New BUST features Amy Sedaris…yum


The new BUST magazine is out…How I love Amy Sedaris. And the interview is done by Maya Rudolph! I think I just messed my panties.
You would think it couldn’t get much better than having the lovely Ms. Sedaris in the mag, but it does. They have fucking Francine Pascal of Sweet Valley High fame featured as well. Love it.
Ok, but back to Amy Sedaris. Quick story: my boyfriend and I totally sat next to her at a restaurant in Woodstock, NY. The waitstaff—generally unimpressed by celebs cause Liv Tyler, Uma and Ethan (pre-breakup) and the like all have houses in the area—were ...


The new BUST magazine is out…How I love Amy Sedaris. And the interview is done by Maya Rudolph! I think I just messed my panties.
You would ...

UPDATE: DV charges can’t be brought against unmarried people because of gay marriage ban

Last month, Feministing reported that a lower-than-low Ohio lawyer was trying to get his client out of domestic violence charges by using the state’s gay marriage ban. He argued that his client, who was not married to the victim, “cannot be charged with the felony because domestic violence charges should be reserved for married couples under the state’s law defining marriage.”
I never really thought this argument would stick, but it seems that Judge Stuart Friedman—who ruled yesterday that domestic violence charges cannot be filed against unmarried people—found it compelling enough to screw unmarried women across the state:
Judges and others across the country have been waiting for a ruling on how the gay marriage ...

Last month, Feministing reported that a lower-than-low Ohio lawyer was trying to get his client out of domestic violence charges by using the state’s gay marriage ban. He argued that his client, who was ...

On Porn

In the recent Salon.com article, “Adventures in the skin trade,” Priya Jain reviews The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry, a book by Nina Hartley, and raises the age old feminist question: “Does pornography empower or degrade women who appear in it?”
I really appreciated this article – I am glad it was written and I think it does a fairly good job of identifying the insanely complex issues involved. Read it, in entirety. And when you do, consider the following, and then comment. I’d love to know your thoughts.
Jain talks about “the sort of mantra for pro-porn feminists everywhere”: “if I want to have sex ...

In the recent Salon.com article, “Adventures in the skin trade,” Priya Jain reviews The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry, a book by Nina Hartley, and raises the ...

Women in Chicago take on asshole pharmacist

From the Chicago Tribune:

Nearly 100 people held a peaceful protest at lunchtime Tuesday outside a Loop drugstore where a pharmacist has refused to fill prescriptions for birth-control pills.
In a scenario reminiscent of the 1960s, protesters chanted, “What do we want? Access! When do we want it? Now!” and carried placards reading, “Your religion does not belong in my health care.”

Check out the whole article…these conscience clause laws are unbelievable. When your pharmacist can tell you that you’re “killing babies” when you try to get emergency contraception, something is seriously fucked up.

From the Chicago Tribune:

Nearly 100 people held a peaceful protest at lunchtime Tuesday outside a Loop drugstore where a pharmacist has refused to fill prescriptions for birth-control pills.
In a scenario reminiscent of ...

A must-read: Shameful women

Check out this editorial from The Capital Times, Shameful women. Yeah, I know it’s kind of old. But I don’t care, read it anyway; take a look at the first bit:
Ellen Sauerbrey, Patricia Brister, Susan Hirschmann, Janet Parshall – are you familiar with these leaders in the women’s movement?
Don’t worry, neither is anyone else – because the foursome have absolutely no experience working for women’s rights.

Nice…

Check out this editorial from The Capital Times, Shameful women. Yeah, I know it’s kind of old. But I don’t care, read it anyway; take a look at the first bit:
Ellen Sauerbrey, ...

W really does stand for women…Really, I swear!

Oh please. Columnist Kathryn Lopez (who is coincidently also an editor of the National Review Online) would have us believe that W does, in fact, stand for women.
However, Lopez doesn’t really posit an argument for the validity of Bush’s barf-inducing campaign slogan as much as she scoffs at those who would question it (including Feministing’s parody). Apparently she also thinks the biggest problem facing women is cloning. That’s right, cloning. See, so W really does stand for women, cause he wants to ban cloning!
I don’t know what the frigging point of this article was…even her hook is a little late. I mean shit girl, the campaign is ...

Oh please. Columnist Kathryn Lopez (who is coincidently also an editor of the National Review Online) would have us believe that W does, in fact, stand for women.
However, Lopez doesn’t really ...

Wait Wear…inspiring oral one shirt at a time


I guess the abstinence-promoting clothing company Wait Wear didn’t hear the latest news about virginity pledges.
So really, shouldn’t that pink shirt say “Virginity Lane: Enter when married; until then take the back road”?
Via Nerve.

I guess the abstinence-promoting clothing company Wait Wear didn’t hear the latest news about virginity pledges.
So really, shouldn’t that pink shirt say “Virginity Lane: Enter when married; until then take ...

Title IX Takes a Hit

The Education Department has just made it easier for schools to meet Title IX regulations.
Currently, schools that receive federal financing must demonstrate their compliance with Title IX by either: (1) showing that the proportion of female athletes is comparable to the number of women in the student body; (2) proving that their sports programs for women is growing; or (3) demonstrating that their women’s sports program “fully and effectively” meets the interests of female students.
Well, now, the NY Times explains that: “Under the new clarification, colleges can demonstrate that they are satisfying the demand for women’s sports by taking an online survey showing that female students have no unmet sports interests. The Education Department ...

The Education Department has just made it easier for schools to meet Title IX regulations.
Currently, schools that receive federal financing must demonstrate their compliance with Title IX by either: (1) showing that the proportion ...

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