One Crazy Rule to Look Younger Now

Ugh!  I hate those frickin' ads that are trying to push some miracle pill to make you look younger.  It is total bullshit.   Is the one rule to stop bein' a crack ho?  Because this shiz is looking like Faces of Meth in reverse.

Gaze Into My Crystal Ball

 This morning it was informally announced that Republican Michele Bachmann intends to run for president.  Get ready, ladies and gents!  There is nothing that stirs the pot quite like a lady gettin' uppity and trying to do a man's job!

Do you remember how Clinton and Palin were covered by the media?  Clinton wore pantsuits and short cropped hair, and was portrayed as masculine, cold, and ball-busting.  Then when she wore a slightly low-cut blouse, it sparked Cleavagegate.  Relive the glory of the article that sparked the controversy here:  Clinton's Cleavage Covered by Washington Post.

People were acting like she went on the floor of congress dressed like JWOWW.   BTW, what in the hell kind of name is JWOWW, and why is it taking up valuable real estate in my brain?  I need a minute to get over my disgust, and possibly take some prophylactic valtrex.

 Go ahead, try to deny the similarity.

 Palin was feminine and pretty, and widely criticized for being stupid.  Do you remember all that fuss over how much  money the GOP spend on her wardrobe for the campaign trail?  Or how she was a bad mother?  Or people making fun of her for having been a beauty queen?   Okay, I gotta give them that one.  You know how I love pageants!

How exactly could a woman dress or groom herself in order to avoid beauty criticism?  Where exactly is that line between cold, calculating, butchy hag and stupid, slutty, beauty queen? 

You don't have to be Madam Ruby to see where this is going.   Bachmann is pretty, so we can count on the hounds to go after her for being ditzy, a pawn of men in higher positions, using botox (you know that's coming), and possibly being some kind of a slut.  Instead of going after her femininity, wouldn't it be great if people could focus on her policies?

A True Hero (and how sexism colors the way her story is told)

This is Patricia Maisch.  She was waiting to meet Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona when the shooting began last week. She is one of the people who tackled the gunman and she is the one who managed to wrestle the magazine away from the gunman as he attempted to reload.  This act undoubtedly saved lives.  She also applied first aid to a person who was shot in the head after the gunman was disarmed.  She is a hero, and a general, all-around bad-ass.

Here is some of the text from today's CNN.com article.

(CNN) -- Within seconds after the shooting began, at least one man who was grazed by a bullet grabbed the gunman, a middle-aged woman snatched ammunition away from him, and a group of people held him down while another man grabbed the gun out of his hand, a man and a woman who helped subdue the shooter told CNN Sunday.
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"What really scared me," Zamudio said, was seeing a middle-aged, "maybe elderly woman," wrestling the next magazine away from the gunman. "

Can I just ask why the ages of none of the men are identified in your article CNN?  Hmmm?  How old does a woman have to be to get "marked" in this way?  How old would a man have to be for his age to be notable?