I got the fall issue* of Bitch! and guess who got a shout out? Yeah, that's right, beattona, right underneath Sarah Haskins.

*Shhhhh. Canada Post's feelings are easily hurt.

The shit Michelle Obama is having to put up with¹ is making my eyes cross with rage.² Sure, Barack's got it worse, but he's actually running for president, Michelle is just a tangential target. Anyway, the Obama campaign has put up a de-smearing website, so if some relative forwards you some piece of ignorance, you can direct them here.

1. If you don't know, ask yourself, do you really want to?
2. (Sure it looks dorky, but then I bite you in the ear and you stop caring.)

I've unsubscribed from Pandagone's and Feministe's feeds, since I really can't fool myself any longer that an apology for Amanda's behavior is just around the corner, and I'm realizing the extent to which I relied on them to bring events to my attention. Does anyone have a favorite feminist blogger than can recommend to me? Bonus points if they've called Marcotte out on her bullshit.

On a different, yet related subject, I'm kind of interested in getting reactions on this question, so, a poll. No right or wrong answers, and I'm expecting to get a wide range, so:

ETA: OMG WHYyYYYY!? I'm sorry you guys, but I'm having serious fail with technology today, and cannot get this working. I should probably take my hands off the keyboard before I accidentally delete the internet. There's a working copy of this poll here, if you want to take it.

On this blog entry, commenter Leia says

Chris, I’m feeling powerfully sexually attracted to you right now. This despite the fact that 1) I’ve never seen you, 2) I don’t know you, and 3) I haven’t even read your blog before.

Can evolutionary psychology explain this?

I don't want to hike with you.