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Posted by SarahMC in Housekeeping, Thoughts on 07 31st, 2009 | 26 Comments
Not again! Via Alzwww @ Flickr.I’m in a public place. There are lots of people around. And I am topless. I go about my business but at the same time I am trying to find a way out. I NEED TO PUT A SHIRT ON! Has anyone noticed that I’m not wearing a top? Oh my god this is humiliating. It...
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Know Your Audience...

Posted by SarahMC in Thoughts on 07 30th, 2009 | 4 Comments
My posting has been light this week, as I’m out of town at a work conference and haven’t had much time for reading or writing. I didn’t think I’d be able to use any of my experiences here as blog fodder, as the Married Men on Business haven’t been bothering me lately. ...
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Do You Have Your Permission Slip?...

Posted by sarah.of.a.lesser.god in Thoughts on 07 30th, 2009 | 22 Comments
A reader tipped us off to this story, about an Ohio State Representative, John Adams (a Republican), who has introduced a bill that would require women to get the consent of the father before having an abortion. Now, as Becky Sharper pointed out to me, this would not stand up to a court challenge, being...
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Wrongo Dongo: A Legal Primer...

Posted by BeckySharper in Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 07 29th, 2009 | 7 Comments
We here at Harpyness have been down on professional athletes recently. And no wonder; our judicial system–financed by our tax dollars, I should point out–has spent lot of time processing these morons, all of whom seem to feel that they can behave however the fuck they want, and then whine...
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And They Said It Wouldn’t Last...

Posted by PhDork in Housekeeping on 07 29th, 2009 | 36 Comments
These are party hats for hamsters (hamsters not included). Via LuLu Witch @ Flickr. We already know that I’m bad about remembering anniversaries.  It’s a character flaw that extends into both my professional and personal life:  the Dude and I just decided on our non-iversary date a year...
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Warning: Not Having A C-Section Is Child...

Posted by BeckySharper in You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 07 29th, 2009 | 37 Comments
Recently I’ve been caterwauling rather loudly about the medical establishment and its seemingly endless need to dictate to women what we should and shouldn’t do with our uteri. Now the judiciary’s teamed up with them, as described in the latest post from from Lisa Belkin’s excellent...
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Badass du Jour...

Posted by PhDork in Harpy Shout-out, Thoughts on 07 28th, 2009 | 9 Comments
A poster from Atlanta's "Dear John" campaign That title goes to Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin, who, in addition to being the first female mayor of Atlanta, and the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major southern city, has been working on ending the sexual exploitation...
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“Huh, So You’re Gay Again?&#...

Posted by sarah.of.a.lesser.god in Solo Flying on 07 28th, 2009 | 24 Comments
Fly that flag! via toucanzoo @ flickr bi*sex*u*al (adj.): Of, relating to, or characterized by a tendency to direct sexual desire toward both sexes. Or so Merriam-Webster’s dictionary tells me. Both sexes. Simple enough, right? Except to those who think it’s a switch-off in which someone...
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Against Modelling...

Posted by Pilgrim Soul in Thoughts on 07 27th, 2009 | 20 Comments
Before I went to college, I had never so much as glanced at Vogue.  To me a $40 shirt was extremely expensive, and I had no real personal aesthetic.  Mostly, that was because I wasn’t much of a participant in the social world until I was 23 or so.  I had written off any chance of having the...
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“Cankles” Rankle...

Posted by SarahMC in Thoughts, You Have Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me on 07 27th, 2009 | 20 Comments
In case you stopped being neurotic about all your body’s “imperfections” for just a minute, the media is here to remind you to always be vigilant! Apparently, American women are on a quest to slim down their “fat” ankles: “cankles.” This morning, the Today...
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Everyone has a big “but,” Si...

Posted by PhDork in Culcha Vulcha, Thoughts on 07 27th, 2009 | 22 Comments
Via jelene @ Flickr Any California-based nerds out there?  Did you go to Comic-Con?  How was it?  How many Princess Leias-in-gold-bikinis did you see? It’s one of those things that I might do someday, if I don’t have to travel for it, anyway, as I am a sort-of comic fan.  I’m not...
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I Can Haz Cowboys?...

Posted by BeckySharper in Retro Pleasures on 07 27th, 2009 | 20 Comments
Via aidengirard @ Flickr. Ladies, I’ve just returned from one of the dudeliest places on earth: the 113th annual Cheyenne Frontier Days, the world-famous week-long rodeo and festival of Western culture known as “The Daddy of ‘Em All.” It’s absolute cowboy heaven–and...
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