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Shot through the vagina, and Rock of Love Bus is to blame.

Love / Shove post by Kelsey Wallace on January 20, 2009 - 11:36pm; tagged alcohol, Bret Michaels, reality tv, Rock of Love, vagina shots, VH1, WTF?.

Just in case you are tired out from celebrating Obama's inauguration today (although if you aren't tired of celebrating you should totally watch this video) we thought we would bring you a little diversion. So let's take a minute and think not about this historic day and how happy we are to have a president who is not an international embarrassment, but instead about Rock of Love Bus. More specifically about the scene from the first episode where Nikki takes a shot from Gia's vagina. (Hey, we said we were going to give you a diversion, right?)

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Inauguration—from a short distance

Love / Shove post by Jacqueline Lalley on January 20, 2009 - 1:16pm; tagged Barack Obama, Elizabeth Alexander, Inauguration.

After a morning attempting to navigate barricades and checkpoints we were beginning to feel like rats in a maze, so we entered Teaism, at 400 8th St. SW (www.teaism.com), which was the closest we could get to the swearing-in. The staff, Kim and Terry, graciously let us watch the ceremony on their Mac. By the end of the inauguration, the room was full, and tears and shouts of joy were abundant.

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Prenauguration! Live from DC

Love / Shove post by Jacqueline Lalley on January 19, 2009 - 8:41pm; tagged Barack Obama, Inauguration, Malia Obama, Martin Luther King Day, Sasha Obama.

So my friend and I have driven 765 miles from Milwaukee to DC to soak up some history in the making. We're swinging it ticketless-style, attending whatever is free and indiscriminately mixing MLK commemorations, Obama celebrations, and site-seeing.

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Adventures in Feministory: Fannie Lou Hamer

Love / Shove post by Kjerstin Johnson on January 19, 2009 - 3:13pm; tagged American history, civil rights, feministory, voting.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. day, and our Adventures in Feministory takes us to Fannie Lou Hamer, who like many women activists of the American Civil Rights Movement (and social movements in general), is often overlooked despite her staggering contributions to social change.

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Celebrating MLK while in the middle of history

History post by La Macha on January 19, 2009 - 12:01pm; tagged MLK.

It's so interesting to listen to this last speech of MLK's right now, while we're in the middle of the time we're in. It's interesting how similar the message MLK is giving to Obama's--and many people are making quite a show of connecting the two (ahem, mainstream media??). But what I find even more interesting is the differences. Both MLK and Obama talk about making the U.S. a better nation--but there are important differences that each man takes to get there.

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United States of Wha?

Love / Shove post by Briar Levit on January 19, 2009 - 11:21am; tagged Multiple Personalities, Showtime, Toni Colette, United States of Tara.

For some reason I was expecting a Tracy Ulman type one-woman-show when I saw the ads for Showtime's new show: The United States of Tara, starring Toni Collette. I was excited because Collette never seems to disappoint (Little Miss Sunshine, Murial's Wedding).

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