“Sassy, styled, chic…disabled?”

The BBC has launched a reality miniseries following eight disabled women competing in a modeling competition. From news.com.au:
Based on the highly successful format of America’s Next Top Model franchise, Britain’s Missing Model is a six-part series selling itself on the catch-cry “Sassy, styled, chic…disabled?”
The eight contestants from the UK, Netherlands and the US range [...]

Quick hit: A quote from Rove

“Even if you never met him, you know this guy. He’s the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by.”
The above quote is attributed to columnist and former Bush adviser Karl Rove. The ppunditry agrees [...]

The Feminization of Salad

Tonight I ate organicgirl lettuce.  Although the salad was delicious, I couldn’t help but question the name of the brand.  Interesting, eh? Points of discussion: organic+girl+salad+”baby” greens+health food.  What does it all mean!?!?

What was your favorite book as a child?/ Oh, how times change…

Mine?  Goodnight Moon.  It’s a classic.  But I reckon if I had a kid now, I’d be reading Goodnight Bush instead…hehehehe.  Check it out.

Saudi Marriage Officiant: “There is no minimal age for entering marriage”

The Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation provides a chilling interview with Dr. Ahmad Al-Mub’i, a Saudi Marriage Officiant:

The Prophet Muhammad is the model we follow. He took ‘Aisha to be his wife when she was six, but he had sex with her only when she was nine.

That statement is informed by 5:58:234-236 Sahi al-Bukhari of the Hadith, [...]

Women disproportionately targeted by “Don’t ask, Don’t Tell”

Apparently, two service members a day are dismissed under President Clinton’s policy, almost half of them women. The New York Times, gleaning information provided by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network reports:
 While women make up 14 percent of Army personnel, 46 percent of those discharged under the policy last year were women. And while 20 percent of Air [...]

Update: No pact in Mass. pregnancies

Remember the teenage girls in Massachusetts who made a pact to conceive and raise children together? Well, it turns out, they didn’t. Via Reuters:
“There was a group of girls already pregnant that decided they were going to help each other to finish school and raise their kids together. I think it was just a coincidence…”
 

Mayor [...]

Chinese female Imams growing in influence

China, a nation of some 20 million Muslims, has proved receptive to leadership by women imams, or “ahong”–that is, spiritual teachers and prayer leaders in Islamic communities. Female Imams are far rarer in Middle Eastern and South Pacific nations with denser Muslim populations.
Says Imam Jin Meihua:
” I want to teach [women]the holy scriptures and hope they [...]

Quick hit: Marquette’s “Women of Influence” honored

From this weeks newsbriefs:
4. Marquette’s “Women of Influence” honored this week
Dr. Kristina Ropella, chair and professor of biomedical engineering, and five alumnae will be honored this week as 2008 “Women of Influence” by The Business Journal.
In addition to Ropella, also honored by the Business Journal will be:
* JoAnne Anton, Arts ‘91
* Sue Ela, Nursing ‘77, [...]

Mass. pregnancy

Usually, I avoid sharing links with Feministing, as we two blogs overlap in our readerships, and such coverage would be redundant. But this begs comment—or rather, I beg to comment upon it—anyway, via Time:

“As summer vacation begins, 17 girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies—more than four times the number of pregnancies the [...]