Archive for June 2010
MW: An A$$ Kicker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Posted by: chatblu on: June 12, 2010
- In: Current Events | Ecology | Economy | Government | Obama | Open Thread
- 27 Comments
I watched with great interest as our President said in marked frustration that someone needed to tell him whose a$$ he should kick. Sheesh. I guess we have to do everything for him. I therefore present (ta-dah)my nominations to the Widdershins Guide to A$$es That Should Be Kicked: (1) The entirety of both Bush Administrations. Yes, [...]
Operation ConservaFem: A Play in One Diabolical Act.
Posted by: madamab on: June 11, 2010
(THE SCENE: A bland corporate building – it could be anywhere in any large city in America. We see, downstage right, a plain wooden door in a frame, adorned with a golden “P”. Beyond it is a conference room, featureless, yet rather on the opulent side, with one golden “P” on the back wall. Four [...]
MW: Oh, it was ladies’ night!
Posted by: chatblu on: June 10, 2010
- In: Civil Liberties | Democratic Values | Feminism | Hillary Clinton | misogyny | Morning Widdershins | Politics | Sexism | Women | You Tube
- 38 Comments
Oh, yes. It was ladies’ night, and it felt just right and all of that. Women candidates from South Carolina to sunny California clocked their brethren solidly in primaries. Some were close, but others weren’t even a contest. Not to mention that some of these candidates were subjected to character assassinations that would make an [...]
Activist Wednesday: LESS Regulation for BP?!
Posted by: madamab on: June 9, 2010
- In: Class Warfare | Ecology | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Politics | Propaganda
- 26 Comments
I believe the words I’m looking for are: Holy Crap. Is Senator Lisa Murkowski kidding us with this? Washington (CNN) – Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski vowed Tuesday to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to impose new limits on the emission of greenhouse gases. The Senate on Thursday is expected vote on a “resolution [...]
I’m not gonna hate on Elton John
Posted by: bluelyon on: June 8, 2010
Have you heard the latest outrage? Oh heavens no, not Helen Thomas, whose one stumble is now being used as a cudgel to negate decades of calling out the Powers That Be. Oh no. It’s not Helen. It’s Elton John! ZOMG! Elton John played at Rush Limbaugh’s wedding! Yup, in the same way the right [...]
MW: June 8, “Super Tuesday” Primaries and Run-Offs
Posted by: chatblu on: June 8, 2010
Some fun today, Widdershins. While not all of these races seem particularly fascinating, there are some that will be significant come November. Ten states are having primaries, Georgia will have a Congressional special election, and Arkansas has some run-offs. Here are the major races, in order of poll-closing times: 6:00 pm: Georgia, South Carolina and [...]
Morning Widdershins: Revenge of the Nerds!
Posted by: madamab on: June 7, 2010
I have a confession to make: I’m a PC. Which, if you believe the infamous “Mac/PC” commercials, means I’m a nerd, a geek, a dork; prone to wearing thick glasses, ill-fitting clothes, and proclaiming the superiority of the clunky Windows operating system despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. (My eyesight, by the way, is 20-15.) [...]
MW: Well, I nevah! The Best of Blanche Hollingsworth Devereaux
Posted by: chatblu on: June 6, 2010
- In: Women | You Tube
- 44 Comments
Blanche Devereaux of The Golden Girls (and the Atlanta Hollingsworths, my dear) brought light into our lives from 1985-92. Blanche’s complex relationships encompassed family, friends, lovelife and roommates, and were an exaggerated embodiment of every Southern Gothic character that I can think of. Yet, Blanche mirrored a clear reality in which I can easily recognize my mother, her friends [...]
Feminist Friday: Would You Like Fries with That Double Standard?
Posted by: madamab on: June 4, 2010
- In: Feminism | misogyny | Morning Widdershins | Open Thread | Patriarchy | Sexism | Women
- 53 Comments
Widdershins, I think I really have heard everything now. Citigroup has fired a lovely lady named Debrahlee Lorenzana because – wait for it – she’s too sexy. Apparently the emotionally adolescent men who worked with her just couldn’t control their raging hard-ons when they saw her. Whoops! Did I say that in my out-loud voice? [...]
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