This past week the Washington Post (and numerous other sources) reported that the Vatican—following an investigation by the office formerly known as the Inquisition—had ordered what amounted to punishment and possible dissolution of the organization that represents nearly 58,000 American...
There. I said it.
In the latest faux outrage that has recently swept the nation, a simple and true statement was used by the Conservatives to further stoke the Mommy Wars and throw yet another woman under the bus. For the many times that Repubs piss and moan about liberal selective hearing, I find...
Guys, it’s not even April yet and Winnipeg is having a rough year. Out of 7 homicides, 3 are victims of domestic violence. The latest death occurred last weekend in the form of a murder suicide. The couple was new to Canada. She was 28 years old. Their 3 year old daughter was there and...
Somehow I got on the mailing list for Bliss Spa & Beauty, I suspect because I cashed in a gift certificate for a facial there a few years ago and now they own all my information. The products they sell are way too pricey for me, so normally I just recycle the catalogue. But today when I glanced at...
There are days when I think we should revive those iconic anti-drug ads from the 1980s to read This Is Your Brain On White Privilege. We could use it to advertise op-eds like the one published this week on Forbes.com entitled “If I Were a Poor Black Kid.” Now, if you’re a middle-aged...
Woah, it’s been a long time! Work has been exhausting for sure, and I meant to write a post about the Winnipeg Slutwalk and whatnot. Sadly the organizers have not gotten back to me and I had some epic questions of doom (and I don’t know what that says about the movement, though I may...
From Reuters:
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling several lots of birth control pills because of a packaging error that could leave women at risk for unplanned pregnancy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.
Select blisters were rotated 180 degrees within the card, reversing...
Photo by Joe Giza for Reuters.
From today’s New York Times article “Humility by the Pack“:
In this tradition-bound sport…a hazing ritual that has gone on for years seems to have reached a new level of absurdity at major league ballparks: rookie relievers are being forced to wear...
Last week, the New York Times Motherlode blog cross-posted a piece by Femamom‘s Haley Krischer about a thorny situation at her son’s school. When seven-year-old Jake referred to his sister—his mother’s child by his stepfather–as his “sister”, the school nurse...
A cupcake design suggestion from the campaign's website. Mmmm...it's murderlicious!
Gentle readers, I am chortling over my morning coffee at this one. Yes, it’s the national “Cupcakes for Life” campaign, coming your way on October 9. Mark your calendars! What is this latest...
Cross-posted at …fly over me, evil angel….
I don’t normally write about politics or current events because, honestly, I sometimes don’t keep up with my news feeds for days at a time and there are many other people on the Internetz who cover that role far better than I ever could....
First reactions first.
A conversation between Hanna and I first thing this morning, after I shared this story by Margaret Hartmann @ Jezebel on Google Reader:
Anna: so basically, it’s not about the woman’s story about the actual alleged rape changing or lacking credibility … it’s...