Apparently LG is trying to appeal to dudes who like to use their cellphone as a stalking device. (How convenient! A phone for men who don't want to bother with Maxim's DIY stalker tips.) Engaget calls this ad "creepy" and "early-90s softcore voodoo porn." I say it's stalkerrific:
Ugh. Hey, buddy! Thats your mom calling to remind you that stalking is illegal. Real women don't appreciate strange dudes standing outside their window and recording them on a cameraphone.
(Thanks to Courtney's pal Christopher for the link.)
Voted to end "the Title X family planning program, credited with helping prevent over 9 million abortions."
Voted against funding teen-pregnancy-prevention programs and ensuring that "abstinence-only" programs are medically accurate.
Voted for the domestic gag rule, which would have prohibited federally funded family-planning clinics from providing women with access to full information about their reproductive-health options.
Voted to take $75 million from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant to establish a new "abstinence-only" program that censors information about birth control.
Declined to help reduce the need for abortion and improve maternal health by opposing effort to require insurance coverage for prescription birth control, improve access to emergency contraception, and provide more women with prenatal health care.
Voted against legislation that would have prevented unintended pregnancy by investing in insurance coverage for prescription birth control, promoting family-planning services, implementing teen-pregnancy-prevention programs, and developing programs to increase awareness about emergency contraception
Just something to keep in mind when a pro-choicer you know refers to McCain as a "moderate" or "maverick."
From the Associated Press: "Gay couples in Norway will be granted the same rights as heterosexuals to marry, adopt and undergo artificial insemination under a new equality law passed Tuesday."
CAL THOMAS: In this campaign, we are being asked to accept three things simultaneously, the first woman with a credible chance of being president, the first African-American with the chance to being president and, whoever Michelle Obama is going to be styled, the angry black woman, first lady? This is an awful lot.
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THOMAS: I want to pick up on something that Jane said about the angry black woman. Look at the image of angry black women on television. Politically you have Maxine Waters of California, liberal Democrat. Shes always angry every time she gets on television. Cynthia McKinney, another angry black woman. And who are the black women you see on the local news at night in cities all over the country. Theyre usually angry about something. Theyve had a son who has been shot in a drive-by shooting. They are angry at Bush. So you dont really have a profile of non-angry black women.
And then, I shit you not, someone is like - oh, but Oprah isn't angry! Well, thank goodness for Oprah.
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I did an interview with the charming Lindsay Campbell of MobLogic. It was a fun time. Though, not-so-shockingly, the comments devolved into how ugly I was. Fun, it's like junior high all over again! (It's hilarious, you look primped up in one appearance and you're a flighty hot feminist with nothing more to offer than your looks; you show up un-made up and you're nasty. There's just no winning.)
What really bothered me, however, was my own reaction to these particular comments. I get hateful, violent, sexist comments and emails every day - mostly about how I need to get back in the kitchen, I'm a stupid slut/cunt/whore. You know, your run of the mill misogyny. I can handle those pretty well. But throw a couple of comments about ugliness my way and I'm all upset, actually thinking to myself, "I knew I looked like shit that day!" It's amazing how women are taught to hate themselves, and how no matter what we do and what we look like, no matter how confident we are, how many compliments we get or how much we don't give a shit - there's always that creeping voice in there telling you that you are indeed an ugly, unworthy mess. (And then there's the feminist guilt, of course, for caring about what some idiot says.)
Self-loathing rant over. Now, back to your regularly scheduled sexism-smashing. (Random note: I was totally wearing my "end patriarchy shirt," even though you can't see it.)
After canceling the fundraiser, McCain's campaign said that they would be keeping the money raised by Williams - more than $300,000. (Variousbloggerssuggested, and I agree, that McCain should donate the money to an organization that works to combat rape.)
But the latest, and perhaps most egregious news, is that the fundraiser is back on! Because what's the big deal about rape, right? This is completely unacceptable. You can contact McCain's campaign here to let them know what you think.
Some choice quotes from Williams, including the rape remark, are highlighted in the video above.
UPDATE: I was remiss in not mentioning that Williams will be not be hosting the revived rundraiser. I didn't realize that was the case. I still think this whole situation is fucked, and that the money should be given to an organization working against rape.
It seems that the anti-choice organization profiled in The Washington Post, Pharmacists for Life International, was not very happy that Feministing blogged about them.
It's nice to know an organization that holds itself up as a paragon of virtue, morality and Christian values finds the time to make snarky personal insults. Nothing pleases me more than when groups like these show their true colors.
(Is anyone else just shocked that they didn't choose to quote the part of the post that called them out for supporting racists?)
