www.partizane.com

With this photo she found from NH Primary day.  That would be NewHampster on the right.  This is just before he signed the back of my hoodie. He joined us at the Londonderry Polls for almost an hour in the morning.  And people wonder why I'm a fanatic.

Thanks Sarah.  It is a wonderful picture I will always treasure.

On this date, November 17, 1558, Elizabeth succeeded to the throne of England at the age of 25.  This incredible woman took England from just one of many European countries to the great seapower that ruled the waves for nearly 400 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7733601.stm

The BBC is such good reading. I love when the French are once more ahead of the curve on women's rights.

A French court of appeal has overruled the decision to annul the marriage of two Muslims because the bride had lied about being a virgin.

They are now effectively married again - even though both partners said they accepted the original judgement.

That verdict had caused emotional debate and outrage among some feminists, who said it amounted to a "fatwa" against women's liberty.

But the husband's lawyers said the case had nothing to do with religion.

They argued that the wife had breached the wedding contract, and tricked her husband into marriage.

Most people in this country do not know how explicitly misogynistic Barack Obama's campaign was. They don't have time to sit at the computer and read The Daily Kos, or Talking Points Memo, or The Huffington Post. They didn't read the vile, endless hatred spewed at women by Obama's supporters. They believe the lovely stories spun by the corporate media: that Obama was saintly and above all negativity and "unifying," while his opponents rolled around in dirt. And even when Obama or his surrogates did or said something overtly misogynistic, the media either did not cover it, or excused it.

32,000 Barbies
2008 by Photographer Chris Jordan

32,000, the number of elective breast augmentation surgeries performed monthly in the United States in 2006.

A closeup of the image.  Click the image for a closeup.

New media, same gender imbalance, according to a Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting study. Here's the summary from Portfolio magazine:

You might expect that someone like Arianna Huffington, who has incorporated female empowerment as a big part of her shtick (at least since the days when she made her name as an anti-feminist author) would make sure that men don't dominate the discourse on her top-ranking website.

It's true.  I'm male and I'm trying to be a feminist.

By the very definition this seems like a joke, but it's not.  Supporting and working my fat ass off for a woman candidate for President opened my eyes.  The fact that my first reason for supporting her is that she's a mother also comes into play as I try and work through this change in attitude. 

I'm not doing well at the change, I'm a guy and of course I've screwed up royally.  Follow me on the flip side as I look at a recent serious back slide that may have cost me a friend.

from Politico By LISA LERER | 11/15/08

Early indications that men might dominate the hierarchy of Obama administration have women’s groups worried, even as a growing chorus of advisers reportedly pushes Hillary Rodham Clinton for secretary of state.

 

“There’s definitely been a reaction to the few groups that have been named so far,” said Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women. “I agree with those who are concerned that it would have been nice to see more women."

 

First thing this morning I caught a story on the local Pittsburgh news. Seems the Rooney family, owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers, are rushing to get a deal through on the sale of the Pittsburgh Steelers. A quick search generated this story

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hp1K4jq_4SVukDahKgDvPqOmvqJQD94F5L9G2

And here is the money qoute from the article-

Art Rooney Jr. said the brothers hope to get the deal wrapped up before a board meeting in December.Both sides want to get a deal done by then because they are worried about possible higher taxes once the Obama administration is in office.