By Ann • 18 years ago

You dial like a girl.


Samsung is selling a new cell phone for women. It’s not only sparkly and pink– bonus features include offensive gender stereotypes!
The phone has a built-in shopping list, fat calculator and favorite fragrance list. Plus, says Samsung marketer Jenny Goodridge, “You can put in your birth date and it will tell you if you are intelligent, attractive or emotionally stable. You can’t be all three on any day… It’s pretty funny.” Hilarious!
The phone also has an ovulation calendar. There aren’t details on how it works, but this is the one feature that might actually be useful.
Samsung is looking to sell the phone to women ages 24 and younger. And though I’m in the target ...


Samsung is selling a new cell phone for women. It’s not only sparkly and pink– bonus features include offensive gender stereotypes!
The phone has a built-in shopping list, fat calculator and favorite fragrance ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Ayotte starts today

The Supreme Court started hearing arguments on Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood today, and already the fur is flying.

The court, starting with Justice David Souter, a New Hampshire native, wasted little time before firing questions at Ayotte about how the state’s law deals with situations where a minor’s health — but not life — is in danger and she needs an immediate abortion.
Justices Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer zeroed in on how doctors would avoid being prosecuted or sued if they performed an abortion if the minor did not want to notify a parent and a judge was unavailable to provide the necessary approval.
The justices did not seem satisfied when Ayotte said another, existing New Hampshire law would protect ...

The Supreme Court started hearing arguments on Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood today, and already the fur is flying.

The court, starting with Justice David Souter, a New Hampshire native, wasted little time before firing questions at Ayotte about ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Two women win Saudi election

Sweet.

Two Saudi businesswomen have been elected in the kingdom’s first ballot in which women were allowed to stand.
Lama al-Suleiman and Nashwa Taher were among 12 successful candidates voted onto the board of Jeddah’s chamber of commerce and industry.
The turnout was low and the election was only a local affair, but analysts say it is a significant step.

I’d say so! Now about that driving thing…

Sweet.

Two Saudi businesswomen have been elected in the kingdom’s first ballot in which women were allowed to stand.
Lama al-Suleiman and Nashwa Taher were among 12 successful candidates voted onto the board of Jeddah’s chamber ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Fox news teaser totally sucks


Charlotte’s Fox Channel 18 accomplished quite a feat recently when they created a news teaser that combined the shame of abstinence-only education with the visuals of porn.

The 20-second promo for the 10 p.m. newscast showed a teenage couple and said:
“These local kids found God. They pledged abstinence. But now they’re getting on their knees. And it definitely isn’t to pray. … They found a loophole in chastity. Don’t worry about your kids’ virginity. Worry about their oral fixation.”
And with that, the screen showed a woman, her eyes obscured, licking a red, white and blue ice pop.

I’ll suppress my urge to make a Mr. Softee joke. Outside of the promo’s obvious ick factor, ...


Charlotte’s Fox Channel 18 accomplished quite a feat recently when they created a news teaser that combined the shame of abstinence-only education with the visuals of porn.

The 20-second promo for the 10 p.m. ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Blog-tastic

My internet is rebelling against me today, so I’ll happily point folks in the direction of these recent must-reads:
Rebecca “Smartypants” Traister points out the strange misogynist response to Dowd’s book on Amazon. I think Mr. John F. Ross really needs to meet Vox Day for some bosom buddy woman-bashing.
After a bit of a mailing list scuffle where Ampersand called Cathy Young an “anti-feminist” (and I think rightly so), he explores the meaning of the term.
Jill at Feministe wades into the scummy waters of guys who think rape is some sort of figment of women’s imagination.
Amanda breaks down the elusive nature of the ...

My internet is rebelling against me today, so I’ll happily point folks in the direction of these recent must-reads:
Rebecca “Smartypants” Traister points out the strange misogynist response to Dowd’s book on Amazon. ...
By Jessica • 18 years ago

Supreme Court meets on abortion tomorrow

The Supreme Court will meet tomorrow to start hearing arguments on Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood, the court’s first abortion case in five years.
On a conference call last night for bloggers, speakers from NARAL Pro-Choice America, the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project and NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire explained that Ayotte is about a hell of a lot more than parental notification.
This case isn’t arguing whether or not parents should be notified or give consent when their daughters want to obtain an abortion–it’s about the health of young women:

New Hampshire imposes a 48-hour waiting period after the required notice to at least one parent. Like all states, it provides an exception for conditions ...

The Supreme Court will meet tomorrow to start hearing arguments on Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood, the court’s first abortion case in five years.
On a conference call last night for bloggers, speakers from NARAL Pro-Choice ...

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