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By on March 19, 2010
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A round-up of this week’s interesting, weird, crazy, strange, sad, awesome, and WTF stories from around the world. [Some of last week's news too!]

  • Norway has a ‘Doomsday Seed Vault’ that contains 1/2 million planting seeds. Awesome. [Yahoo News]
  • Anti-gay rights senator Roy Ashburn, who has in the past been vehemently outspoken against gay rights, came out as gay. He says he will not be running for re-election. [BBC News]
  • Worried about drugs being slipped into your drinks? A company has created a lipgloss that will change colour on your lips when it comes in contact with a spiked drink. The question is, how often are you looking at your own lips? [2LoveMyLips]
  • Tina Fey poses for Esquire, refusing the typical ‘sexy’ shoot and opting for a series of pretty funny/sarcastic ‘party girl’ pictures. [Esquire]
  • Some Texas textbooks won’t contain Thomas Jefferson anymore…along with the separation of church and state, Darwinism, and other things that could possibly make America liberal. Cause you know when you dislike something in history, you can just ignore it and it’ll go away. [NYTimes]
  • A study found that plus-size models in ads just make women feel crappy about themselves. In other news, some people are unhappy with how they look and blame the media. [NYMag]
  • Missouri legislators are in talk of a bill that would ask women getting an abortion for their “social, economic, or medical” reason, however they would not be required to answer. The man proposing this idea said it was to gather information on abortions to help lawmakers. [KOAMTV]
  • Another woman has been raped by a man posing as a police officer. A reminder: it is perfectly legal and acceptable to ask an officer for his police identification, and to call 911 to ask if the dispatcher if it is a real cop. [Star-Telegram]
  • Word on the street is the only thing keeping Tyra Bank’s new season of America’s Next Top Model interesting is the newest judge. If it gets boring, you could always try the drinking game. [TheFrisky]
  • The latest version of the health care bill will provide $75 million in sexual education (meaning not abstinence-only). Less babies=less people to give health care too=cheaper health care. Eh? Eh? [SIECUS]
  • Not news, but here’s an adorable video about those ‘God Hates Fags’ protesters. [YouTube]

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By on February 10, 2010
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  • A UK school is under fire for providing pregnancy tests to teenage girls (as young as 13). Protesters claim this is sending the message that’s its okay to get knocked up. Just like providing medicine encourages people to get sick. [DailyMail]
  • Scott Roeder, the man who shot and killed abortion doctor George Tiller has been convicted of murder. He took this news graciously by deciding to go on YouTube and rant about how he was totally justified. [KOAMTV]
  • Glenn Beck (do people still like this guy?) creepily talks about how Meghan McCain needs to be ‘sat down and talked to by her daddy’ because grown, independent women should not oppose their father’s views and should just stay in the kitchen making sandwiches. [GlennBeck]
  • Superbowl commercials of 2010 were littered with sexist messages. What else is new? [Jezebel]
  • A 12 (TWELVE!!!) year-old Saudi girl is seeking a divorce from her 80 (EIGHTY!!!) year-old husband. The marriage was arranged by the girl’s father, and a human rights commission is backing the girl’s divorce request. [Newser]
  • Emma Watson is the highest paid actress in Hollywood. Isn’t it refreshing to see a young, independent college woman in Hollywood making headlines that aren’t accompanied by the words ‘cocaine’, ‘crotch shot’ or ‘sex tape’? [VanityFair]
  • In Georgia, an Anti-Abortion group is posting billboards targeted at African-American women which say, “Black Children Are An Endangered Species”. Um, what? [Atlanta Journal]
  • Have I mentioned Sen. Al Franken is my hero? For reals. Check out his Anti-Rape amendment. [Click here!]
  • A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to raping an unconsciousness, drunk 15-year-old girl who later died. What part of ‘she’s passed out, don’t put your dick in her, she’s 15′ don’t these guys get? [NBC]
  • Of Obama’s $.3.8 trillion budget, 9 programs are specifically aimed at women. [KansasCity]
  • Tina Fey in Vogue! And she’s talking about feminism! And she looks hot! She’s really an inspiration to the modern woman. Check out the article if you get the chance. [Vogue]