Ukrainian Group Renting Out Topless Protests to Further Women’s Rights?

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Like it or not, topless women gathering en masse are going to garner some attention.  Whether meeting to fight for the right to gather topless en masse or trying to make a different point, it’s pretty much guaranteed to make the news.

Anna Gutsol of the feminist Ukrainian group Femen is speaking out on the necessity of such, uh, big measures in demonstrations on issues ranging from gender discrimination to prostitution legislation … as opposed to those who just “go out and demonstrate and set up tents”.

From Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty:

“Topless protests are probably the strongest and most effective form of peaceful and nonviolent protests to attract attention. You can throw a grenade, go on hunger strike, blow something up or shoot someone. Or you can go out topless,” Gutsol says.

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Personally, I’m Not All That Saddened to Have Underdeveloped ‘Female Skills.’

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I can’t bake. I do a piss-poor job of following recipes, which makes me a great cook, but an awful baker. And so what? I like to be creative, and baking often doesn’t meet my creative needs.

Know what I can do? Change a spare tire (with ONE ARM! It’s true, and a story for another time). Repair a dryer. Swim across the lake at my cottage in half an hour. Kick ass and take names in a game of Balderdash. Do CPR. Power wash a deck. Light a furnace. Teach almost anyone how to ski. Mix a mean drink. And Microsoft Office Suite is my bitch.

So I don’t take too kindly to the suggestion that my inability to bake, cook a roast, or drive a manual car somehow takes away from my …

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Speeding Ticket for Laboring Mother?

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There’s an urban legend about speeding tickets going out to people rushing to the hospital because a woman’s in labor. I’ve seen it happen in movies, but I’ve never heard of it happening in reality.

Until now.

John Coughlin of Londonderry, New Hampshire appeared in court earlier in the week to set a hearing date for a speeding ticket dispute. He admits to speeding (and was evidently going over 100 miles per hour) but feels that this action was justified considering that his wife, Angela, was in …

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Female Cyclists Expose Idiots Online – And The Results Are Hilarious

Cycling, here in the UK, can be a bit of a contentious issue. Whilst more and more of us are being encouraged to walk or cycle to work, those who refuse to ditch the car for a ‘greener’ way of traveling seem to have a bit of a problem with those on two wheels.

The problem is seemingly at its greatest in London, where traffic flow is massive and congestion is a recurrent problem. Those in a car, finding themselves stuck behind a cyclist and unable to overtake can often get, well, a little angry. Though our politicians are often seen out on their bikes, trying to set a good example (Boris, anyone?), it would seem the cyclist is a bit of a target for pedestrians and motorists alike.

Dawn Foster, a UK blogger and female cyclist has had, it would seem, her fair share of aggressive behavior from other road users whilst she’s been out on her bike. In a recent article in the UK’s Guardian, Dawn revealed that she’s had her top pulled down when stopped at traffic lights and, when struggling up a hill, been asked if she puts in as much effort in the bedroom. Hideous behavior from the perpetrators, but Dawn has found a great way of dealing with this type of conduct – naming and shaming the culprits on her blog, 101 Wankers.

Dawn describes the blog as ‘a catalogue of the insults and comments I get shouted at me whilst riding my bike, placed on a map to create a London Wankermap.’ I love this so much – succinct, precise – and funny.

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