Camp: Sexual health champ! Top sexual health researcher and Huffington Post blogger Sharon Camp was in town last week to talk at Planned Parenthood’s new NE headquarters about the alarming fact that women of color are far more likely to get STDs and have unintentional pregnancies than white women. Camp is the president of the […]
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Hey Ladies: What’s Your Favorite Console?
The gaming biz may be aimed directly at men, but I care about the ladies too. You represent far more than ambulatory sexin’ holes to me. You represent people! With that in mind, I thought “Y’know, those people might have opinions about things other than baking muffins and knitting muffin cozies. They might just have […]
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Sweet Valley Confidential Cover Released!
A while back it was announced that Francine Pascal was working on an update to Sweet Valley High—Jessica and Elizabeth, ten years later. Welp, there’s the unenlightening cover! My working theory about the update is that Elizabeth grows up to become a YA author… who creates a popular series about two perfect size-6 twins. I […]
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It’s White Power/Breast Cancer Awareness Day, Ya’ll!
In case you’re wondering, racists get breast cancer, too! That’s why it’s vitally important for all racists—no matter what color they are, but they better be white—to check your private parts RIGHT FUCKING NOW for any sign of breast cancer…. especially in your testicles. EXTREMELY AWKWARD PEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAACCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Oh, look. She also does an extremely awkward […]
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Hey Laaaaadies! Who Wants to Pork Some European Mennnn??
Though this is primarily addressed to the women of the Mercury—who are famously inept at romantic relationships—I suppose this video can be of use to any Blogtownie gal. LADIES! We already know you are incapable of landing an American male. That’s why you should lower your expectations and go EUROPEAN. Apparently, according to this video […]
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Is The Social Network Sexist? Aaron Sorkin Doesn’t Think So…
“Oh sure, sweetheart, I could tell you about this idea I have for a new website. But let’s face it, you probably wouldn’t understand.” … but then, Sorkin also kind of avoids a few of the big criticisms that’ve been lobbed at The Social Network. Sorkin’s defense is here; here’s a chunk of it: I […]
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Cute Trivia Alert!
Sassy Magazine trivia quiz! OMG! Yay! Tonight! Juliana Hatfield on my first Sassy ever. Take it away Margaret, creator of the best pub quizzes ever: Do the words Cute Band Alert, flexidisc, and Dear Boy tug a certain heartstring? Have you ever dyed your hair with Kool-Aid? Were you more of a Claire Danes than […]
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The ‘Ack!’ Fades to Black: Cathy Is No More
Read yesterday’s final installment of Cathy here. And to read MSNBC’s trying-really-hard-to-be-nice Cathy obit, go here. (My favorite line, “You try being funny and meaningful and spot-on every day for 34 years.”)
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Pay. Sit. Barf.
Columbia Pictures I really, really did not want to see Eat, Pray, Love. EVER. I’m just so bored of ladies and their emotions doing stuff—and, worse, the assumption that those three elements alone (ladies, emotions, stuff) are enough to constitute entertainment for other ladies. It’s insulting. But my desire to never, ever watch Julia Roberts […]
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State by State Abortion Restriction Roundup
There’s some good discussion going on in the comments of this week’s cover story, in which I explore the battle over crisis pregnancy centers in the state. While geography and economics limit access to birth control and abortions in Oregon, we’re one of only 14 states in the nation were access to abortion isn’t limited […]
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Hooray for Women and their Voting.
Today is the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment was ratified by a single vote! I’m pretty proud of having a 100 percent voting record, having never missed a primary or general election since I turned 18 despite having moved states four times, changed addresses eight times, and twice registered to vote on the last […]
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The Greatest Day for American Women Since August 18, 1920
Attention, women of America: Mark October 3, 2010 on your calendars. That will be a national day of celebration for feminists (and, really, for all human beings) everywhere, with dancing in the streets, parades, and fireworks. That is the day that the final Cathy comic strip will be published: “She’s decided to end the comic […]