must read posts from the blogosphere

Important Announcement
by Melissa at Shakesville

It’s Right There in the Name
by Kate Harding at Shakesville

I Am Shakespeare’s Sister
by Melissa at Shakesville

What you don’t know CAN hurt you
by PortlyDyke at Shakesville

Today’s Zen Moment in Misogyny
by chicago dyke at Corrente

Hillary Supporter Elton John Condemns U.S. Misogyny
by egalia at Tennessee Guerilla Women

Actually, the entire home page is excellent.

Egalia asks the question: “Where is the feminist leadership?”

I think it’s an excellent question. Where is NOW, the Feminist Majority, and other national feminist organizations? Why are they not organizing protests of MSNBC and other media outlets? Inquiring minds would like to know.

for Ms. Gregarious …

… because non-violence isn’t always the answer?

The minute I saw this I immediately thought of Germaine Gregarious and The Nefarious Lair of LGPPP, Inc.

Enjoy!

h/t to Katie at all the way from oy to vey

reflection on a day

Profiles in Discourage

U.S. Commander in Iraq General David Petraeus (L) and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker listen to opening statements as they testify about the state of the war in Iraq before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.

“WTF?” — Sen. Clinton sums up the public’s feelings on testimony given by Petraeus and Crocker.

U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton attends the Senate Armed Services Committee’s hearing on Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington.

“What are the Dems talking about. John McCain won’t keep us in Iraq a day longer than 99 years, 11 months and 30 days.”

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is applauded at a Vets for Freedom rally on Capitol Hill in Washington April 8, 2008. Standing next to McCain is supporter, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT).

Clearly the surge is working …

Residents rush wounded children to a hospital in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad.

Further evidence it’s working.

An Army honor guards carries the casket of Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Hake, 26, of Enid, Okla. during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Hake was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on March 23.

I sat quietly, contemplating my life and the world around me …
I decided to lie down.

And then I saw this …

The dame in Spain walks mainly in the rain …

A woman wearing a Sevillana dress walks across a road on the first day of the April Fair in Seville, Spain.

The End