator actually say on national television that white, male judges have every bit as much of a life lens as anyone else, and that Republican attacks on Sonia Sotomayor as a Latina woman a…
Q(s)otD: Bruno and BatSh*t Craziness

Our Quote(s) of the Day are all about teh gayness and homophobia in strange and not-so-strange places. The first comes from a Salon.com article called "Why 'Bruno' is Bad for Gays," and while I highly recommend that y…
Well Played...Kendra Wilkinson?!

Wow. Kendra Wilkinson has always struck me as a fascinating sort of woman. She's very young but very experienced, very beautiful but also very comfortable in her own skin, rather uncouth and yet still very likeable. Her…
Amen

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King of the Castle

I weep for this man's wife. I have no idea how she really feels (though he assures us that she "wakes up singing") and I'm not trying to strip her of her agency as a woman free to marry whomever she chooses. But two part…
Follow-Up: SCOTUS Says Strip Searches Are a No-No

Regarding my earlier post about the Arizona strip search case, SCOTUS, in an 8-1 ruling (Clarence Thomas being the only dissenter) decided that the strip-search of a thirteen year old girl was unconstitutional: The Supr…
Good Point: Pregnancy Center Billboards and Fear

Today's Good Point comes from Amanda Marcotte over at Pandagone. Taking up a discussion started by Jill at her IBTP blog about Crisis Pregnancy Center billboards (see below for billboard in question) feeding the fear of …
Defining the "Human" Experience, or Why SCOTUS Women Matter

I just have to highlight this particularly astute observation by You're Reading Too Much Into It about Tuesday's SCOTUS hearing on Safford v. Redding, a case in which a 13 year old girl was strip searched on suspicion o…