tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24654264762258216182011-04-21T16:33:05.679-07:00"Yesterday I might have been a glorious monument to somebody, true enough-but tomorrow I could be a fireworks depository." -- Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, LoveAugusteumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11059016412994110373noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465426476225821618.post-24184500742447441412008-08-20T09:53:00.000-07:002008-08-20T12:49:28.427-07:00

Wouldn't it be nice if the candidates were really listening to what you had to say? Wouldn't it be great if they could really hear what America's women are really looking for? It sure would be nice if somehow we could tell the candidates what really matters to women today.Hmmm... Oh, wait! What about a website where woman can go and state in smart terms what we want?This Is What Women Want is

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Well, ain't it the truth? Damn well good someone finally wrote a book about it. While I was away the lovely Jessica Valenti from Feministing fame came out with a book that I sincerely think I need to add to my library, such that it is.He's a Stud, She's a Slut and 49 Other Double Standards Women Should KnowAnd while I am at it I think I will order one for my step daughter, you know, just so she

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Yesterday I might have been a glorious monument to somebody, true enough-but tomorrow I could be a fireworks depository. Even in the Eternal city, says the silent Augusteum, one must always be prepared for riotous and endless transformation. --Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love This passage is from what was for me a gently tugging and delightful read. The author has a fantastic way of just

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The Army drops its IQ...again. Apparently the percentage of new Army recruits with high-school diplomas has dropped from 94% in 2003 to 70.7% percent in 2007. The Pentagon has a goal of 90%. And of those with a diploma only 44.6% score in the upper 50th percentile on the Armed Forces aptitude tests, down from 56.2% in 2005.And so...In order to meet recruitment targets, the Army has even had to

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Go check out the tons and tons of bloggers who are taking time to talk about why choice is important to them.Powered by ScribeFire.

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Today is the 35th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. When I started to write this I went looking for some specific death rate statistics prior to legalized abortion. Depending on who you believe the number is 10,000 annually between 1960-1970 or something like 120. The larger number reflects a common pro-choice viewpoint based on estimations since many deaths would not have been reported as abortion

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Via BroadsheetQuote of the day: A.O. Scott Despite what most products of the Hollywood comedy boys' club would have you believe, it is possible to possess both a uterus and a sense of humor.-- A.O. Scott in his New York Times review of "Juno."That puts me in mind of this little gem.A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her

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I am a bit late on catching up with the news lately and so I am also late to comment on the downright scary notion that a significant part of the American population supports Mike Huckabee, and not in reference to his need for anti-psychotics. If the guy that lives out of the grocery cart by my local supermarket spouted the things that this guys does, he would be written off as delusional and

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Via Feministing (Not Tonight Dear). I know, I know, this is very late.See the thing is that these types of feminist blaming, "ladies need to just lie back and think of the queen for the sake of teh menz" articles are always ready to push us on our backs so we can take one for the team. They are always quick to point out that women just don't like sex but men do and really, who is more

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