The politics of Sarah Palin’s baby, pt. II

            Now, here is a point whereat feminists will disagree:  It must be asked whether it is prudent for Palin to have accepted the vice presidency while facing the prospect of raising a disabled child. The issue is not being a working mother, but a parent of equal obligations to a Down syndrome child.

The politics of Sarah Palin’s baby, pt. I

Never so much as when the same crowd, with bemoans their elected officials for loss of jobs, eroding morality, and existential uncertainty, offers up their uncomprehending infants to be kissed by the same officials—and the politician complies—do I appreciate the acuteness of Machiavelli’s psychology.
The crime for which babies are inextricably enmeshed in our politics [...]

A Sarah Palin reader; also, Yea round numbers!

Thanks from all of us to our loyal readership! The Word Warriors have published 300 posts since our launching on 23 January. Back then, many of our readers were hoping we would see a woman take a major party’s nomination for president. Now, while that eventuality has been deferred, we nevertheless have a woman running for [...]

Pakistani senator defends live burial of women

 From Dawn, and English Pakistani news service:
Balochistan Senator Sardar Israrullah Zehri stunned the upper house on Friday when he defended the recent incident of burying alive three teenage girls and two women in his province, saying it was part of “our tribal custom.”
Senator Bibi Yasmin Shah of the PML-Q raised the issue citing a newspaper [...]

Rape victim ticketed for speeding

From the Gazette:
Police in Colorado Springs are investigating a woman’s complaint that she was ignored by a motorcycle officer when she told him she was speeding to get help after being bound, beaten and raped by an acquaintance.
According to the 28-year-old, she was crying, bleeding from her swollen lip and clad in a T-shirt and [...]

For your consideration: Sarah Palin

When one witnesses the success of a woman in a traditionally male power structure while flouting the concerns of mainstream feminism, they can almost understand that sophistry of “post-feminism.” So many Hillary Clinton supporters—and quite a few people who weren’t—found themselves ecstatic at the prospect of a female president. But, when contextualizing Clinton’s historic strides, [...]

O-Fest rescheduled for Friday; Visit Empowerment!

I’m am a little proud to be scooping the MU Newsbriefs–My victory is twofold because you can’t delete this:
 Organization Fest has been rescheduled for FRIDAY AUGUST 29 from 11AM-2PM, on the Central Mall. Empowerment will be there with information regarding our meeting schedule for the year. If you cannot make it, we can refer you to Empowerment’s [...]

Everything is image

From the blog What Sorts of People, I ran across this awesome post a while back about a BBC documentary called “Look but don’t touch” featuring British TV personality, Alesha Dixon.  In it, she speaks out against the unrealistic standard of beauty the media has created for women while attempting to find a magazine that will put her on the cover [...]

Priest nixes nun pageant

From Reuters:
An Italian priest who had planned an online “pageant” for nuns has suspended the project, saying he was misinterpreted and had no intention of putting sisters on a beauty catwalk…
“It was interpreted as more of a physical thing. Now, no-one is saying that nuns can’t be beautiful, but I was thinking about something more [...]

Open thread: Summer reading final call

Having already been assigned a solid couple of hours of reading, it is apparent I will have to scale back my personalized curriculum until the holidays.
But, I’ve still to fully reflect on summer’s reading. My own list of “accomplishments” is below the fold (as if anyone is interested). Subjective remarks: Satisfactory volume, but wanting in [...]