The Little Sisters of the Poor have lost their battle against the Affordable Care Act’s birth control coverage requirement. The Sisters, a religious nonprofit, claimed they were forced to be “complicit” in delivering birth control to their employees by having to opt out of it. In their order, the 10th U.S. Circuit…
Icky '101 Things Black & Latina Girls Should Know' Sign Rankles Teens
Encouraging high schoolers isn’t the easiest job in the world. But, rule of thumb, papering the school with lists of what “Black and Latina Girls Should Know” and including things like “wearing too much makeup looks like a clown” likely won’t go over so well.
Denver Students Stage Walkouts in Protest of Garner, Brown Decisions
Students at Denver's South High School staged a walkout in solidarity with protesters across the country on Monday.
Drag Queen Illegally Refused Entry to Colorado Gay Bar
In what is perhaps one of the stranger stories which involves discrimination against a gay individual, a gay bar in Denver, Colorado has been ruled by state regulators to have discriminated against a gay man in drag by refusing to allow him to enter dressed as a woman.
Hungry Monster Rabbits Are Destroying Cars Parked at the Denver International Airport
Unfortunately, it seems like the authorities patrolling the rabbit-infested parking lots at the Denver International Airport will be forced to call on Brother Maynard to deploy the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. It's either that or motorists will have to start buying massive quantities of coyote urine to keep hordes of…
Innovative Colorado Butt-Painter Given Probation for Her Extreme Abstract Expressionism
Carmen Tisch, the 36-year-old Colorado woman who notably punched, scratched, and rubbed her butt against a $30-million Clyfford Styl painting in a Denver museum, has been sentenced to two years of probation and will have to undergo mental health treatment because the justice system does not understand performance art.…
The World of Yves Saint Laurent: Androgyny, Exoticism, and Scandal
A major retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent's work opened this week in Denver. It covers everything from the designer's early years at Christian Dior, to his appropriation of elements of men's wear and fascination with androgyny, to his long-standing relationships with muses like Betty Catroux, Catherine Deneuve, and…
Let's Roll
[Denver, April 20. Image via Getty]
And All That Jazz?
[Denver, April 19. Image via Getty]
Freedom Ride
[Denver, January 18. Image via Getty]
The Look Of Job
[Denver, December 8. Image via Getty]
One Mile High & Rising
[Denver, October 4. Image via Getty]
Cradle To Grave
[Denver, September 2. Image via Getty]
I Had A Dream Of A Convention With Sleep: Things I Failed To Appreciate
When I started this week, I figured that I would be tired by the end of it but still excited to be here. I had no idea I would be so bone-tired by the time Obama gave his speech that I couldn't even begin to parse my feelings on it. But there were so many people to talk to, so many parties to go to, so much…
Jennifer Granholm Says, "Be Bold," Why Were You Put On This Planet?
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…
Lilly Ledbetter Knows McCain's "Out Of Touch With Reality"
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 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…
Conventional Crap: Moebama Underwhelmed By Barack's Beautiful, Moving Speech
Although I am basically a walking, red-colored zombie — or, I would be if my feet didn't hurt so much that I'm not really walking as much as limping — someone's got to wrap up the week of speechifying, pandering, branding and making the kind of history that causes grown people to cry before the speech even starts and…
Liveblogging Obama From Invesco Field!
It only took me three hours, a nasty sunburn, three experiences with the metal detectors, multiple conversations with various security personnel and a really, really claustrophobic elevator ride to get here, but here I am, live at Invesco Field. I'm sandwiched in next to Katha Pollitt from
The Nation and overlooking…
Conventional Crap: Wednesday Surprises And The End Of Our Patience
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…
Liveblogging Bill Clinton's Convention Speech
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: Um, shortest speech by Bill Clinton ever? Yes, we can. …
