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Half of These Things Are Not Like the Others

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer—a local paper, now online-only, that's always looking for new ways to create eyeball-generating galleries of half-naked women—is currently featuring a gallery of "sexiest female sports personalities." There's also a ...

From ERICA C BARNETT, Shakesville,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Matt Hasselbeck,  Patrick Kerney,  Lauren Jackson,  University of Washington,  Twitter Inc

How Odd!

Last Wednesday, Reuters reported on a ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority in Britain banning American Apparel from printing an ad showing a very young-looking woman modeling an AA hoodie. The images (NSFW), which show the woman baring ...

From ERICA C BARNETT, Shakesville,  8 Sep 2009
Related Topics: ASA Limited

Now That's a Stretch

Actual USA Today headline: "Women gain as men lose jobs." Actual content of the story: Women have been "gaining" in the sense that they're paid less, work fewer hours, and are more likely to work part-time and in low-paid fields like health care and ...

From ERICA C BARNETT, Shakesville,  4 Sep 2009

Angry Green Girls: Softcore PETA

Angry feminists usually get the eye roll. But what about angry green girls? Seems like they're getting plenty of attention ... From hybrid-only bikini car washes to nearly naked shower tips, check out how Angry Green Girl broadens the eco-issue ...

From ERICA C BARNETT, Shakesville,  3 Sep 2009

Seattle Times FAIL

Mountlake Terrace police are on the lookout for a trio of escorts who are alleged to have stolen about $440 from four customers who had invited them over for a weekend party. ... When the woman and two female friends arrived, the men later told police, ...

From ERICA C BARNETT, Shakesville,  2 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Craigslist.org

Hutchison's Kickoff

The elusive Susan Hutchison—a former KOMO KIRO news anchor and former board member of the right-wing, anti-evolution Discovery Institute—officially kicked off her campaign for King County Executive outside SafeCo Field this morning in front of a crowd ...

From ERICA C. BARNETT, The Stranger,  16 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Palin

No Common Ground

Dr. George Tiller was a lightning rod for anti-choice forces because he performed late-term abortions—abortions after 21 weeks' gestation—for girls and women whose pregnancies had gone tragically, often life-threateningly, wrong. Some were women who ...

From ERICA C. BARNETT, The Stranger,  3 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton,  George W. Bush

Fuck You, PETA

PETA steals a page from Fred Phelps' payback. Kansas is more interesting, and fucked up, than I thought. Foie gras would go well with that bottle of wine you shoplifted. Posted by a roast shank from your high horse would be good, too on June 2, ...

From ERICA C. BARNETT, The Stranger,  2 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Fred Phelps

Former OPA Auditors Endorse Carr

City Attorney Tom Carr—who's being challenged for reelection by Pete Holmes, the former head of the city's Office of Professional Accountability Review Board, which oversees internal police-misconduct investigations—just received endorsements from two ...

From ERICA C. BARNETT, The Stranger,  2 Jun 2009

County Campaign Finance Update

Several of the candidates for King County Council released their latest campaign numbers today. Leaving aside their spin (I'll get to that in a minute) here are the numbers. According to the Public Disclosure Commission, state Sen. Fred Jarrett (D-41) ...

From ERICA C. BARNETT, The Stranger,  1 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Ross Hunter

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