My body, their problem

On my way to school—after I ran over a runner’s foot, seriously!—I rode past posters of the Virgin Mary and anti-abortion protesters. These champions of life were staked out across for the Planned Parenthood of Northern New England because Tuesday is not only my least favorite day; it is the day surgical abortions are performed at PPNNE. I should have run over their feet.
First, the Virgin Mary: one of the reasons that women are damned is that the cornerstone of our Christian society is based on the “fact” that one of us gave birth to the Lamb of God without having sex. Ladies, you are responsible for holding up the morality of this great world, so keep your legs together.
Some of us will have little brats, but not Jesus No. 2. Still, there are many who believe procreating is all we should do. Some British twat argues that Bridget Jones has ruined British families. Essentially, Bridge has inspired a generation of women—chain-smoking women with bottoms the size of Brazil, presumably—to be independent. And surely, there is nothing more frightening that a woman who knows how to put one foot in front of another—without the aid of a man.
Whether you believe conception begins at life or it’s just a bunch of cells, abortion, after all, is about independence. To have the control over our reproductive rights is the independence every woman deserves.

Ha! Sigh.

To understand the financial crisis, Emle Che. She's almost as sexy as Anderson Cooper.

I Really Don't Like Sarah Palin

When Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the small town began billing sexual-assault victims for the cost of rape kits and forensic exams.

Also:

Sarah Palin Is Not A Feminist

‘There is no postfeminism—that’s like saying post-democracy.’
—Gloria Steinem

read more:
In Conversation: Gloria Steinem and Suheir Hammad

All Tomorrow's Parties

"Let's have a sexy party"-Stewart Gilligan Griffin

From Gawker:
Did the parties used to be better?

Autumn

I went to the park on a bright fall day to collect crunchy red leaves with children.

R.I.P. TRL

For those old enough to remember a pleasantly plump Carson Daly and videos played in their entirety probably won't be sad to know that Total Request Live is going off the air. It's the end of an era, really: George Bush was just a goofy governor from Texas; Iraq was a country, not a war; investment bankers could still afford $15 cocktails and $300 hookers; and your sister, in her Catholic school uniform, threw her digital watch at the television when the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" debuted at a measly no. 8.

So goodbye screaming teens and crush-worthy Carson. You made my 3:00-4:00 pm special.