Where All The Wimmin At?
Via Jane at Firedoglake, a comment from Garance Franke-Ruta about the dearth of women opinion writers in progressive publications. O]nce Amy Sullivan leaves the Washington Monthly toward the end of the month, I will have the peculiar honor of being the only female more than half-time political writer left at any of the liberal magazines [...]
...read moreGreat! Big! Reptiles!
Okay, remember how I said that Alligators! Following! You! Home! was one more reason I will never live in the South? It’s happening again. FORT MYERS, Fla. – An elderly woman, who was bitten by an alligator while working in her backyard, beat back the reptile with a garden hose. Constance Gittles, 74, of south [...]
...read moreAnother One For the “No Shit, Sherlock” Files
Female screen names draw more threats and harassment. In the study, automated chat-bots and human researchers logged on to chat rooms under female, male and ambiguous screen names, such as Nightwolf, Orgoth and Stargazer. Bots using female names averaged 100 malicious messages a day, compared with about four for those using male names and about [...]
...read moreA Brief Follow-Up
Heliologue, in the comments to At Risk: I think the mere title of the book indicates something drastically wrong. Oh, yeah. It’s the kidding-on-the-square “Hate yourself! Not really! Except really, kind of!” tone of Skinny Bitch in a nutshell. We’re just girls here, so let’s talk about those chubby thighs. It’s an insult masquerading as [...]
...read moreAt Risk
Before we get started, let’s try a little thought exercise. Read the following statements and see which ones qualify as sensible, realistic short-term goals. Ready? Here we go: I will take a painting class. I will become the next Caravaggio. I will learn to make baklava. I will become a world-famous pastry chef. I will [...]
...read moreTop NYPD Officers Criticized For RNC Arrests
This is good news. The city agency investigating the police response to protests at the 2004 Republican National Convention has sharply criticized the performance of two deputy chiefs, saying that they yelled incomprehensible orders to marchers, resulting in many unnecessary arrests. The agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, outlined its findings in a two-page letter [...]
...read moreMango Season
Fun piece in the Times about mango season in Mumbai. I do love mangoes. Right now, mango frenzy is in full swing, not least in Mumbai, a city where people know better than anyone how to reincarnate a mango: street vendors across the city start squeezing mango juice for around 20 rupees (about 45 cents, [...]
...read moreFightin’ Irish
My love for Elliott Spitzer almost rivals my big crush on the silver fox, but there’s a new cat in town and he’s looking to fill Elliott’s big shoes. And I. Love. Him. (Don’t worry, I haven’t abandoned the Spitz; he’s moved on to bigger and better things, and is busy running for governor). How [...]
...read moreReaching Nixonian Depths
NYT poll puts Bush’s overall approval rating at 31%. Mr. Bush’s overall job approval rating hit another new low, 31 percent, tying the low point of his father in July 1992, four months before the elder Mr. Bush lost his bid for a second term to Bill Clinton. That is the third lowest approval rating [...]
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