Oh nooo – is it true? I don’t want to believe it’s true. Say it’s not. Anyone?

Obama Botches the Abortion Conversation
7/8/08 Alternet.org: One thing is certain: Obama has backhandedly given credibility to the right-wing narrative that women who have abortions — even those who go through the physically and mentally wrenching experience of a late-term abortion — are frivolous and selfish creatures who might perhaps undergo this ordeal because they are “feeling blue.”

And this next one too–Stepford v. Angry Black Woman? Oy. Make it stop!

Rocky Journey To Being First Lady
7/8/08 Baltimore Sun: In the way we have of boiling human beings down to a handful of adjectives and then forming a caricature from those adjectives, Obama has become the angry black woman and McCain, a Stepford wife.

Lastly, just in case you haven’t had enough bad news for one morning, here’s this:

Women at Work Find Reinforced Glass Ceiling
7/8/08 Women’s eNews: Promotion barriers, harassment, pregnancy and motherhood bias, unequal pay. Women in the paid work force say these are all pillars propping up a glass ceiling. Fourth in “The Memo” series on the status of U.S. women.

Kudos for the tips on all this cheeriness today go to Rebekah at the WMC.

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