
I guess hard times call for desperate measures? Italian supermodel and reality show star Raffella Fico, 20, is planning to
sell her most precious of treasures — her virginity. How much does something like that fetch in the marketplace?

In the fight for girl power, three women have jumped into the ring in the past 24 hours with very different viewpoints. Katie Couric, in Israel covering Obama's world tour made this
striking proclamation: I find myself in the last bastion of male dominance, and realizing what Hillary Clinton might have realized not long ago: that sexism in the American society is more common than racism, and certainly more acceptable or forgivable.
Sexism trumps racism?
In last night's Special Comment, Keith Olbermann painted HIllary Clinton as a dangerously passive figure in her own campaign. In his first ever Democrat-focused Special Comment, Keith regretfully reprimanded Clinton for not forcefully distancing herself from Geraldine Ferraro, whom he says
dismissed Barack Obama's candidacy as nothing more than an equal-opportunity stunt. He labeled Ferraro's comments as manifestations of cheap, ignorant, and vile racism.

"If you're a feminist, please stand." That's how my most influential college professor began her class. I didn't stand.

Is the whole eat local, eat organic food movement
unfriendly to women who work? - Jennifer Jeffrey via
Tastespotting