By Ann • 16 years ago

Hill’s hills: The stuff that got edited out

Because a 3-second soundbite wasn’t enough… Here’s what else I was going to say about the so-called controversy over Hillary Clinton sporting a v-neck top. Then I promise to stop yammering about it.
First off, Robin Givhan is a fashion writer for a paper in the political capital of the country. Of course she’s going to write about what the ’08 frontrunners are wearing. The difference between Hillary and the boys, though, is that she gets WAY more attention paid to what she wears. And even though Givhan’s article appeared in the style section (where, if anywhere, such an article belongs), the unfortunate thing is that other news outlets took it for news, and interspersed it with their political ...

Because a 3-second soundbite wasn’t enough… Here’s what else I was going to say about the so-called controversy over Hillary Clinton sporting a v-neck top. Then I promise to stop yammering about it.
First off, Robin Givhan ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

Quick Hit: Pay Equity Legislation passes House

The ACLU reports that the House of Representatives has passed H.R. 2831, the “Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007.”

…aimed at fixing the May 29, 2007 Supreme Court decision undermining protections against wage discrimination in compensation that have been bedrock principles of civil rights law for decades.

The ACLU reports that the House of Representatives has passed H.R. 2831, the “Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007.”

…aimed at fixing the May 29, 2007 Supreme Court decision undermining protections against wage discrimination in ...
By Samhita • 16 years ago

My isn’t that a MANLY sweater you have on there!

Oh what a sad day when I found this piece of trash in my inbox today courtesy of reader Traci, found via CNN but originally in Oprah’s mag. Oh Oprah, how could you do me like that?
More bad frenzy inducing advice on how to get through to your man. Gross.
“You’re 100 percent correct”

It doesn’t matter what you’re arguing about — he just wants to be right. This is his weakness; you can use it like judo, turning his own momentum against him.
Saying two little words, “You’re right,” is the verbal equivalent of darting a raging elephant with animal tranquilizers. It gives him what he wants, reducing tensions and leaving the way open for you to ...

Oh what a sad day when I found this piece of trash in my inbox today courtesy of reader Traci, found via CNN but originally in Oprah’s mag. Oh Oprah, how could you do me like ...
By Samhita • 16 years ago

Why don’t women ask for raises?

A recent study found that women are less likely to ask for higher salaries because when they do the social costs are far greater than when men ask for raises. You know the usual–I don’t want to work with an aggressive, ball-busting bitch.
The study first done by a professor, who noticed that women Ph.d candidates were less likely to be teaching classes than men, decided to inquire.

When Babcock took the complaint to her boss, she learned there was a very simple explanation: “The dean said each of the guys had come to him and said, ‘I want to teach a course,’ and none of the women had done that,” she said. “The female students had expected someone to send ...

A recent study found that women are less likely to ask for higher salaries because when they do the social costs are far greater than when men ask for raises. You know the usual–I don’t want to ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

How much jail time should women get for having an abortion?

Ann and I were sure that we had posted this video before, since it made the rounds a couple of years ago, but we can’t find it anywhere. And it’s too good not to post.
It’s resurfaced because Anna Quindlen has written an article about the National Institute of Reproductive Health’s new campaign, “How much time should she do?”, and points out how anti-choicers are hesitant to tell folks how much jail time they think women should get if abortion were to be illegal, and they got one anyway.

“They never connect the dots,” says Jill June, president of Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa. But her organization urged voters to do just that in the ...

Ann and I were sure that we had posted this video before, since it made the rounds a couple of years ago, but we can’t find it anywhere. And it’s too good not ...
By Samhita • 16 years ago

Best letter to the editor I have ever seen.


UPDATE: 21st Century mom scanned the picture for me! THANKS!
I can’t seem to find this picture online, but my coworker pointed this out to me in today’s Chronicle. It is in response to a picture of a pregnant woman’s stomach from the side with an image of the world imposed on it. This was the response that one reader had and I applaud it.

Don’t blame women
Editor – Your picture of a naked, pregnant woman’s belly (Letters, July 22) to symbolize the overpopulation crisis is both vulgar and misleading. A picture of an erect penis would be more accurate. Men’s lust and arrogance, not women’s fertility, is the cause of overpopulation.
Patriarchal religions, such as Roman Catholicism, fundamentalist ...


UPDATE: 21st Century mom scanned the picture for me! THANKS!
I can’t seem to find this picture online, but my coworker pointed this out to me in today’s Chronicle. It is in response to a picture ...
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