Lena Dunham, Sandra Fluke, Joy McCann
One of them’s got an HBO series called Girls and has been called “The Voice of Her Generation,” because . . . I dunno, because magazine editors need angles for feature stories. Anyway, 26-year-old Lena Dunham says (perhaps unintentionally) revealing things in interviews: If you notice my mincey language, it’s just that I’m still shedding the […]
GOOD NEWS!
The insanity defense works for smoking in an airport: Denver Police say they’re not going to investigate a case involving a woman who stripped naked at Denver International Airport on Tuesday. . . . The woman was reportedly upset and was taken to a local hospital for a mental evaluation. Judging from available photos, the […]
Feminism, Careerism, Lesbianism
Still a month to go before “National Offend a Feminist Week,” but some folks can’t wait, eh? I’ll save the lecture for the updates, but first let’s aggregate today’s headlines (via Memeorandum and Twitter): Ann Romney Fights Back: Debuts on Twitter to Counter DNC Advisor’s Insult — ABC News Rosen apologizes over comments against Ann […]
The Fox Factor: Newt, Sarah, Mitt, Rick, Bias and ‘The Mother of All Spin-Jobs’
Newt Gingrich tells the truth: During a meeting with 18 Delaware Tea Party leaders here on Wednesday, Newt Gingrich lambasted FOX News Channel, accusing the cable network of having been in the tank for Mitt Romney from the beginning of the Republican presidential fight. An employee himself of the news outlet as recently as last […]
Good News, Bad News
Mitt Romney calls Rick Santorum and says, “Rick, I’ve got good news for you, and I’ve got bad news for you. Which do you want to hear first?” Santorum says, “Well, gosh, Mitt, I just quit the race, and I’m still kinda bummed out. Guess I could use the good news first.” Romney says, “OK, you’ll be […]
A Couple Things Wrong, Jim Antle
Jim Antle of the American Spectator gets almost everything right in this column about the 2012 campaign. His two most glaring errors: Yet if Santorum had done just a bit better in Michigan and Ohio, we could be having a very different discussion right now. Santorum showed future conservative contenders how to go hunting where […]
Memo From the National Affairs Desk: Foreboding Gloom Pervades Vanuatu
“After having destroyed every conservative that came on the scene, you can’t say ‘You have to line up behind me.’ No, no, no. Conservatives are not going to jump until they hear where Governor Romney wants to take everybody.” — Richard Viguerie, veteran conservative leader “I still think Mitt’s electability is a myth and a […]
‘Most Beautiful Woman in Canada’ Is …
. . . kind of like “conservative Republican from Massaschusetts.” Jenna Talackova is accepted as a woman for the same reason some accept Mitt Romney as a conservative: Because Donald Trump said so! The similarities don’t end there: Jenna also used to have a “flip-flopper” problem. Now she’s got an “enthusiasm gap.” Some women […]
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