The glorious Naomi Wolf on Madonna:

She has the egoless honesty of the serious artist that reads like ego, especially in women.

Some psych articles on how women are expected/desired to be:

• Not angry
• Happy
• No more than moderate in self-esteem

…which is really sweet. But the closest he’s come to feminist theory are his interactions with the dozens of strong black women that he works with at the City Of Atlanta water department.

So this is the sort of email forward that floods my inbox on a daily basis:

If only every parable had such a sassy ending.

Apparently Disney anticipates people getting pissed at them for creating a reverse-satire of Toddlers in Tiaras, so they stress that the movie/television series “will focus on learning.”

The general manager also adds the imperative that there will be “plenty of pretty dresses and sparkly shoes.”

Hopefully all that learning won’t make the 2-7 year old audience forget to ask their parents to buy them the pretty, sparkly products marketed under Sofia’s name.

Found these little gems at the front of Pittsburgh’s Barnes & Noble’s children’s section. Here’s the first page of each.

I think I speak for all women when I say we are THRILLED that society is finally starting to take floristry seriously!