<![CDATA[Jezebel: Siberia]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Siberia]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/siberia http://jezebel.com/tag/siberia <![CDATA[Rubber Soul]]>

[Novosibirsk, Siberia; August 9. Image via Getty]

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]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5333824&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Siberian Inmates Compete For Prettiest Prisoner]]> "A woman should always be beautiful," says Natalya Khapova, 26 (pictured at left). "Not just outside the fence. Even if she's in here, she should show her beauty. A woman is everything gentle and wonderful - or she should be." The "fence" Khapova speaks of? The one separating her from the population at large. See, Khapova has six-and-a-half years left of her eight-year sentence for assault. She lives in an all-women's prison. In Siberia. Since 1990, the jail has an annual beauty pageant with its own rules and three categories: Greek Goddesses, Flower Gowns and "Imaginary Uniforms," which lets inmates design their ideal prison getups. Guards and unit chiefs judge the contestants on their appearance and creativity, crowning the winner "Miss Spring." Runners-up are "Miss Charm" and "Miss Grace". Russia has 35 women's prisons and the female incarceration rate is almost five times as high as Britain's. Half of the women at UF 91/9 are doing time for narcotics. Does that mean it's OK for them to play dress-up? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=366584&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[R.I.P. Lady Bird]]>
  • America's best-monikered First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, died this afternoon at the age of 94. She was one of the first people (sorry, Al!) to bring environmentalism center-stage. [CBS News]
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