Lance Bass comes out.


A little frivolity, but YAY! I don’t really know how popular N-Sync is anymore, but more gay role models in the media and the happier we all are.

Lance Bass, band member of ‘N Sync, says he’s gay and in a “very stable” relationship with a reality show star. Bass, who formed ‘N Sync with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, tells People magazine that he didn’t earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn’t want to affect the group’s popularity.
“I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys’ careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it ...


A little frivolity, but YAY! I don’t really know how popular N-Sync is anymore, but more gay role models in the media and the happier we all are.

Lance Bass, band member of ‘N Sync, says he’s ...

Teen Endangerment Act passes Senate

As expected, the Senate passed the Teen Endangerment and Grandmother Incarceration Act yesterday.
So how the hell are they going to enforce this thing? The government doesn’t have the resources to send investigators knocking on every clinic’s door to ask whether they’ve obtained parental consent from all out-of-state minors. I’m guessing that, instead, upset parents will sue clinics for providing abortion services to their daughters. And they’ll bring those lawsuits with the help of major conservative and anti-abortion organizations.
Sigh.
See also: Feministe. And the ACLU’s assessment of the “serious constitutional concerns” raised by this legislation.

As expected, the Senate passed the Teen Endangerment and Grandmother Incarceration Act yesterday.
So how the hell are they going to enforce this thing? The government doesn’t have the resources to send investigators knocking ...

Ultrasound advice for pro-choicers

There’s a movement afoot to regulate “non-medical” use of ultrasound machines. Currently, anyone with ample cash– Tom Cruise, for example– can buy a machine for personal use. But experts say that, while ultrasounds are ”generally considered safe” by the FDA, they may pose risks to the fetus if not performed by a trained sonographer.
After Cruise’s purchase made news, the California Assembly passed a bill to prevent anyone but licensed medical professionals from purchasing ultrasound machines. But the law won’t only apply to wealthy parents who simply want “keepsake” images of their fetus. If the legislation passes the state Senate, it could prevent the state’s crisis pregnancy centers from buying ultrasound machines, ...

There’s a movement afoot to regulate “non-medical” use of ultrasound machines. Currently, anyone with ample cash– Tom Cruise, for example– can buy a machine for personal use. But experts say that, while ultrasounds ...

It’s lonely at the top. . .

Men outnumber women 6 to 1 in top corporate jobs. Not exactly what I am losing sleep over at night, since success in corporate enterprise is not my thang, nor do I think getting “women and minorities” in top positions is going to change structural inequity or the capitalist system that exploits the worker and exists on the backs of the poor. But still indicitive of how sexism is rampant in corporate culture.

via Reuters.

Men outnumber women 6 to 1 in top corporate jobs. Not exactly what I am losing sleep over at night, since success in corporate enterprise is not my thang, nor do I think getting “women and minorities” ...

AT&T ruling major blow to privacy

A Chicago judge denied to grant an injunction preventing AT&T from handing the phone records of ordinary people to the government.
The judge said that requiring AT&T to confirm or deny its role in domestic spying would compromise national security.
These programs are no longer secrets. The administration has already acknowledged its illegal domestic spying program, and AT&T’s data collection activities have already been widely reported and documented by credible sources.
Glenn Greenwald notes that this case has even more troubling implications:

The administration plainly believes that it is entitled to engage in conduct which violates the law while blocking courts from ruling on the legality that behavior. What is the point of having laws if political officials can ...

A Chicago judge denied to grant an injunction preventing AT&T from handing the phone records of ordinary people to the government.
The judge said that requiring AT&T to confirm or deny its role in domestic spying ...

Women make booty calls.

No shit! A study in Australia found that over half of women studied (about 650) have had a casual sexual partner at some point in their life.

Sexologist Stacey Demarco said this type of relationship offered women a safer sexual environment than a classic one night stand.
But it still allowed them to be emotionally unattached.
“As long as both parties understand the parameters of the ‘relationship’ this is a healthy way to go,” Ms Demarco said.
“Rules such as what happens if one of you meets someone else `serious’ and safe sex practices need to be discussed upfront, so no one gets hurt.”

The article doesn’t discuss gay relationships, where the parameters of casual sex and open relationships are ...

No shit! A study in Australia found that over half of women studied (about 650) have had a casual sexual partner at some point in their life.

Sexologist Stacey Demarco said this type of relationship offered women ...

If grrrrl bands don’t sell out, they don’t sell

Some of us are still upset over Sleater-Kinney’s impending breakup, and now the SF Bay Guardian pours salt in the wound by asking if this is part of a larger trend of all-girl rock bands calling it quits or simply fading from the limelight.
Writer Kimberly Chun laments that the majority of women on the charts this summer are sexed-up solo singers like Nelly Furtado, Rihanna, Shakira and, sadly, Paris Hilton. And while I agree that there’s a dearth of good all-women groups on the radio (the Pussycat Dolls? Puh-leeze), I don’t think pioneer Riot Grrrl bands– L7, Bikini Kill, our beloved Sleater-Kinney– ever spent much time on MTV or the Billboard charts. Still, ...

Some of us are still upset over Sleater-Kinney’s impending breakup, and now the SF Bay Guardian pours salt in the wound by asking if this is part of a larger trend of all-girl rock ...

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