By Jessica • 16 years ago

BBFs 4-Ever?

The Los Angeles Times had a piece yesterday about the television and movie trend of the BBF–the Black Best Friend:

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has one. Sandra Bullock had one. So did Jennifer Garner and Katie Holmes. Jennifer Love Hewitt has had two. Calista Flockhart took hers dancing. Kate Walsh had one, lost her, and got another one with a different face but the same name. And Scarlett Johansson got her first one last weekend.
They’re stars who have all played lead characters who experience adventure with the help of their BFF (Best Friend Forever). But in many cases, these BFFs might more accurately be characterized as BBFs — Black Best Friend — played by an African American actress whose character’s principal ...

The Los Angeles Times had a piece yesterday about the television and movie trend of the BBF–the Black Best Friend:

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has one. Sandra Bullock had one. So did Jennifer Garner and Katie Holmes. Jennifer Love ...
By Vanessa • 16 years ago

Tres Bra-zarre.


Here’s something a little lighter for the end of your Thursday…
Strangely, the brassiere has been getting a lot of media attention as of late. AlterNet has everything you’ll ever need to know about the bra, including the myth that it was almost named a Titzling. (Come on, you can’t tell me that’s not a little funny.)
Playtex has also been getting crazy press for the new launch of their new bra campaign called “Girl Talk” in which they tell you to basically treat your boobs like people. You know, “The Girls.” I suppose it could be seen as a step up from the ’94 ad (mentioned in the AlterNet piece) after the jump.


Here’s something a little lighter for the end of your Thursday…
Strangely, the brassiere has been getting a lot of media attention as of late. AlterNet has everything you’ll ever need to know about the ...
By Vanessa • 16 years ago

Pregnant women stress out.

It’s a shocker, I know. And if I was pregnant, this would just stress me out even more. Via the Guardian:

Most expectant mothers suffer stress during pregnancy, potentially putting at risk their baby’s development in the womb, according to a survey. A poll of more than 1,100 pregnant women by the baby charity Tommy’s revealed that almost 90% endured stress prompted by an array of causes. Worries range from money to food, work pressures and relationships.
Women are also struggling to deal with concerns over a range of ‘taboo’ topics they feel they cannot confess to publicly, according to the survey, conducted to mark the start of Tommy’s pregnancy health month. The taboo topics include fears of developing post-natal ...

It’s a shocker, I know. And if I was pregnant, this would just stress me out even more. Via the Guardian:

Most expectant mothers suffer stress during pregnancy, potentially putting at risk their baby’s development in the ...
By Courtney • 16 years ago

Not Oprah’s Book Club: I Love Female Orgasm


It was the night before I had the awesome opportunity to see Barack Obama in-studio on The Daily Show. I got my The Audacity of Hope and my Obama biography and curled into bed, thinking I would read some passages and get excited about seeing the man with the otherworldly charisma the next day. But I also had a stack of books that authors and publicist have sent me to review for feministing, so I thought, “Mmm…maybe I’ll just flip through a few.â€? Two hours later I was still engrossed in I Love Female Orgasm and the Obama books remained unopened. Even super charismatic Obama didn’t stand a chance against female orgasm.
Dorian Solot and ...


It was the night before I had the awesome opportunity to see Barack Obama in-studio on The Daily Show. I got my The Audacity of Hope and my Obama biography and curled into ...
By Ann • 16 years ago

Missouri governor contracts with anti-choice legal group

As Samhita noted earlier this week, there’s some legal wrangling going on in Missouri over a TRAP law that would require abortion clinics to perform major modifications to their facilities — modifications so expensive it would effectively shut down two of the three abortion providers in the state. (Which is, of course, the law’s intended effect.)
Planned Parenthood is fighting the law, and today Sarah Posner reports in TAP Online that instead of allowing Attorney General Jay Nixon to represent the state in court, anti-choice Gov. Matt Blunt has decided instead to contract with the Alliance Defense Fund, a right-wing Christian legal group, which will defend the state free of charge. (Just check out the ADF’s

As Samhita noted earlier this week, there’s some legal wrangling going on in Missouri over a TRAP law that would require abortion clinics to perform major modifications to their facilities — modifications so expensive it ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

What Does Open Marriage Look Like to You?


Contributed by Jenny Block, author of Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage
If there were no Disney, would girls still spend their lives looking for Prince Charming?
I read fashion magazines. I figure I better confess that up front. As I flip through the pages of the September issue of W, I am reminded of just how airbrushed that universe is, and how brainwashed a readership it leaves in its wake. If I’d never looked at those pictures, I wonder how I’d think I “shouldâ€? look. By extension, I wonder if other people would care so much that my relationships—and most especially my marriage—don’t look like they “should.â€? What would my world look like today, I ...


Contributed by Jenny Block, author of Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage
If there were no Disney, would girls still spend their lives looking for Prince Charming?
I read fashion magazines. I figure ...
By Jessica • 16 years ago

Voices of the Latina Institute: Sharing the same herstory: Latinas in the US and abroad

Jersey Garcia, Member of Miami International Latinas Organizing for Leadership and Advocacy (MI-LOLA)

Being an Afro-Latina and first generation Dominican American, I grew up knowing that many of the same reproductive justice issues affecting Latinas outside of the USA continue to plague their peers in the states. Poverty, lack of resources, violence, and no access to services or information are some of the issues that women continue to face here and abroad.
As the granddaughter of a poor, illiterate black woman living in a rural village in Dominican Republic, I know first hand what it is to not have choices or the resources to exercise our intrinsic right to sexual and reproductive health. My grandmother had 22 pregnancies, ...

Jersey Garcia, Member of Miami International Latinas Organizing for Leadership and Advocacy (MI-LOLA)

Being an Afro-Latina and first generation Dominican American, I grew up knowing that many of the same reproductive justice issues affecting Latinas ...

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