GOP Suddenly Champions Sexism

Que Sarah, Que Sera.

Staying open-minded about the new Republican veep nominee long enough to research her and make up my own mind was quite a challenge, considering the frequent baffled-and-furious dings of my Twitter feed, RSS reader and email alerts. When I finally sat down this morning to comb through all the weekend’s coverage and catch up (that [...]

Raping Our Own Soldiers and What the DoD Isn’t Doing About It.

[Thx: Our Troops Newsladder]
Just read this unsettling post from Paul Rieckhoff, who is the Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. It underscores some very disturbing statistics about sexual assault in the military:
Women make up 20% of all new recruits and more than 11% of the forces deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
The rates of [...]

True Body Confessions: The Real Not the Ideal

True Body Confessions launches today and I wish I could say I am shocked by the responses:
I’m a size 0-2 and in great shape and my fiance tells me he loves the way I look every chance he gets. When I look in the mirror all I see is fat fat fat. Why? because when [...]

Boobs for Obama

Jon Voight may not like Obama, but Pam does. And that’s all that matters. [Photo courtesy of Megan, a.k.a. Hope Santa]