The right-wing obsession with trashing women never ceases to amaze me. Kathryn Jean Lopez’s write-up of Feministing blogger Jessica Valenti’s wedding is no exception (and of course, Ace of Spades follows up). Lopez titles the piece “You’ve Never Met a Bridezilla Like a Femini...

Ovarian cancer, which is known as the silent killer because it's so hard to detect in early stages, killed 15,000-plus women in the US last year. But now, doctors are a step closer to developing a way to screen for it. [Us News & World Report] Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams, who just got engaged...

This just gets better and better (via): The federal agency that insures bank deposits, which is asking for emergency powers to borrow up to $500 billion to take over failed banks, is facing a potential major shortfall in part because it collected no insurance premiums from most banks from 1996 to 20...

More fun for the kids in Texas - yesterday it was homelessness, today it’s fight clubs for the institutionalized. Not long ago it was physical and sexual abuse in Texas Youth Commission jails. It’s about time some one in this state took a hard look at protections for our kids. Legislatio...

Mr. Davis feels that using his belt, and smacking the kids is the proper approach to child rearing. We aren't talking spankings that you hear about. We are talking a man that throws his anger around, spanks with the belt, and demands the respect he is due. Here is a comment I got earlier about this ...

More earmarks than any other Republican. Ron Paul, the Texas congressman who is the darling of the Libertarian Right, has more earmarks in the pork-laden $410-billion spending bill than any other Republican. That’s not according to the MSM, or the liberal blogosphere. That’s what Fox New...

Really? Nickelodeon is standing by troubled singer Chris Brown, who has been charged with two felonies in the alleged beating of girlfriend Rihanna. In a statement to Usmagazine.com, the network said Brown, 19, will remain a Kids’ Choice Award nominee for favorite male singer and favorite song...

So I was perusing a few of the entertainment sites online and I came across a little nugget of a story about Chris Brown and Rihanna taking their tacky reconciliation to its next logical step...namely recording a duet. Now I don't know why but the first thought that came to mind when I read this sil...

I was delighted to see Sandra Holey from Refuge calling Jacqui Smith up on her and her government's failure to do anything real about the two women a week killed in the UK by partners or ex-partners. Sadly of course in spite of her brave stand, it still seems like a solution to this crisis is a long...

A favorite of the MTV crowd, the stunning and successful singer now is a symbol of the ubiquity of domestic violence—and the dangerously confused message that celebrity culture sends about it. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries March 8, 2009 We Are Breeding Ourselves to Extinction March 6, 20...