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#cuteoverload
Vanity Fair Curmudgeon: Down With Cute!
You know what really burns Jim Windolf's ass? All this cuteness everywhere! Kittehs! Puppehs! Bun-buns! Cupcakes! Smart Cars! Obama! (Don't ask.) If we don't put an end to it, we're going to become a nation ofstinky girlschildren! More » -
#thefirstmarriage
Obama Doc Rehashes Election, Explodes Ovaries
Last night's HBO documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, apparently didn't contain much new information about the campaign*, but it did offer more insight into the Obamas' marriage and the unbearable cuteness of the first daughters. More » -
#thefugitive
Emma Thompson To Remove Name From Polanski Petition?
Those of us who are fans of Emma Thompson but not fans of child rape were disappointed to learn the actress signed Bernard-Henri Lévy's petition to free Roman Polanski. But a Shakesville reader might just have changed Thompson's mind. More » -
#themaineevent
Gay Marriage Defeated In Maine
Last night, 53% of Maine voters won the right to dictate whom their fellow citizens can marry, voting to repeal a state law that would have allowed same-sex marriage. More » -
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#goodadvice
Not That You Asked: Some Advice For An Advice Columnist
Salon advice columnist Cary Tennis mostly gets blogosphere attention when his answers are WTF-laden, but today I'd like to praise him for getting it right, in response to a guy who's obsessed with his wife's rape. Well, mostly. Partly. Whatever. More » -
#fatpanic
Will Anti-Fat Hate Crimes Make People Take Sizeism Seriously?
While riding a nearly-empty train in the evening, Marsha Coupe was attacked by another woman who kicked and punched her repeatedly, leaving her with 40 bruises and one eye swollen shut. The reason given? Coupe took up two seats.
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#thefirstmarriage
NYT Magazine: How Can A Marriage Be Equal When One Of You Is President?
Here's something refreshing: Learning about a politician's marriage before it's a complete trainwreck! For this week's New York Times magazine cover story, Jodi Kantor spoke to Barack and Michelle Obama about their relationship.
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#puritybull
Abstinence-Only Ed Doesn't Work; Doesn't Belong In Healthcare Bill
You know how Obama recently cut funding to abstinence-only education programs, and we all rejoiced? Yeah, well, don't get too comfortable. More » -
#fatpanic
Does Letting Fat People Dance Encourage Obesity?
Long Beach, California's Club Bounce caters to fat people "who might have some trouble getting past the velvet ropes at other night spots because of their size." And where there are happy fat people, there's controversy!
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#sexualhealing
Do You Suffer From Restless Vagina Syndrome?
The brilliant headline "Restless Vagina Syndrome" had me primed to giggle at whatever Terry J. Allen wrote underneath it, but instead, I ended up fuming at Big Pharma and the patriarchy. So, you know, must be Tuesday. More »
