Is Serena ANTM?

It is my new favorite weekly routine to watch Gossip Girl, then immediately read the NYMAG Reality Index. The clever writers of this blog ask their readers to weigh in on the realness of the events in Gossip Girl.

I would just like to say that if Serena was on ANTM Ms. Jay would have been all over her for that horrific runway walk. Where's the stomp? Where's the "fierce-ness?!?"

The Virgin Army

Jane Treays traveled to Colorado Springs, CO to explore the newest advancement in the "Purity Balls" world. What is it? These Christian fathers have now called upon their daughters to not only sustain from sex until marriage, but kissing as well. The encourage their daughters to "live the fairytale."
The Thrill of the Chaste

Wow. I don't even know where to begin. Ok, how bout here: "There is a core question that women have in their being, and that is: ‘Am I beauti-ful? Am I worthy of being pursued?’ ” he explained. “It must be enforced by the father, the man in their life."
That's right. The core question of our very being is, Am I beautiful? Even more troubling is eleven year old Hannah regurgitating her fathers unrealistic ideals on purity. Yikes. Isn't their something to be said from the lessons learned through the trials of dating? That's not to say that these girls should be sleeping around, but to treat every potential date as a test of one's purity, is a little overwhelming.

Wataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

Dorothy Samuels sticks it to Sarah Palin and demands answers concerning her decision to charge rape victims for rape kits and forensic exams in Wasalia while she was Mayor.
Samuels demands Answers from Palin.
If they are anything like the answers she gave Katie Couric we can be prepared to be confused and gravely concerned for the potential future of the United States.

Gossip Girl's Got Balls

Dude, how awesome was this week's episode of Gossip Girl? If you are sick of bitching about Palin or asking, "Um, where the hell is Obama?" then relax and watch the bitches of Gossip Girl. I must say I was disappointed with the season at the beginning. In the first episode they pretty much un-did all the drama they achieved in the Season one finale. But now, we're back on track! Dan and Serena are over and hopefully we get to see this awful side of her we have heard so much about!
She better stay bitchy, because that is what is keeping me watching. I swear to God if she goes back to that angelic, too cool for school "S" I will stop watching.
Who am I kidding? I'll never stop.

On The Conservative Wire This Morning....

Sometimes a family member of mine—a person I greatly respect but whose political views I deplore—forwards me some crazy conservative emails just to get my goat. I'm following directions and posting this breaking news to a blog—just not a blog the email's author would appreciate. Yikes. These guys are nuts.

Biden Is Out

The following is from a source that has been correct on wild rumors like this on 4 out of 7 occasions.

On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing "health problems", and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to occur after the VP debate on 10/2.

There have been talks all weekend about how to proceed with this information. Generally, the feeling is that we should all go ahead and get it out there to as many blog sites and personal email lists as is possible. I have already seen a few short blurbs about this. The "health problem" cited in those articles was an aneurysm. Probably many of you have heard the same rumblings.

However, at this point, with this information from the DNC, it looks like this Obama strategy will be a go. Therefore, it seems that the best strategy is to get out in front of this Obama maneuver, spell it out in detail, and thereby expose it for the grand manipulation that it is.

So, let's start mixing this one up and cut the Obamites off at the pass. Send this information out to as many people as you can and post it on every website and blog that you can access.

Editor's Note: I've heard this from several sources. Biden is a loose cannon and an amazingly poor choice for VP. Hussein's hatred for Hillary will be trumped by his sponsor's (Soros and gang) rabid desire to hijack America.

Support a Bitch

I recently bought the fall issue of Bitch, after a few years' break from reading it. I'm still totally annoyed by the non-writing content--ads for LunaPads, fancy socks, P-Mate (because "Real Women Pee Standing UP!"), WeMoon wall calendars, naked lady cross-stitch kits, "Hard Edge Fashion for Deviant Dogs" and so forth not having any place in my reality whatsoever--but a few of the articles in this one really resonated with me.

So now's the time to share some news I just heard- that the mag is in danger, like so many others, of going under in 2009. Having seen beloved NW-based mags like ROCKRGRL and No Depression, as well as Chicago's venerable Punk Planet recently disappear, it's just a sad state of affairs. Here's some of what's going on with Bitch:

"First the bad news: The print publishing industry as a whole is staring into a void. Across the board, newsstand magazine sales are in a slump, subscriber numbers are down, and paper and postal costs continue to rise. But it's not magazines like US Weekly or Vogue that you'll see disappearing from the newsstands—they have the parent companies and the resources to weather industry ill winds. It's the small, independent magazines like Bitch that will disappear, because the odds are already stacked high against us. And simply put: We need to raise $40,000 by October 15th in order to print the next issue of Bitch.

Now the good news: While it's true that $40,000 is a lot of money, we know the number of you Bitch supporters is in the hundreds of thousands. And we're asking each of you who values independent, nonprofit media and intelligent feminist cultural analysis to contribute what you can to ensure that Bitch thrives. And while we can't say what form Bitch will take in the future (our direction will depend, in part, on your feedback), we can say that we've been hard at work to find an innovative publishing model that will allow us to maintain the spirit and integrity of Bitch while also reflecting the changing world around us.

As a nonprofit, reader-funded media organization, our fate really is—and always will be—in your hands. We don't need a parent company. We just need you!"

More here!

'Blocking Care for Women'

What I love about Hilary Rodham Clinton is that she isn't defeated. She keeps fighting for what she believes in. Along with Cecile Richards she contributed to this NY Times Op-ed piece entitled, "Blocking Care for Women." This piece bares an alarming light on the proposed rule by theDepartment of Human Health and Resources. Essentially, the new bill would allow health care providers the ultimate authority in deciding what is best for a woman. Women may become victim to ideological beliefs that they themselves do not necessarily believe. It denies women the right to choose for themselves what care they want or need, and this doesn't only concern abortion, but sterilization, contraception and many other health care services.

This is truly frightening. More frightening, is we only have five days to speak up. Please do. Speak up.
You don't have to be a feminist to understand that denying women unbiased health care services is wrong.