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"I'm not a toy," Julia Roberts' character Vivian tells Richard Gere's oh-so-handsome (and rich) character Edward in Pretty Womwan. Of course, although he's sweet as can be and all, she still blows him (oh, and they fall in love; that's another story ( Read more... )

Franken's been declared the winner? The Lizard People have done it, once and for all ( Read more... )

Beyonce tells us, quite simply, in her newest release, what it means to be a diva, in a new, revamped (and extremely prone to getting stuck in your head) definition of the word: "A diva is female version of a hustler (of a hustler, of a hustler)."

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Keep playing until it's gotten good and stuck in your head. Yes, click again. Okay. Now you've ( Read more... )

Nicholas Kristof has a column up today about sex slavery in Cambodia, the second of this sort within a few days, and I for one sure do appreciate his publicizing of this issue, which is (a) horrifying and (b) easy to want to avoid.

One comment in particular caught my eye:

Desperate people resort to desperate measures. I did not find ‘parents,’ ‘ ( Read more... )

During my senior year of high school, my English teacher, knowing my feminist tendencies, handed me a photocopied column from The Nation. "This is by Katha Pollitt," he said, “You should read her stuff ( Read more... )

At the risk of outgaying myself, I give you some simple instructions:
1) Click this and start playing the song. (It’s “As Is” by Ani.)
2) Click this link.
3) Become overwhelmed by an unsettling blend of sweetness and righteousness.
4) Repeat.
Love,
Beth
p.s. This one, for some reason, is one of my favorites. I think it’s the totally domesticated, ( Read more... )

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Today, while I was babysitting, I had my Indigo Girls fan station on Pandora while my adorable two-and-a-half year-old charge and I were coloring. Splendid ( Read more... )

So, remember how Bush wants to pass all this last-minute bullshit to shit a tad more on women’s reproductive autonomy? Like here and here ( Read more... )