Guns don’t kill people… An Oklahoma woman arrested Monday on drug charges had a loaded handgun hidden in her vagina, according to police. The weapon was discovered during a search of Christie Dawn Harris, 28, by a female officer with the Ada Police Department. According to a police report, the cop spotted the handle of […]
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The Jobs Where the Pay Gap Between Men and Women Is the Widest
Check out this chart at Washington Post. As Dylan Matthews writes: “Interestingly, many blue collar professions—such as cafeteria work, security guard work, and warehouse stock clerking—are the most egalitarian in their compensation, while female white collar professionals like doctors, stock brokers, and insurance saleswomen face among the worst pay gaps around.” The one that surprises […]
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Guess the Famous Literary Character!
Seriously. Keep guessing. You’re never going to figure it out. This sassy country lass is the new face of a certain literary character who may or may not be my favorite heroine of all time. That’s a trick—she is 100% ABSOLUTELY my favorite. Can you guess who this Prelled-up hayseed honey is supposed to be? […]
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Working Hard to Widen the Gender Gap
I don’t know whether I should be totally outraged or I should be sending this Republican legislator a thank-you note: A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual […]
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Conservatives Uncover Obama’s Plot to Destroy America’s Military By Allowing Women to Fight for America
Conservatives are up in arms over the fact that female soldiers can now get up in arms. Wonkette has already noted Michael Goldfarb’s epic Twitter poem about how this marks the end of American honor. But other conservatives think this is part of a greater Obama scheme to destroy the US military. Here are some […]
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Lena Dunham Takes Questions from Miranda July
Although the question-asking really goes both ways. In fact, the piece starts with a question from Dunham. July’s introduction to this Interview interview begins: A couple of weeks ago, Lena Dunham and I met for dinner. As soon as we’d placed our orders at a French-ish cafÉ in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles, […]
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So That’s How You Prevent Your Own Gang Rape
Indian spiritual leader Asaram Bapu told his followers that the 23-year-old student allegedly gang raped by six men in December was just as responsible as her attackers for her own assault. You see, she apparently didn’t pray to God hard enough to prevent the rape-with-iron-bar: Addressing his followers recently, Asaram said that when the girl […]
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What Does a Good Girl Do?
The Reddit meme Good Guy Greg is a one-note joke: It’s a photo of a man smoking a joint, with words demonstrating why he’s a good guy published on top and below the man’s face. Examples include “Doesn’t drink/Doesn’t lecture others on why they shouldn’t drink” and “Knows you forgot his name/Tells a story where […]
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Screw As I Say…
..not as I screw: Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), the former physician turned anti-abortion Tennessee Republican congressman, says he hadn’t given abortion as much thought as he “should have” when he supported his first wife’s decisions to have two abortions, and that he often used “very poor judgment” during his first marriage and the separation that […]
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Hey LAAADIES… Finally, a Car for YOU!
Ladies, a note from us he-men: We’re kind of tired of driving you around in our very manly 4X4 Dodge Rams (because we like to RAM things, ya know?), and have decided you need a car of your very own. THAT’S RIGHT, we’ve reversed our previous decision on “women drivers” and think you are ready […]
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“If you are white, you better read this quick and simple paragraph!”
That’s the header of an email I received from the We Like Women Political Party. Here’s the text: This is a free speech opinion! Democrats do not like white people! Whites are facing a lot of reverse discrimination in areas where there are lots of Democrats! In communities which are overwhelmingly Democrat, whites are getting […]
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Republicans Have a Lot of Words to Say About Lena Dunham
“Astoundingly tasteless.”“Cringeworthy.”“Cheap.”“Disgusting.” That’s what conservative bloggers are saying about Lena Dunham’s (HBO’s Girls) new pro-Obama ad titled, “The First Time.” Watch and see if you agree.