Feeling stone hearted this morning, like your cold black heart can't possibly feel any more feelings? Are your eyes drier than a Kansas corn field? Here's a remedy for the drought on your face — former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords leading the DNC in the Pledge of Allegiance. » 9/07/12 11:10am 9/07/12 11:10am

I like to think of myself as a fairly accomplished shouter of songs. The other week, for example, I accurately sang probably 75% of the notes to Celine Dion's The Power of Love while in the shower, and the other day I sang the part of Cabaret about goin' like Elsie without my voice cracking/glass shattering. Glee star … » 9/05/12 7:10pm 9/05/12 7:10pm

Alveda King, the right wing nutjob niece of noted friend of Planned Parenthood* Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, watched the First Lady's speech at the Democratic National Convention last night. And she has some terrible opinions about it! » 9/05/12 4:30pm 9/05/12 4:30pm

If you are a dumbass, it's probably a bad idea to agree to be interviewed by Soledad O'Brien. She can smell stupid in the water from hundreds of miles away. A small drop of logical incongruity can lead to a fatal Soledad mauling. Her latest victim? Tea Party maven Amy Kremer, who made the mistake of wading into a… » 9/05/12 3:50pm 9/05/12 3:50pm

Carina Victoria Castro is not one of those kids who gets shy in front of strangers and hides behind her mom, refusing to talk, or worse, lifts up her skirt to form a kind of temporary cloth wall between herself and strangers. No. The 3-year-old daughter of Julian Castro, rising Democratic party star and mayor of San… » 9/05/12 12:50pm 9/05/12 12:50pm

Thanks to the lack of liberal politicians who make outrageously horrible and nonsensical statements about rape, abortion, and the wage gap, Democrats have a pretty good lock on the women's vote. Is that why they're not too concerned about recent accusations that they're disenfranchising mothers who want to attend the… » 8/27/12 3:50pm 8/27/12 3:50pm

One of the really amazing things about being at the Democratic convention this week was all the women (and young women) who were there — delegates, attendees, elected officials and others. It was very cool to see so many young women getting so excited and involved about politics. So when I got a chance on the very last … » 8/30/08 4:10pm 8/30/08 4:10pm

It's not terribly often that you get to interview a feminist icon. Well, I mean, I guess it's getting more common for me, but still, it's pretty cool. So when my colleague over at Glamocracy » 8/30/08 2:40pm 8/30/08 2:40pm asked me if I wanted to interview Lilly Ledbetter, I was like, "Hell, yeah." Don't recognize her name? If you ever have to sue for …

Look, these conventions are hard. Some of us have it harder than others, what with getting up at the crack of dawn and walking miles a day and trying to pay attention to speeches when all we really want to do is curl up in bed and die. But I can't die, yet, if only because everyone will Twitter and text me so much that … » 8/28/08 11:00am 8/28/08 11:00am

Oh, damn, I barely got to my seat in time but I am here! They closed the hall again, like that's any big deal because every speech they close the hall (except in Boston, where I swear they bribed the fire marshalls). But this is Bill Clinton, bitches! 9:25 ET: » 8/27/08 9:00pm 8/27/08 9:00pm Um, shortest speech by Bill Clinton ever? Yes, we can.…

Extra » 8/27/08 4:30pm 8/27/08 4:30pm just posted : "Did Hillary's Orange Pantsuit enhance her speech? The options were: -Yes. She looked like a milion bucks -No. She looked $12 million in debt. -Sigh. Why can't they focus on her, instead of her pantsuits? The fact that they'd include the third option, and yet in addition to the exigesis on the orange …

Note: Megan will be here after 10 pm EST to liveblog Hillary's speech. Until then, give 'em hell. » 8/26/08 7:30pm 8/26/08 7:30pm