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Gingrich Taking Heat for Playing Nice With Pelosi

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There’s little question that the Republican primary is providing a great deal of entertainment to American society.  Whether it’s Michele Bachmann sticking her foot in it yet again, Rick Perry’s utterly deplorable “Strong” ad, or Herman Cain’s shenanigans leading to an early departure, watching these clowns is better than scripted reality television.

There are times, though, when it stops being funny and crosses the realm into distasteful (did I mention Rick Perry’s “Strong” ad?), shocking, and jaw-dropping.

Because I wouldn’t vote for any of the Republican candidates, though, it’s very easy to remove myself from the whole situation.  In fact, I can pretty much write it off as entertainment via the television set.

And having that degree of separation, of knowing that I’m not going to get all shocked and appalled over the myriad “open-mouth-insert-foot moments”, has really allowed me to notice the little things that might well otherwise fly under my feminist radar.

Such as Mitt Romney taking Newt Gingrich to task for being buddy-buddy with Nancy Pelosi in the past.

In case you haven’t heard, Gingrich …

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The Household Chore Gender Gap is Closing, in Canada at Least

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The CBC proclaims: “The days of women staying home mopping floors and playing Suzy Homemaker might be a thing of the past, according to a new StatsCan study (short for Statistics Canada). The study took a look at the way in which men and women from three different generations — late Boomers, X and Y — behaved with regard to household chores during their early 20s.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the study found that women from the late Boomers and Gen-Xers were more likely to do the majority of chores around the house — mopping, sweeping, laundry, dishes, etc — than their male counterparts, while Generation Y …

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Transgendered Seniors Blamed For Graduation Gown Brouhaha

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Ah, high school graduation…talk about rites of passage. And drama. And accusations of discrimination. And a big debacle over which color gowns should be worn. And breaking longstanding traditions (dating at least back to 1992) that were evidently extremely important.

Yeah, like I said, drama.

New Hampshire’s Spaulding High School is making headlines for the Rochester School District’s decision to garb their graduates in gowns of red (as opposed to past practice of girls in white, boys in red), an alleged outcry from a number of students that blamed several transgendered students for this egregious and heart-stopping change, and the district’s ultimate caving.

Which of course had nothing to do with any possibility of discrimination … or reverse discrimination … or anything other than the need to maintain tradition (yeah, their school mascot is called the Red Raider).

Hmm.

According to Senior Class Vice-President Corinne Baita, a small group of transgendered students were blamed for bringing about the (short-lived) change and were consequently bullied by some of their classmates.
From Foster’s:

A senior class assembly was held Tuesday morning to address the issues surrounding graduation. According to Baita, Principal Rob Seaward — who did not return several messages left seeking comment for this story — told the class at the assembly that there had been discussion about making the change for the past 10 years, with the School Board making the decision in March and approving the announcement …

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The Guardian’s ‘Women 100′ List Celebrates International Women’s Day

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The UK’s Guardian is celebrating the centenary of International Women’s day by asking it readers to help compile an inspirational list of the top 100 women in the world.

In celebration of this, here at Zelda Lily we thought we’d have a little look at who you might choose. Given the wealth of choice – about half of the population of the world – you’d think coming up with who to vote for would be a doddle, but it’s not actually as easy as you might think. My initial thoughts were ‘Oh great! I’ll get nominating!’ But then, when I actually stopped and though about who to nominate, the task became a little trickier… The Guardian states that:

‘As a general rule, we think the 100 women who make the list should be there for their ability to inspire. They should be successful in their own right, but also have achieved something for other women – whether through their work by acting as role models.’

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