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more about #washingmachine mariamariamaria: I think the Vatican was just trying to be clever. Right, guys? Right? more » fol_de_rol: I'm starting to think of the Vatican in the same way as I think of Elvin Tibideaux from The Cosby Show - means well, but always puts his foot in his m... more » stealthird: My Swiffer mop was my noble liberator. That an my iPod, which I fills my ears with empowering music as I attack the piles of dog hair in the corners o... more » pear.shaped.Sara: Some other suggestions: car (except in Saudi Arabia) slow-cooker pants more » Little Green Frog (Wise Latina): Y'all, OK, I know you won't believe me there is some truth in this. Last year my kitchen pipes exploded and we had to have the whole kitchen and laund... more » MissRose: Does the catholic church ever have anything critical to say about men? Seriously, it always seems to be throwing women under the bus or trying to cont... more » MerryLilly: All our opinions come short. Let's ask our grandmas and great-grandmas what they really think about the washing machine, since they actually lived in ... more » gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: I'll go out on a limb and say that anti-depressants should be up on the list. My husband may not have made it to his 40th birthday without my willingn... more » TheFormerJuneBronson: I would love to bag on the Vatican, since that's fun, but I suspect that though misguided, this may be in line with A&E choosing Gutenberg for Bio... more » NefariousNewt: Where do they get that from? Great, so women no longer have to haul laundry to the river and pound it on rocks. Who's still doing the laundry? Women. ... more » saintbernadette: I let the church talk me out of birth control pills 2 years ago, and I have to say I've never been happier with the state of my reproductive bits. Of ... more » linnyt is a walking cliché: I appreciate the sausage-fest that is the Vatican letting me know that the washing machine did the most the liberate women. more » aisuru113: If this was the yet to be invent automatic iron, there is a possiblity it would rank high up there. I don't mind laundry but I hate ironing with all m... more » AuntPenny: I would say take-out is more liberating than the washing machine. more » LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman: The Liberation of LadySoprano was The Pill, tampons and a plane ticket to London. more » PilgrimSoul: Dear Vatican fuckwads: STFU. You're embarassing the real Catholics. more » battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: It makes my head spin they committed this lint trap of a story to permanent press. more » DutchessOfDork: You forgot vacuum cleaners Vitriolican! more » lilbobbytables: I personally think that sensible undergarments were a good move. I like my organs where they are, thank you. more » leesie: I'll keep washing this story, but for now my mind is on spin cycle. I mean, there's plenty to be wrung out of this story. For starters, the l'Osservat... more » -
#womenswork
Vatican: Washing Machine Has Done More To Liberate Women Than Pill, Work
On International Women's Day, the Vatican's newspaper observed: "Some say the pill, some say abortion rights and some the right to work outside the home. Some, however, dare to go further: the washing machine." More »
