I know what you’re thinking: hashtag holidays are nonsense, Rachel—why would you legitimize such triviality with a blog post? I hear and understand your misgivings. But ice cream, as you may know, is delicious; it reminds us that despite our current national nightmare, a few, dwindling pleasures remain available to us.
Organizers of the Women’s March on Washington have set March 8 as the date for the Women’s General Strike.
The group behind the Women’s March on Washington has announced a nationwide event to follow the historically successful march.
Beyoncé’s twin-pregnancy announcement yesterday seemed to make the Hive (aka practically everyone) feel like Carol Anne in Poltergeist after she was kidnapped by malevolent spirits; we were trapped inside a moonless wormhole (Trump) until we heard our mom (Bey) plead if but for a second, “Carol Anne! Run into the…
Brace your bladders, ladies. It appears that the bacteria E. coli, which is so fond of invading our sensitive lady urethras on a regular basis and wreaking all kinds of painful havoc up in our tracts, is growing smarter and learning to overcome our best defenses. A new study of over 12 million bacteria found that E.…
Neda Agha-Soltan has become the face of the Iranian resistance movement, as has Neda Soltani. But unlike Soltan, whose death made her world famous, Soltani is still alive.
Angry at being questioned by a religious policeman, a 20-something Saudi Arabian woman beat the crap out of the cop, hitting him repeatedly until he was taken to the hospital.
Virginia D'Albert Lake, who died in 1997, is a true D-Day hero: l'Americaine stayed on in France through the occupation, joined the resistance and helped to rescue more than 60 Allied airmen before her deportation to a concentration camp. [NPR]
