Pompous Bidets

Ashley got fed up with the narrative surrounding brides and weddings in a feminist context, so she started “This Is What A Beautiful Bride Looks Like.” Go check it out, and submit photos if you’re the matrimonial kind. So far it’s pretty heterostacked, and it would be nice to see some same sex/queer couples on there.

I meant to link this yesterday and apparently left it out; terrific article in the Times about teen runaways and the sex trade.

Oh, California, we may have to break up. Seriously. I just don’t think it’s going to work out. Really, it’s not you, it’s me.

I love articles about people loving life in small houses.

Required reading at FWD/Forward: abbyjean’s post “Why I Identify As Disabled.”

Latina? Pregnant? Get caught up in a routine traffic stop? Get ready to birth in shackles.

These Norwegian investigative journalists are awesome.

Whale update. Looks like I won’t be going to take pictures because overpowering stench+meloukhia=vomit. It’s a constant. The only variable is how much vomit.