Would a Rose by any other name smell as sweet? Maybe. But she might not vote the same way. » 2/28/14 5:10am 2/28/14 5:10am

The only surviving polar bear cub can now be seen by the public (BRB, planning a trip to the zoo) and needs a name! » 2/12/14 10:11pm 2/12/14 10:11pm

Cats and dogs are gendered in contemporary American culture, such that dogs are thought to be the proper pet for men and cats for women (especially lesbians). This, it turns out, is an old stereotype. In fact, cats were a common symbol in suffragette imagery. Cats represented the domestic sphere, and anti-suffrage… » 12/06/13 7:15pm 12/06/13 7:15pm

North Carolinian Madison Kimrey is 12 years old and already more articulate and fabulous than 95% of the members of the United States Congress. Case in point: this speech she gave on Monday in protest of the state's idiotic new voting restrictions. And her outfit! If I wasn't so damn impressed by her poise, I'd be… » 10/30/13 3:20pm 10/30/13 3:20pm

After the Supreme Court's decision to strike down key provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act this year, some states hit the ground running with new laws that would make it much more difficult for women and minorities to cast their ballots. Unfortunately, it now seems like this could bite them in the ass, as one of… » 10/25/13 3:40pm 10/25/13 3:40pm

Today is Pakistan's Parliament voting day, and many of the 37 million registered female voters are defying militant groups' death threats and social ostracism to get their say on paper. Recent research as the voting day neared found that 564 out of the 64,000 polling districts hadn't seen a single female vote in the… » 5/11/13 4:00pm 5/11/13 4:00pm

Yay for our foremothers (is that a word?) Alice Duer Miller! This baller piece of old-school Americana comes via @iRevolt. My favorite: "Because if men should adopt peaceable methods women will no longer look up to them." Zing. » 2/23/13 6:00pm 2/23/13 6:00pm

Walton City Council candidate Robert McDonald learned the value of democracy the hard and very literal way: when he tied with another candidate for election because his wife didn't vote. » 11/08/12 4:40pm 11/08/12 4:40pm

Full disclosure: I was raised in a very political family. My parents met during Robert Kennedy's campaign. They were with Senator Kennedy the night he was shot. My mother worked for Congressman Berman. My father held elected office in Los Angeles for sixteen years. » 11/07/12 4:00pm 11/07/12 4:00pm

Did you look for someone to stuff your ballot on election night? You're not alone. During stressful times, many people relieve the anxiety with intimate relations. It's actually a pretty healthy way to get out all the craziness inside, right? Just bring all that election angst into the bedroom and work those sexxxxy… » 11/07/12 12:40pm 11/07/12 12:40pm

There are people — Americans! — who are currently attempting to vote for President. Unfortunately, the lines are DMV long, there aren't enough voting machines in Ohio (thanks, John Husted, ya jagoff!), and it's very cold and boring to stand in line. To remedy this and keep people's spirits up, why not send those on the … » 11/06/12 7:15pm 11/06/12 7:15pm

Excited to vote in her first ever election, a very pregnant 21-year-old suburban Chicago woman interrupted her trip to the hospital's birthing center with a stop at her local polling station. Galicia Malone's water had already broken, and by the time she arrived to wait in line to cast her ballot, her contractions were … » 11/06/12 5:15pm 11/06/12 5:15pm

That's Mrs. Winifred Banks, the woman who abandons her kids with Mary Poppins so she can flip her husband the bird and get out there and ROCK THE VOTE. » 11/06/12 11:00am 11/06/12 11:00am