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#healthnuts
The New, Looming Battle Over American Womens' Breast Health
We haven't even finished the battle over Stupak-Pitts, but there's a new fight brewing. Monday's new recommendations on breast cancer screenings have finally saturated the media - and everyone from the GOP to Gail Collins is weighing in. More » -
#funfearless
Cosmo Puts Down Scrunchies, Picks Up Petition
Oh snap! The moderate Dems and the GOP fucked up now. Stupak-Pitts is so bad that Cosmo stopped advising readers on how to get rid of muffin top and put up a page with a petition to sign. [Cosmo, Politico] More » -
#oldiesbutgoodies
Now Playing: Vintage American Fashion With A Sepia Twist
B. Vikki Vintage is a blog (and an Etsy shop) highlighting vintage images of African Americans. After the jump, a walk through fashion history. More » -
#roevsworld
Blood On The Senate Floor: Majority Leader Drops Stupak-Pitts
The anti-choice crowd is frothing at the mouth. Yesterday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went Sweeney Todd on the Stupak-Pitts amendment, stabbed insurers with an excise tax, and threatened to go to reconciliation on the holdouts. More » -
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#roevworld
Nation to Women: You're On Your Own With This Abortion Fight
Not only do "six in ten Americans" want to ban federal funds subsidizing abortion, "fifty-one percent [of people polled] said they thought women should bear the full cost of an abortion even when they have private insurance." [UPI] More » -
#preciousones
Precious: "Fairy Tale" Or Film With "As Much Redeeming Social Value As A Porn Flick"?
The reactions to Lee Daniels' Precious keep coming, and the results are as varied as the writers. How can one film reinforce pathology, provide a fairy-tale ending, and upend the traditional stories of how women move up in the world?
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#lowprofile
Good To Know: Sarah Palin Believes In Racial Profiling, Glenn Beck
Sarah Palin believes that political correctness is for fools and racial profiling is the way to stop violence. Thing is, if (as she tells Sean Hannity) "liberals' heads explode" over her comments, it'll be due to exposure to utter stupidity. More » -
#oxymorons
Sarah Palin Isn't Anti-Choice Enough For Americans For Life
Palin is a "fake pro-lifer?" Mother Jones reports on American Right to Life, an organization gunning for Palin because she "use[s] the pro-life title but deny[s] the personhood and God-given right to life of the unborn." [Mother Jones] More » -
#bitchplease
"Hit the Bitch": The Worst Anti-Violence Campaign Ever
Over in Denmark, a new campaign has launched in the effort to combat violence. However, its sexualization of said violence, the "pussy-gangster" meter, and light chastisement at the end of the simulation seems more condonement than condemnation. More » -
#howrude
When Does Bad Behavior Cross the Line?
Existing in public space is full of annoyances - headphone spillage, loud talkers on cell phones, people who spit sunflower seeds on the floor of the Metro like animals in a barn. But who can ultimately judge what is rude? More »































