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International Women's Day Gets Little International Love
What did you do for International Women's Day on Saturday? According to Carolyn Byerly of WIMN's Voices, you probably did nothing, since IWD was so roundly ignored by the media this year. "My own hometown newspaper Washington Post had not a single op-ed piece today, nor national or local news," laments Byerly. "IWD doesn't exist here in the nation's capital, as far as this agenda-setting paper is concerned." The first national women's day was observed in 1909 in New York after the Socialist Party of America designated the day to honor striking garment workers; the day went international in 1911 when Copenhagen socialists adopted March 8 as a day for women's rights advocatin'. Perhaps it is the pinko taint of IWD that keeps some women away — it certainly ruffled the feathers of insane conservative and anti-ERA agitator Phyllis Schlafly! More »
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How Will You Celebrate Women's Week?
Today it's Girls' Day in Japan, reports Lisa Takeuchi Cullen for Time. It's some kind of ancient festival in which a family celebrates a daughter's future happiness with ceremonial dolls. Cullen has daughters, and, she says, "I'm going to tell them it's the day of the year when everyone gets to remember how special it is to be a girl." In addition, Saturday, March 8, is International Womens Day. Never heard of it? I hadn't either. The date corresponds to the day, 100 years ago, that 15,000 female garment workers took to the streets of Manhattan demanding equal pay, childcare centers and the right to vote. (In Russia, it's similar but different, and guys buy presents for gals.) The protesting ladies paved the way so that we live in a world where a woman is running for president of the U.S. So really, this is Woman's Week! How are you going to celebrate? Here's an idea: More »
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Marion Cotillard: 911 Is A Joke
- Oscar winner Marion Cotillard has conspiracy theories! She questions the attack on the World Trade Center towers: "We see other towers of the same kind being hit by planes. There was a tower, I believe it was in Spain, which burned for 24 hours. It never collapsed. None of these towers collapsed. And there (in New York), in a few minutes, the whole thing collapsed." Plus! She doubts Neil Armstrong! "Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered," she says. "I don't believe all they tell me, that's for sure." [Variety]
- Are Britney and Adnan Ghalin dunzo? Did she throw his iPhone into the pool after finding "saucy" texts from another woman? [The Sun]
- Jennifer Lopez has indeed, as previously reported, named her twins Max and Emme. A reader points out that those were the names of the kids in the cartoon Dragon Tales. WTF? [CNN, YouTube]
- Colin Farrell is hooked on Russian steam baths. "There's something very basic about rubbing honey on your skin and going steaming with a bunch of strange Russian men," he says. Well, it's healthier than drugs and alcohol, for sure. [UPI]
