- This story just has me torn up every which way. Yesterday in Winnipeg, Michelle Camire was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of her 3-month-old baby. The child sustained brain injury and a fractured skull when Camire slammed him down in his crib out of frustration.
- Major Michelle Mendes was found dead in her accomodation room at Kandahar Air Field.
- Crank up the moral panic machine: according to Sharlene Azam’s new book Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss, middle-class teen prostitution is on the rise. There’s an alternately alarming and depressing video with interviews with some girls who are involved here.
- Jessica Valenti writes about her whole engagement and wedding brou-ha-ha in her usual display of reasonableness, wit and humour.
- Oh, good one! Feministing has introduced me to Jay Smooth, who spins good theory about Perez, Miss California and the whole equal marriage debacle.
- There’s a profile of Julie Dickson, the top female in Canadian banking, in the Globe today.
- Okay, to me, this is weird, but apparently I’m an exception in that I don’t pick out my husband’s clothes.
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