Is having a miscarriage a crime?
As if miscarriage isn’t painful enough, Salon’s Mary Elizabeth Williams reports that it could become a punishable offense in Utah:
“Utah still grants that there’s “no cause of action for criminal homicide for the death of an unborn child caused by an abortion” (yes, in Utah, abortion = “death of an unborn child”) but would now [...]
The book that has some women hopping mad
Salon interviewed Lori Gottlieb, the author of Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough.
According to the article by Sarah Hepola:
As in the 2008 Atlantic essay that started it all, Gottlieb’s depiction of single womanhood can be practically monstrous, a misery parade of boring happy hours and appointments with the bikini waxer, nights [...]
Let’s say no to violence against women
An article in Salon about girls suffering genital mutilation set my hair on fire. (Genital mutilation is a euphemism for several grisly procedures, often performed with unsterile instruments and without anesthesia.) Turns out, female genital mutilation — or FGM –doesn’t just happen in other countries. It’s happening here. In the United States.
The Salon piece, written [...]
The five most sexist iPhone apps
Technology keeps getting better and cheaper, but some humans absolutely refuse to evolve. Salon’s Jessica Roy lists the saddest and most sexist iPhone apps.
Read all about ‘em here. (And if the guy you’re dating uses any, he’s an ape. Dump him.)
Love and the control-top undergarment
Women love the bump-smoothing properties of control-top underwear. A post-pregnancy Gwyneth Paltrow once copped to wearing them. I don’t think Kathie Lee Gifford even leaves the house unless she’s strapped into a pair.
But I always wondered what happens if a woman attracts the attention of some tall, dark, handsome man while sporting an artificially tight [...]
Meryl, Meryl, Meryl!
Salon’s Kerry Lauerman talked to Meryl Streep “about channeling Julia Child, anti-Hillary sentiment — and the problem with male bloggers.” Lots of great stuff crammed into a 10-minute interview.
Check it out here.
I, for one, can’t wait to see Streep’s new movie, which opens today. Julie and Julia chronicles the experiences of cook Julia Child , as well as Queens-based [...]
