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The Young and The Feckless: Mo' Education, Mo' Problems?
According to a study by the London School of Economics, British women with degrees are 86 percent more likely to drink frequently and to report having a drinking problem than those women without post-secondary education. The more education a woman has, the more likely she is to hit the bottle. As a... Read more »
Raising Trouble: Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Three-year-old Jim leaned over and gave his four-year-old neighbor, Ivan, a big smooch on the lips. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" yelled Jim's dad, making no effort to hide his distress. The kids didn't seem to notice Dad's outburst, but it's a message that children, especially boys, hear a lot: "Don't be... Read more »
Mad World: We Got Game, But Our Ads Don't
When it comes to women and sports, we’ve got a long way to go before we reach the promised land of gender equity. Still, when you consider that Title IX just passed in 1972 and that we’ve got some seriously... Read more »
Mary Anderson: Slingin' Off the Rain
Trivia: Which came first: the Model T Ford or the windshield wiper?
Might seem counter-intuitive, but it was the wiper! Yep, the first successful windshield wiper was invented, and patented, by Mary Anderson in 1903.
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The Young and The Feckless: Expiration Dated
I hate to break it to you, but we have a sell-by date. We're perishable, dude. Highly perishable.
I spoke these words to a friend as we meandered down the street engaged in another one of our snarky, rapid-fire dialogues about how we ended up here. Here being the waning years of our twenties... Read more »
The Young and The Feckless: Class Conundrum
Watching Bristol Palin's teen pregnancy PSA the other day and reading reactions to it (including Bitch's own Kelsey Wallace), I was reminded of a question that I've been turning over in my mind lately, namely who has the authority/credibility/legitimacy to speak to issues of class and privilege?... Read more »
Raising Trouble: An Institute of Her Own
The Geena Davis Institute - how cool is that? - unleashes the wrath of Thelma on the kid-u-tainment industry.
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Douchebag Decree: GameCrush
Get your barf bags ready, 'cause this one's a doozy. GameCrush is a douchetastic new web service wherein men pay women to play video games with them. Don't even bother clicking on that link - the beta version has... Read more »
Advocate or Hypocrite? Bristol Palin's New PSA
The new PSA from the Candie’s Foundation:
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