Word of this came through at the last minute, but if you’re sitting at a desk wishing you were working for yourself instead of someone else, or if you just wish you were working period, you may want to alter your happy hour plans. The Oregon Entrepreneur’s Network is hosting a panel discussion from 5:15-7 […]
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Man Raises $6.5 Million to Start Feminist Website, Save Women’s Publishing
It reads like an Onion story: Successful male entrepreneur raises $6.5 million in venture capital to start a feminist website which, he says, he plans to “make a fortune” off of. Sadly, it’s not a joke. Yesterday Bryan Goldberg, founder of Bleacher Report, announced that he has launched a new website called Bustle, which is […]
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Republicans Continue Women Voter Outreach with Game That Lets You Slap Hillary Clinton’s Face
BuzzFeed found this: A Republican Super PAC prominently features a game on their website that allows users to slap former secretary of state and possible 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton across the face. The game is being hosted on the website for The Hillary Project, an anti-Clinton Super PAC that lists its address in Nashua, […]
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Media Conglomerate Would Rather Throw Money Away Than Make a Movie Starring a Strong Female Lead
Looks like Time Warner is preparing their next big superhero for a TV series and an upcoming movie franchise. And it’s…The Flash? I really like The Flash. I think he’s a character whose powers are well-suited to the comics medium, and he’s had some great talent on his book over the last seven decades. But […]
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Glad Rags Celebrates 20 Years in the Biz
We’ve all seen this adorable ad for HelloFlo, a new company that delivers tampons, pads, and candy every month. But don’t be dazzled by the tiny Camp Gyno: Local company Glad Rags has been hawking cloth pads and menstrual cups for 20 years, and tonight they celebrate two decades in the menstruation biz with a […]
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Rightwing, Anti-Choice Douchebag Urges Liberals to Stock Up on Coat Hangers
What war on women? I don’t want this story to get lost in the crush of other (and more important) stories that broke this weekend: Erick Erickson—founder of RedState.com, paid talking head on CNN, huge fucking asshole—posted this to his Twitter feed early Saturday morning. The link goes to a page where you can order […]
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YEEEEAH! Watch Wendy Davis Try to Filibuster Texas’s Godawful Abortion-Restriction Bill
Today is the cutoff for the Texas legislature’s special session. It’s also the final day of the session to pass a bill, which was jammed through by the Texas senate’s large conservative majority, to severely restrict abortion rights. The bill would restrict all abortions after 20 weeks and place burdens that would effectively shut down […]
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Obama Will Stop Blocking Emergency Contraception Access for Teenage Girls
This is big news, from the New York Times: The Obama administration has decided to stop trying to block over-the-counter availability of the most popular morning-after contraceptive pill for all women and girls, a move fraught with political repercussions for President Obama. The reversal by the government means that anyone, no matter how young, will […]
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Watch Megyn Kelly Eviscerate Erick “Women Should Stay in the Kitchen” Erickson on Fox News
Twitter is very excited right now about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly calling Lou Dobbs and Erick Erickson on their bullshit anti-women views. Business Insider was the first to get the clip online, and it’s really satisfying. This is where the Republican Party is now: Megyn Kelly is their voice of reason.
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Fox News Commentator Says Women Belong in the Kitchen Because Science
Red State blogger Erick Erickson said what every conservative politician is secretly thinking on Fox News last night. [Erickson said] female breadwinners are antithetical to biology: “I’m so used to liberals telling conservatives that they’re anti-science. But liberals who defend this and say it is not a bad thing are very anti-science. When you look […]
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Star Trek Releases Deleted Scene of Benedict Cumberbatch Showering to Counter Claims of Sexism
The men behind Star Trek Into Darkness have thrown us ladies and boner-loving dudes a bone and released a deleted shower scene featuring a sinewy Benedict Cumberbatch in response to the completely justified criticism they’ve been getting over Alice Eve’s gratuitous underwear scene. Here’s a screenshot of Cumberbatch showering (you can find the full clip […]
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Great Moments In GOP Outreach to Women
It’s amazing how all the GOP outreach to women… …can be undone by one Republican representative at a just-us-boys congressional hearing on abortion.