Washington Post Uses 'Fajita' in Headline About Julian Castro
Things have been going pretty well for former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro.
Newspaper Dumps George Will Over Atrocious Rape Column
A major newspaper has kicked George Will to the curb over a recent column wherein the venerable conservative opinionator claimed that being a rape victim is a "coveted status" that comes with "privileges."
If You Want to Stop Violence Against Women, Ban Men
It turns out that not only was W. Bradford Wilcox and Robin Fretwell Wilson's Washington Post editorial offensive, they misinterpreted a major data point cited to back up their claims that if women were married, there would be less domestic violence. They also totally downplayed the real threat here: men.
WaPo Writer Uses Louis C.K.'s Pedophile Joke to Defend Statutory Rape
“Holy shitsnacks,” is more or less what you’ll say after reading “writer and former lawyer” Betsy Karasik’s opinion piece about the “vast and extremely nuanced continuum of sexual interactions involving teachers and students” that the Washington Post didn’t so much publish as release from the double-locked cellar in a…
Sarah Palin Is Not Signing With Al Jazeera, You Can Exhale Now
Earlier this morning, the Washington Post reported that hometown sweetheart/pitbull with lipstick Sarah Palin had, in an uncharacteristic move, signed a deal to be a correspondent on Al Jazeera America. The article even came with a quote from Palin herself:
Washington Post Reporters Travel to Alaska to Find Men with Limited Success
The most shocking thing about this article written by two Washington Post reporters who "head to Alaska to find romance" is that it's not a romantic comedy starring Amy Adams and Ginnifer Goodwin. Not yet, at least.
Hillary Clinton Boldly Goes Before the Cameras With No Makeup On
Hillary Clinton has been especially busy this week, traveling to China and India and accomplishing all sorts of important tasks. While the media has been dutifully covering all of her travels, she's also gotten a bit of attention for something that has nothing to do with her actual job: Hillary had the nerve to show…
Nuns Are Probably the Best Thing the Catholic Church Has Going For It Nowadays
After the crusty old honchos at the Vatican on Wednesday charged the Leadership Conference of Women Religious with "radical feminism" and vowed to stamp out any perceived dissent from Church policies amongst nuns, the general public immediately offered the sisters its overwhelming support and sympathy, circulating…
Prostitute-Sexing Secret Service Agent Publicly Perved on Sarah Palin
One of the supervising Secret Service agents who resigned under pressure after partaking of prostitutes during a trip to Colombia has been identified. And, predictably, the sort of guy who would cheat on his wife with a Colombian hooker is exactly the sort of guy who would post photos of himself checking out Sarah…
American Nuns Busted for Being a Crazy Bunch of Radical Feminists
Offering further proof that the world is becoming an increasingly weird place, the Catholic Church has decided to crack down on American nuns who, as anyone who has been around a nun recently knows, are a bunch of freewheeling party sisters. Wait, what? Yes, the Vatican has just taken disciplinary action against a…
Payback Is a Bitch for Abortion Clinic Protestors, Thanks to a Brilliant Landlord
Todd Stave has the unenviable position of being the landlord of a building in Germantown, Maryland, which he leases to an abortion provider called Reproductive Health Services Clinic. So he knows a little something about dealing patiently with anti-abortion protesters. But when they started calling him at home at all…
Republican Party Shockingly Struggling to Attract Female Support
In 2010, Republicans made big gains in both the US Congress and state legislatures, sailing into office on promises that they'd be the ones to balance the budget largely because of a push from female voters defecting from the left wing. But now, after over a year of non-job creating ladyparts legislation, it seems…
Cupcakes Are Ruining Everything
Once upon a time, cupcakes were just a run of the mill dessert. Now there are boutique cupcake bakeries all over the place and our consumption shows no signs of slowing. It's no fad; the Washington Post has declared that our relationship with cupcakes is "an enduring love affair." Of course, the things you love say a…
Komen CEO Really Sad That Everyone's Mad at Her
Komen CEO Nancy Brinker has again tried her hand at discussing the Planned Parenthood disaster with the media, but this time, rather than appearing live on-air, she's sent a letter in response to a blog post by the Washington Post's Sally Quinn. In her note, Brinker admits that she made mistakes in defunding Planned…
It's a Good Time to Be a Black Woman, Except on TV
The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a nationwide survey — including over 800 interviews — from which a "complex portrait" of black women in the United States has been drawn.
But the most interesting part of the survey was an additional poll — which is — asking, "Overall, do you think the…The Ten Worst Things Robin Givhan Ever Wrote
Amanda Hess offers this compendium of Pulitzer-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan's underminery. "Kagan's version of middle-age seems stuck in a time warp, back when 50-something did not mean Kim Cattrall or Sharon Stone, Cougar Town or Sex and the City."
Jonathan Adler: "Nothing Tastes As Good As Skinny Feels"
- Designer (and husband of Barneys creative director/fashion sage Simon Doonan) Jonathan Adler is selling a needlepoint pillow emblazoned with the pro-ana proverb "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." Which, as Adler should know, is pretty much anorexia's catchphrase. [Racked]
DC-Area High School Makes Failure A Challenge By Eliminating F's
Students who fail to complete their assigned work for class at West Potomac High will receive an "I" instead of an "F." This is great practice for the real world, where we all know that failure is totally impossible.
Lindsay And Ungaro Part Ways; YSL Designer Sues Paper For Reprinting His Racist Comments
- "She's not involved in this collection," said Ungaro owner Asim Abdullah just before his show commenced this afternoon, Paris time. He was referring, of course, to "artistic adviser" Lindsay Lohan, whose future at Ungaro had long been in doubt. [WWD]
Arms And The Woman
The WaPo has just discovered the wonderful world of women's arm wrestling. Started with a league in Charlottesville in 2008, there are now branches all over the country. Don't worry though: competitors aren't "the Big Berthas you'd expect." [WashingtonPost]
