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The picture above is Bush signing the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act in 2003. Click through for a picture of Obama signing the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
Politics Buzz French president Nicolas Sarkozy has fired his foreign minister because she is glamorous, had a baby out of wedlock (maybe his!) and because Carla Bruni hates her. People were also outraged because she returned to work five days after giving birth, which is typically French and awesome. This concludes your lesson on foreign politics for the day.
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A growing trend in Britain: female bodyguards. They’re still a minority in the profession, but some high-profile clients find women blend in better precisely because they don’t look like the stereotypical man-mountain in dark glasses. The woman on the left in this picture has been stabbed in the leg, thrown through a shop window, and shot at by snipers. Awesome.
Obama dodges an important question at an auto plant and calls Peggy Agar, a reporter, “sweetie.” But she did get a personal apology from him via voicemail. Swoon! I would never erase my inbox again.
Culture Buzz These kits help women collect evidence anonymously after a rape, but were always prohibitively expensive. Starting in 2009, all states will be required to pay for anonymous rape kits, even if the woman isn’t planning on pressing charges. Well, there’s not much good news to give rape victims, but at least now, prosecuting rape cases will get a lot easier starting in 2009. It’s nice to see our country progressing in some form.
Politics Buzz Bloggers are urging women to send their resumes to Senator McCain in response to his comment that women need more “education and training” if they want equal pay. After Senate Republicans blocked the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act last Wednesday, McCain (who failed to even show up for the vote) blames the wage gap on lack of education. Since 58% of college graduates are women, maybe McCain needs more education on the issue?
Culture Buzz Although many would hope this term connoted hot girl-on-girl action, it’s something much simpler: adoration by women for women. Audrey Hepburn, Chelsea Clinton, and Gwyneth Paltrow score points with gals for the ease with which they exude class and intelligence. Keep your fingers crossed - if Britney can manage to stay sane and keep her ironic tee shirts free of Spaghetti-O stains, she’ll be right up there beside her pseudo-British sisters soon enough.
Culture Buzz Yale art student Aliza Shvarts’ senior art project documents a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminates herself while inducing miscarriages over and over. Her exhibition will feature video recordings of these forced miscarriages as well as preserved collections of the blood from the process. Finally, something that pro-lifers AND pro-choicers can agree on! Now both sides of the controversial debate can concur that gratuitous abortion art is pretty despicable.
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