Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire has signed a new law making the state the 7th to allow same sex marriage.

Gregoire signed the bill in the state reception room in the Capitol, surrounded by gay rights supporters. “I’m proud our same-sex couples will no longer be treated as separate but equal,” Gregoire said. It’s a historic moment, [...]

Happy birthday Alice Walker!

On the decline of Liz Lemon.

Birth control users are the 99%.

Josh “Lemon” Lyman is going to be a city council member on Parks and Rec.

Happy Friday!

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How the GOP is resegregating the south . Livestrong has added $100,000 to the Planned Parenthood grant from Bloomberg. Bioethicist Art Caplans calls on the entire executive leadership team and board of Komen to resign . Seriously? HRC is giving Goldman Sachs a “Corporate Equality Award.” Yeah, when I think Goldman Sachs I definitely think [...]

The Komen Board of Directors and Founding CEO Nancy G. Brinker just released a statement in response to the massive outcry following their decision to stop directing funds to Planned Parenthood , most of which went to breast cancer screenings. Komen claims the decision was not political, and that they will continue funding Planned Parenthood:

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Anna Holmes on female anger . New Hampshire Republicans proposed a bill that would require police officers to actually witness domestic violence in action before they could make an arrest. Seriously, can we stop with the slavery games and slavery math problems? Cory Booker responds to Chris Christie’s suggestion that civil rights should have been decided through [...]

Happy New Year! It’s the Year of the Dragon, which is the luckiest year in the Chinese zodiac. Today is the 39th Annual March to Give Fetuses Rights (and take them away from anyone with a uterus) in Washington, DC. Skier Sarah Burke died Thursday at 29 . Cynthia Nixon on how being gay is a choice for her . [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzibSiJv8hc Etta James died today at 73 . Samhita says smart things in this article about Jay-Z and the B-word . Jessica talks purity balls on Anderson Cooper’s show today. Ann on talent . Beautiful photos of the Loving family , plaintiffs in the landmark case Loving v. Virginia which legalized interracial marriage in the [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that it will not allow an expanded religious exemption to the requirement for no co-pay birth control coverage that HHS ruled on in August. The administration’s exemption for insurance plans provided by houses of worship will remain in place. Conservative religious groups, including the influential US Conference [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_evS-T-c35M Winning Our Future, which is in the Newt Gingrich camp, might be the most off the wall Super PAC so far. Eesha on racially coded rhetoric in the Republican primary. Heartbreaking story about a teen who was killed after the police had her help them with a marijuana bust. I honestly have no words. A must read personal [...]

Ron Paul is a massive racist . I am absolutely not OK with that. Many of his views are incredibly dangerous. He should never ever ever be president. I am also disgusted by the role of Super PACs in our political landscape. Citizens United was a terrible ruling from a Supreme Court that’s just as much in the [...]

This video’s a bit old, but I hadn’t seen it before, and it’s amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXH2K7OC37s&sns=fb This gives me hope for the future right now. Update: Huge thank you to Feministing reader Sorcha for typing up a transcript, which you can find after the jump. I also received transcripts from readers Caitlin and Libbie. The Feministing community rules. [...]

This video’s a bit old, but I hadn’t seen it before, and it’s amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXH2K7OC37s&sns=fb This gives me hope for the future right now. Update: Huge thank you to Feministing reader Sorcha for typing up a transcript, which you can find after the jump. I also received transcripts from readers Caitlin and Libbie. The Feministing community rules. [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylPUzxpIBe0 Wait isn’t this video, like, reverse racism? Zerlina takes on Chris Brown and “the victim blaming machine” over at The Frisky . Just in case you thought fat shaming was a US thing, French nutritionist Pierre Dukan says slim kids should be given better grades in school . What do Ron Paul and Louis Farrakhan have in common? A must [...]

Zerlina’s read of why President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with the indefinite detention provision included is an accurate take on how the bill works and how it moved through government. But with all due respect I think she missed the administration’s doublespeak when it comes to intent. The signing statement is designed [...]