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Aretha’s hat…oh yeah, and equal pay!
Posted by Kate G. in Politics World.
This totally isn’t going to be a post about her hat, but I have to ask: how much did you LOVE it? I’m its fan on Facebook.
Moving on…Obama is already proving himself a strong proponent for women; last Thursday, he signed his first bill, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, that relaxes the current statute of limitations on suing on grounds of pay discrimination. The Act itself is named for Lilly Ledbetter, who worked at a Goodyear Tire plant in Alabama for 19 years and then sued as she approached retirement and realized she was making less than her male co-workers.
Politics, World | Comment (0)What is this, the Oregon Trail?
Posted by Kate G. in Politics.
Cholera, are we joking?
What year is it?!
Evidently, the US–and pretty much every other country that is sitting on their ass as Africa goes to shit, per usual–has its priorities out of order: so much so that preventable, old-timey diseases like cholera are killing hundreds in Zimbabwe.
I remember when cholera was fun. Had some good times.
Because it was just a computer game.
Remember how, like, everyone you knew ended up with cholera in “Oregon Trail?” If it wasn’t a snakebite or a broken axel, someone would go off and drink some dirty-ass water and ruin your perfect game by dying of cholera. You’d hit “Esc” and start over, swearing you’d be a Doctor this time around and leave your brother off the wagon.
Well, ask anyone in Africa: there’s no Escape.
Politics | Comment (0)Penguins: the new gay frontier
Posted by Kate G. in Politics.
Just heard this story, HAD to pass it along.
According to the Huffington Post, these two gay guy penguins in China have been pushed to the margins of their penguin friends. Why, you may ask?
Get ready.
The couple have been stealing male-female couples’ eggs to raise on their own. As you may know if you’ve seen “March of the Penguins,” they do this waddle-thing to switch the egg between mother and father so the other parent could go get food. These sneaky little bastards were taking large, round rocks and shuffling them up to other penguins in order to switch them out for real eggs.
See, if same-sex adoption was legal for penguins, this wouldn’t even be an issue. 
*(p.s. not sure if the penguins pictured with the article are the real penguins. looks more like the editors trolled Google to find the gayest two penguins in the universe. mission ACCOMPLISHED.)
Politics | Comment (0)Let’s call in gay tomorrow.
Posted by Kate G. in Politics.
Not sick, not tired, not stranded without a car. Just gay.
That’s the plan for national “Day Without a Gay,” scheduled to hit America like a ton of bricks tomorrow (Wednesday December 10). The initiative is the brain child of a West Hollywood comedian and his boyfriend in response to California’s Proposition 8. They borrowed the idea from the Latino population who have staged strikes in the past against deportation and workers’ rights laws for immigrants.
The idea? To see the effect the GLBT community–and their straight allies–have on the American workforce and economy in general. Daywithoutagay.org is asking all queer people to not only “call in gay” but also to refrain from spending any money and do volunteer work instead.
So let’s do it. Why?
Politics | Comment (0)Enough speculation!
Posted by Kate G. in Politics.
Dear American media,
I’m pretty sure with 300 million people in this country you could find something more interesting to cover than the “will she? won’t she?” circus that has mushroomed out of Obama’s recent meetings with Senator Clinton.
Of course, my fingers are crossed that this isn’t all hearsay and that she takes the job. I mean, I was in her camp first. Love her. Love the dirty politics and how she can serve it back to anyone who dishes it out. And I will never apologize for that. But I’m so over the ambivalent headlines feining urgency and factual proof. Continue reading »
Politics | Comment (0)California, are we serious?
Posted by Kate G. in Politics.
So, I may have fallen off the face of the blogging earth for a week or two, what with the triumph that was the presidential election and enough REAL work to choke a donkey. But I’m back with all the piss and vinegar I can muster to discuss what is fast becoming one of the major hemorrhoids on the ass of our country. If you’ll excuse me, it’s time to have a word with the West Coast.
Really, California? Really? You elect Barack Obama, an unprecedented step towards change and diversity, while simultaneously voting in one of the only amendments to ever set a state backwards?
Politics | Comments (2)True colors.
Posted by Kate G. in US Election 2008.
Okay, so congratulations are in order to all those with common sense who helped us step further out of our past’s shadow of racism, oppression and shame. It was so empowering to see the diverse faces in the crowds of Chicago, Atlanta, New York and Washington last night on TV. And Obama’s shout-out to the gays right in his speech?
A new day has come.
(Enter: Debbie the Downer)
US Election 2008 | Comments (4)No pressure, though.
Posted by Kate G. in US Election 2008.
Can’t you just feel the entire planet holding its breath, hoping we do the right thing?
US Election 2008 | Comment (0)It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
Posted by Kate G. in US Election 2008.
I think Election Day may be up there as one of my favorite holidays. Strangely enough, it seems to have a good deal in common with my other favorites. Let’s see what crazy links I can make betwixt three seemingly unrelated holidays and then try to bring it all back to how important it is to vote. Wish me luck!
In addition to E-Day, I love two other holidays like no other: Halloween and Thanksgiving. I think Christmas music is fun but the holiday has been ruined. Easter has the worst candy of any holiday, so they’re out of the running, too. Valentine’s Day preys on your guilt and your wallet (much like Christmas) and Independence Day is obnoxious.
So what do Election Day, Thanksgiving and Halloween have in common? Besides being the most exciting (new president? overeating while watching football? free CANDY?!), they are all purely and uniquely American.
US Election 2008 | Comment (1)