Wonk’s Saturday Reads: “Hillaryben” and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Saris

Morning, news junkies. This Saturday’s roundup is really more like two posts in one. It’s going to be top-heavy with news about Hillary’s current travels, so if you’re interested in other items about women’s issues, in particular news about Hillary protege Kirsten Gillibrand, please be sure to click after the jump for part 2! (There’s [...]

Wonk’s Saturday Reads: Sleepyhead

Morning, news junkies… I’m really exhausted, so this is going to be a pretty basic rundown of links and snippets, nothing fancy or earth-shattering in the way of two cents from me. This week’s Hillary photo: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton hold a press [...]

Wonk’s Saturday Reads: Sheros don’t hold their finger to the wind, they ARE the wind

Morning, news junkies. This week’s Hillary pic is actually from last Saturday, but it came out after I wrote up my July 2nd post, so enjoy. (Click on the image–or click here–to see a great slideshow of more Hillary and Trini pics at Still4Hill’s place.) Before I go on, a moment of silence for First [...]

Wonk’s Saturday Reads: Females are Fabulous (all the moreso during Fourth of July weekend)

Morning, news junkies. Do you remember the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy goes on “Females are Fabulous” (game show which the announcer says is “based on the theory that any woman is willing to make an idiot out of herself in order to win a prize”)? Well, I was watching that episode while I [...]

Wonk’s Saturday Reads: NY sends forth a Tiny Ripple of Hope

Morning, news junkies. I’m under the weather, so forgive me if this is scatterbrained. Marriage equality has arrived in NY. Last night, the New York senate legalized same-sex marriage in a 33-29 vote, and Governor Cuomo signed the bill into law, making NY the largest state where lesbian and gay couples can tie the knot. [...]

Wonk’s Saturday Reads: Strictly Hillary

Morning, news junkies. My link dump this weekend is almost all Hillary. Enjoy. I’ll start you off with this op-ed Hillary penned in the newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat yesterday–it’s called “There Is No Going Back in Syria”: The Syrian people will not cease their demands for dignity and a future free from intimidation and fear. They [...]

Wonk’s Saturday Reads: Remembering Griswold and Anne Royall

Morning news junkies… here are my picks from the week to go with your Saturday morning cuppa. Enjoy. (the Anne Royall stuff is at the end!) Women’s Rights I loved this headline from RH Reality Check’s Andrea Grimes, so I’ll start off with it – “The Pill Kills” Protesters Unwittingly Help Hundreds of North Texans [...]