Breaking: Jeans are not chastity belts in Italy

Only a few years after an Italian court ruled that a man couldn’t possibly have raped a woman because her pants were too tight, the court has changed it’s mind. Italian women can now go back to wearing their pancreas-tight Dolce jeans.

Wow. Posh Does Eat.

Well, so she says.

“I’m very strict in the way I eat. I eat lots of fish, vegetables, fruit, Japanese food. I don’t eat junk food. I’m really healthy; my kids are really healthy; David’s really healthy. Of course I eat. I’ve been accused of not eating for ten years. If I hadn’t eaten for ten years, I’d be [awfully] hungry.”

– Victoria Beckham, July Allure* via Fitsugar

photo by Tkkate

*who reads Allure?

Avenging LaVena Johnson

This is some graphic, horrible stuff, so trigger warning, ya’ll.

If you haven’t heard about Private First Class LaVena Johnson’s death by now, I’ll give the quick rundown. The U.S. Military said that she died of a suicide while deployed in Iraq back in 2005. Once her body was recovered, it became clear that she died after an apparent struggle (bruises all over her body, two loose front teeth, a bruised lip, and acid poured over her genital region likely to eliminate DNA evidence); they also said that she shot herself in the head with an M-16, which is incredibly difficult to do, considering the length and size of the rifle, and that she would have used her non-dominant hand to pull the trigger on the left side of her face. The Army is refusing to reopen the case, and it seems that the Army didn’t even investigate the case. Her father has been trying for 3 years for anyone with power to get on his side and help solve the case for his daughter.

Philip Barron has launched a petition and as of right this moment, the goal of 3,000 signers is is a little more than halfway there. If you care about getting justice for this young woman, then sign the petition.

For more information, visit LaVenaJohnson.com

Gore on Clinton

“I think that women often face these kinds of challenges, of course, in our society. But I think that she did an amazing job in changing that, as I think Senator Obama and Bill Richardson, where Hispanics are concerned, also made it possible for our country to move on into the 21st century and say, ‘Wait a minute, these old things that held us down in the past, we’re now within sight of a time when we can move beyond that.’”

– Al Gore, Meet the Press, July 20.

And he’s absolutely right. Even though I’m quite tuckered out from the Oppression Olympics that emerged from this primary campaign, The fact that we had a woman, an African-American, and a Latino simply in the running as serious candidates for a major party is proof that we’re moving forward as a nation.

How do you think this particular primary has changed the way we view the Democratic electorate? The general electorate?

Straight Shooting

Do NOT ever, in life EVER call Tila Tequilla straight. Seriously.

KM:  What about the people who say you’re not really bisexual—that you’re hetero and just pretending for the show? Care to set the record, uh, straight?

TT: They can suck my dick.

hehe. Interview with King Magazine (bleh, gross).

McCain the Hypocrite

As reported a while ago, Sen. McCain isn’t too keen on making sure women are able to earn the same wages as an equally qualified man. And here’s him being squeamish on birth control.

Now, I’ve always believed that actions speak louder than words — especially the words of campaign advisers. Via the Wall Street Journal:

At a breakfast with reporters, Fiorina suggested that individuals–and women in particular–be given more flexibility to determine what their health insurance plans should cover. “There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won’t cover birth-control medication. Those women would like a choice,” she observed.

When McCain was asked for his position on the issue, he said—with a nervous laugh–“I certainly do not want to discuss that issue.”

The reporter pressed. “But apparently you’ve voted against—“

“I don’t know what I voted,” McCain said.

BTW, I didn’t realize that Carly Fiorina is a McCain adviser. While it’s nice to see the Republicans are going after the “woman vote,” I do with that John McCain were in on the strategy himself. Anyway, Jessica from Feministing gives her 2 cents on McCain’s hypocrisy, the first missive of many through November.