- Morning Roundup: Fetus Testifying on Ohio Heartbeat Bill
- The article says “a pregnant woman will be brought before the committee and an ultrasound image of her uterus will be projected onto a screen. “ Now, just to be clear, a 9-week ultrasound is done by putting a condom on a probe, and inserting it 3-5 inches inside of a woman’s vagina in order to view the contents of her uterus. So, she will be having this done in front of a committee of state elected officials. Not awkward at all.
- This is what white privilege looks like
- This video is one of the clearest and most appalling demonstrations of white privilege that I have ever seen. And this is probably the shortest post I have ever written on any topic, because I can’t think what else to say.
- News From The War Against Women
- "A fetus has been scheduled as a legislative witness in Ohio on a unique bill that proposes outlawing abortions after the first heartbeat can be medically detected…."
The fetus arrived in a taxi cab some call a woman.
- 20-era subversion for 50s-era audiences
- …nostalgia is a slippery thing. Yes, it’s usually used in service of reactionary politics, but sometimes nostalgia can be subversive. In the 50s, for instance, there was actually a lot of nostalgia for the 20s. I’m sure most of it was reactionary, as was 80s nostalgia for the 50s—it was remembered as a time of innocence and wealth, before the Depression and the war. But it was also remembered as a time when the usual rules and restrictions loosened up dramatically. I get the impression, from 50s products that incorporate 20s nostalgia, that part of the appeal was the escape from the stifling conformity and sexual repression of the 50s…
If you doubt that “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” has its subversions, I give you Jane Russell’s solo number from the movie, where she dances around a gym full of muscular, mostly-naked men working out in front of murals inspired by ancient Greece, while she sings about how there’s a bunch of sexy men around her but she can’t get laid.
- Senate Republicans: Don’t Turn Libya Into Iraq! | TPMDC
- Some Senate Republicans, less than enthused by saber-rattling from Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and John McCain (R-AZ) on Libya, warned on Monday that sending military aid to anti-Qadaffi rebels could draw the US into all-out war.
- Apple Co-Founder Responds to ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’ – The Bay Citizen
- STEVE WOZNIAK: I will never be the same after seeing that show. I cried during it and I'm crying right now. I have a seed of concern and sorrow in my head that may never go away. So many things that were so important to me seem much less important now.
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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