By Vanessa • 18 years ago

Crowned in Cleats

While I find high school homecoming court crap to be a tad ridiculous, I was pleased to find that Lincoln High School’s football team has a female kicker who, during halftime, walked across the field in her uniform to be crowned. Awesome.
Lentz is a senior at the school in Charleston, West Virginia, and decided to join the football team this past summer. “I’m the only girl, but it doesn’t bother me.” says Lentz. “The guys do a really good job of holding the line back.” I have no idea what that means, but it sounds cool.
It seems like this kick-ass, er, kicker deserves some royal treatment.

While I find high school homecoming court crap to be a tad ridiculous, I was pleased to find that Lincoln High School’s football team has a female kicker who, during halftime, walked across the field ...
By Vanessa • 18 years ago

Reminder: Sex segregation in school still exists.

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a really great report yesterday titled, “Tools of the Trade: Using the Law to Address Sex Segregation in High School Career and Technical Education.”
The report contains data from twelve different states — Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina and Washington — showing how female high school students are continuously underrepresented in nontraditional courses for their gender. In result, they suffer economically because of the fact that traditionally “male” occupations pay more. (Let’s not even add the wage gap on top of that disparity.)
The great thing about the report is that not only does it bring this issue to light, but also ...

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a really great report yesterday titled, “Tools of the Trade: Using the Law to Address Sex Segregation in High School Career and Technical Education.”
The report contains data ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

The logic of haters

You’ve gotta love how deluded people can be:

The Ku Klux Klan plans to rally in Austin to support the gay marriage amendment set for the Nov. 8 ballot.
The rally planned on the steps of city hall the Saturday before the election will urge voters to favor proposition 2.
However, some who support proposition 2 don’t welcome the KKK’s assistance.
One such person is Pastor Ryan Rush of Bannockburn Baptist Church.
Rush said that a group that would come in that is characterized as hateful and bigoted is not welcome in this city. He said he doesn’t want the Klan as a partner on any cause.

Cause it doesn’t make any sense that a hateful and bigoted group would ...

You’ve gotta love how deluded people can be:

The Ku Klux Klan plans to rally in Austin to support the gay marriage amendment set for the Nov. 8 ballot.
The rally planned on the steps of ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Tech geekery never looked so good


Bluetooth technology has come to sex toys (and all of a sudden I want to become more tech-savvy).
“The Toy” is controlled by text messages sent to your vibrator.
From Gizmodo:

Basically, it’s “worn internally” (let’s leave that one alone, shall we?) and when an SMS is sent from the phone it’s linked up to, it turns into vibrations, depending on what has been written (each letter has a different effect). Again, I’m going to leave that to your imagination. Oh, and in case you’re worried that your Bluetooth Vibrator is going to show up on everyone’s list of bluetooth devices, don’t fret. It will only show up on the one phone it’s linked ...


Bluetooth technology has come to sex toys (and all of a sudden I want to become more tech-savvy).
“The Toy” is controlled by text messages sent to your vibrator.
From ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Harriet Miers withdraws nomination

From The Washington Post:

In announcing the decision, Miers and President Bush cited their concern with the requests of members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for documents dealing with her work as White House Counsel that the administration has chosen to withhold as privileged.
But the Miers nomination to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was in deep trouble, with little support in the Senate, open criticism from many Senators of both parties, and an outpouring of opposition from conservative activists and intellectuals.
Miers told the president in a letter of withdrawal that she was “concerned that the confirmation process presents a burden for the White House and our staff that is not in the best interests of the country.”

From The Washington Post:

In announcing the decision, Miers and President Bush cited their concern with the requests of members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for documents dealing with her work as White House Counsel that ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Sheryl Swoopes comes out


WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes, a forward for the Houston Comets, came out in the most recent issue of ESPN The Magazine.

From The New York Times:

[Swoopes,] the three-time Most Valuable Player of the W.N.B.A., disclosed today that she is gay, an announcement that she described as lifting a burden from her, and one encouraged by an endorsement she received from a cruise line that caters to lesbians.
…She is the first high-profile African-American basketball player to come out as gay.
“I was at a point in my life where I am just tired of having to pretend to be somebody I am not. I was basically living a lie. For the ...


WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes, a forward for the Houston Comets, came out in the most recent issue of ESPN The Magazine.

From The New York Times:

[Swoopes,] the three-time ...
By Samhita • 18 years ago

Miers shows evidence of ardent pro-choice-ness?

NYT reports…

On the day the Supreme Court nominee Harriet E. Miers was expected to submit more complete answers to a Senate questionnaire, she was instead confronted with more questions about her legal views on abortion and how she would approach cases involving President Bush’s military policies.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Ms. Miers, in a 1993 speech in Dallas, spoke approvingly about a trend toward “self-determination” in resolving debates about law and religion, including those involving abortion rights and religion in public schools and public places.
“The ongoing debate continues surrounding the attempt to once again criminalize abortions or to once and for all guarantee the freedom of the individual woman’s right to decide for herself ...

NYT reports…

On the day the Supreme Court nominee Harriet E. Miers was expected to submit more complete answers to a Senate questionnaire, she was instead confronted with more questions about her legal views on ...

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