I won’t be President. Even if I wanted to, it’ll never happen. The View recently discussed the idea of Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, running for President. Naturally, the conversation led to his weight and the idea of “fat” Presidents. But then Elisabeth Hasselback had something pretty profound to say. If Chris Christie were a ...
Labour Day is today! A day to celebrate all of the hard workers and the yearly achievements of the average hard-working citizen. Women have come pretty damn far from the installment of the holiday in 1882. Not only have we made strides in equality surrounding all aspects of life, we have taken some pretty large ...
Forbes has announced its list of the world’s 100 Most Powerful Women for 2011, complete with powerhouses like Oprah, J.K. Rowling, Diane Sawyer and even Lady Gaga. Let’s examine the results. Are these women worthy of such power? Bear with me here. We have the second most powerful, Hilary Clinton, US Secretary of State and ...
For some reason Michelle Obama’s program to encourage and help women with breastfeeding is not sitting well with Republicans. Mrs. Obama wants to include breastfeeding as part of her “Let’s Move” campaign to reduce childhood obesity. She cites evidence “that babies who were breastfed for the first four to six months were less likely to be ...
Sarah Palin’s new reality show has now premiered and is likely going to be very popular for viewers, regardless of their political bent. People will either watch it because they love her or because they hate her and want to see just how ridiculous she really “flippin” is. The premier had 5 million viewers and ...
Comedians don’t expect to get much — except for laughs. However they do get an award — the Mark Twain Prize for Humour is given each year for contributions to American comedy. This year Tina Fey won, but part of her acceptance speech was censored. Bizarrely it was about Sarah Palin, the figure she was praised ...
Nothing is sexier than a woman who cannot see without glasses. When a woman parades around wearing contacts, pretending that she doesn’t need glasses, it is false advertising, at least according to Rounds. Their unbelievably misogynistic 5 Things Girls Do To Look Better In Facebook Photos shows the difference between girls posing without glasses and ...
Conservative women are storming the gates, ready to take back America. A new documentary (in the Michael Moore style) Fire from the Heartland: The Awakening of The Conservative Woman chronicles the rise of the female side of the Republican party. Fire From The Heartland from Citizens United on Vimeo. Yep, that is Ann Coulter saying ...
Everybody loves to hate Sarah Palin, especially me. But enough is enough. A new article in the New York Times slams her for calling herself a feminist while not being enough of one. The authors attack her for being the face of women in politics, but for not being liberal enough for the title. What ...
Mama Grizzlies across the country are rising up on their hind legs and roaring with rage. The conservative bears are angry about Obama’s policies and the liberal bears are scared of a potential President Palin. Sarah Palin made a speech comparing conservative women to Mama Grizzlies rearing up on their hind legs to protect their ...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
