Jezebel: priorities

Animal Rights First, An End To Violence Against Women Later?

Megan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:20:00 EDT

This ad from Dutch animal-rights group Animals Awake uses sexual imagery and then extreme violence against a woman to make its point about fishing practices. Glad the fish are so important that depicting violence against women gets a pass! [AdFreak]

The More You Know

Sadie — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:40:00 EDT

Blogger Bridget Crawford got curious after using the expression "Nervous Nellie" and, upon researching the term's derivation in the OED, found that it refers not to a Nellie but a man, Frank Kellogg, Secretary of State under Calvin Coolidge. More here at the link at right. [Feminist Law Professors]