Skins

Arizona has apparently passed a law saying that a presidential candidate doesn't have to have a long-form birth certificate if he can provide a certificate of circumcision. (I don't make this stuff up.) General J.C. Christian, in his usual 110% heterosexual way, takes a close look at the issue. (Not worksafe, tasteless, generally offensive.)

Doom

Top 10 Dying Industries

Found in Rebecca's Pocket

It's the pits

A new advertising campaign wants to make women fear that their armpits look ugly. I think my chin looks ugly, and I found a way to keep people from noticing. Just saying.

Gendered reading

Once again, I have fallen behind the times. Last I heard, the official word was that sf is for boys and fantasy is for girls. But the Newspaper of Record is cooking up new and better flavors of Teh Stoopid back behind the paywall, and now we learn that fantasy is likewise too laden with boy cooties for the ladies, apparently because of too little of the Relationship stuff that is all they are interested in.

Three, count 'em three, women reply:

1. Annalee Newitz (Thanx to mariness)

2. Mari Ness herself

3. Pandarus (thanx to onyxlynx)