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Hey, GQ has put out a new list of "The 50 Most Powerful People in Washington," and there's some good news: A lady is in the top ten. To absolutely no one's surprise, the woman is Hillary Clinton, bad-ass Secretary of State and all around powerful person extraordinaire. She landed the number five spot. More »
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Occupy protests took a dangerous turn this weekend when three protesters, one of them pregnant, were hit by a car in DC. A 78-year-old woman was also hurt when she was caught between protesters and police. More »
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Yesterday, the mayor of Washington, D.C. and several city council members were arrested for blocking an avenue during a protest of a federal budget compromise that forbids the city's to use local tax funds to fund abortion. What's going on here? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5791175&view=rss&microfeed=true Though it has the highest rate of HIV infection in the country, DC is about to lose its free needle exchange program, PreventionWorks, due to lack of funds. Writes Petula Dvorak for the Washington Post, More »
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You may have noticed that Marvel, DC and their various imprints have been expressing confusion for some years as to "what women want" from comics. So, I thought I would help them. More »
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Students who fail to complete their assigned work for class at West Potomac High will receive an "I" instead of an "F." This is great practice for the real world, where we all know that failure is totally impossible. More »
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For their Real Housewives of D.C. audition tape, the Salahis filmed themselves at a palatial Virginia mansion, claiming it was their home. However, they never owned the property, and the people who do were shocked when contacted about the ruse. More »
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Next week, DC-area Starbucks locations will replace all their "men's" and "women's" bathroom signs with gender-neutral ones. The move is a big step for trans rights, and more businesses should follow Starbucks's example. More »
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This morning, Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in Washington, D.C. Congratulations to the happy pair, and to all the other newlyweds who tied tied the knot today. [Think Progress] More »
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The Sexist has a great breakdown of this nasty segment on prostitutes prowling the DC streets during broad daylight. The suspected sex workers are not interviewed, but they are shown with their entire bodies, save their high heels, blurred. [TheSexist] More »
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Get your drinking shoes on tonight if you live in Chicago or D.C., it's time for more meet-ups: The Chicago contingent will be assembling at Delilah's (2771 N. Lincoln Ave.) at 7:00 for their Oktoberfest, Harvest and Pumpkin Beer tasting. Meanwhile, the D.C. crew will be meeting at Solly's U Street Tavern (1942 11th St., NW) at 7:00 to just drink whatever they're serving and pass around a certain stuffed animal. More »
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Religious groups speak out against that "filthy" Barbie doll based on Black Canary, a comic superhero who wears fishnets and a black leotard. • An office manager in the Sichuan province of China has become the first man jailed for sexually harassing a female worker. Sexual harassment and domestic violence laws have only been recently introduced in China • A real sweetheart named Paulette Nelson volunteers at a USO where she personally flies to greet and see off soldiers coming home from or leaving for Iraq and Afghanistan. • Female students in Bangladesh protest against sexual harassment on their campus and their university's handling of women who speak out against such acts as "indecorous." • A study finds that people can generally agree on what makes a voice attractive, but it cannot be successfully scientifically mapped. More »
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Not only is today Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe vs. Wade. (Erica Jong weighs in here.) And did you know that one of the most vocal abortion opponents is Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, self-described "reformed murderer" Alveda King? (King, seen above left, had two abortions when she was younger, and offers up this gem: "We give free sex education, free condoms, free birth control. That's almost like permission to have free sex.") Yup, less than a week after the news broke that the abortion rate in the U.S. is at its lowest in 45 years, the media is coming out with its inevitable "the women behind the abortions" stories, and the (not-so-surprising) news is that the majority of abortions are being performed on women who have already had kids, many of them college-educated. In fact, in the 35 years since Roe vs. Wade, there have been roughly 50 million abortions in the United States, with more than 1/3 of adult women estimated to have had one (a disproportionate number of those women are black or Hispanic). And on this, the eve of the anniversary of Roe V. Wade, I'll say it: I am one of those women. More »
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