President Obama will Repeal the Global Gag Rule
By Loryn Wilson - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 1:15 pmAccording to The Wall Street Journal, President Obama will repeal the so-called global gag rule, which outlawed U.S. funding from going to NGOs that perform…
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Mrs. Blagojevich Fired
By Loryn Wilson - Jan 22nd, 2009 at 5:24 pmThe Chicago Tribune reports that Patricia Blagojevich has been fired from her position as fundraiser for a Chicago-based service league:
Just months after launching a…
Steve Jobs’ Health Troubles Should Not Be Public Knowledge
By Loryn Wilson - Jan 22nd, 2009 at 10:30 amAccording to Bloomberg, the question of Steve Jobs’s health has raised interesting questions by the SEC about whether or not the public should be given more…
If You’re Light, You’re Right?
By Loryn Wilson - Jan 19th, 2009 at 11:44 amA few weeks ago, I saw this ad for Fair and Lovely, a skin-whitening cream:
I know that skin-whitening has been an issue in communities…
Ex-Officer in Oscar Grant Case Arrested
By Loryn Wilson - Jan 14th, 2009 at 2:07 pmAccording to CNN, ex-Bay Area Rrapid Transit police officer Johannes Mehserle has been arrested in connection with the shooting of Oscar Grant.
The day Oscar…
Surprise, Surprise: Obama is Time’s Person of the Year
By Loryn Wilson - Dec 17th, 2008 at 3:45 pmPolitico reports that Time Magazine has selected Barack Obama as the Person of the Year:
Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel appeared this morning on “Today”…
NBC’s Momma’s Boys: Xenophobes on Parade
By Loryn Wilson - Dec 17th, 2008 at 3:00 pmSo last night, I — and I’m sure some of you — tuned in to watch the season premiere of NBC’s Momma’s Boys. The premise…
Ending the Prop 8 Blame Game
By Loryn Wilson - Dec 15th, 2008 at 12:42 pmOver at Feministe, Cara says that perhaps it’s time that people stopped blaming gays for the loss of their own rights:
I’m personally really sick…
Joe the Plumber is Appalled by McCain
By Loryn Wilson - Dec 10th, 2008 at 11:44 amJust when you thought Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher would fade into obscurity, Politico reports that he is now denouncing John McCain’s campaign tactics, saying that he was…
Michelle Obama: Black Beauty… and Booty?
By Loryn Wilson - Nov 18th, 2008 at 12:29 pmErin Aubry Kaplan at Salon sings the praises of Michelle Obama’s beauty and her well-proportioned rear end:
But what really thrills me, what really feels…
Shut Up, Helen Mirren.
By Loryn Wilson - Nov 18th, 2008 at 11:48 amFeministing reports that Helen Mirren believes female jurors in rape cases are “sexually jealous” of the rape survivors:
“Whether in a deep-seated animalistic way, going…
Obama as President = “No More Excuses” from Minorities?
By Loryn Wilson - Nov 5th, 2008 at 5:29 pmNice try, William Bennett, but I don’t think so. Crooks and Liars reported on his comments earlier today:
Well, I’ll tell you one thing it…
Finally, Some Election Lolz
By Loryn Wilson - Oct 17th, 2008 at 10:19 amObama and McCain roasted each other last night at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York. Just when I was feeling the…
Sculptor Debuts “African” Bust of Michelle Obama
By Loryn Wilson - Oct 10th, 2008 at 10:26 amEntertainment Wise reports that sculptor Daniel Edwards has debuted an African-inspired bust of Michelle Obama. The sculpture is adorned with Barack Obama-logo earrings and an…
Here’s to You, Gwen
By Loryn Wilson - Oct 3rd, 2008 at 10:19 amAs I write this on the morning following the Vice Presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin, I realize that most people…
