We Heart: Funny or Die Counsels Rick Santorum on “Aborting” His Campaign
April 18, 2012 by Lauren Barbato · 3 Comments
Rick Santorum likes to tell women to “make the best out of a bad situation,” but he didn’t take his own advice with his own presidential run. After trailing Mitt Romney, he officially ...Read More
We Heart: Tough-Talking Older Woman Tells Off Congressman For Dissing Planned Parenthood
April 7, 2012 by Lauren Barbato · 5 Comments
Finally, a voice of reason! As GOP members flood mainstream media, scrambling to debunk the “myth” that women actively care about reproductive health and dismissing any fears of conservative ...Read More
We Heart: Geena Davis
August 17, 2011 by Sarah Richardson · 9 Comments
Geena Davis is a powerhouse actor, best known for her strong and often comical roles in such Hollywood films as Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own and The Accidental Tourist (for which she ...Read More
We Heart: Pakistani Actor Veena Malik
June 30, 2011 by Amy Borsuk · 5 Comments
Earlier this year, Pakistani actor Veena Malik, a participant on the Indian television show Big Boss (a variation of the reality show Big Brother), was accused on Express News of shaming Pakistani ...Read More
We Spleen: Wisconsin Justice David Prosser
June 29, 2011 by Amy Borsuk · 2 Comments
Political tensions have reached a point of violence in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Or, rather, for one Supreme Court Justice in particular, David Prosser, who allegedly physically assaulted fellow ...Read More
We Heart: “Nerdy Misanthrope” Using His Art to Aid Cheerleader
June 11, 2011 by Audrey Bilger · 4 Comments
If you’ve been following the case of Texas cheerleader Hillaire S., who was assaulted at a party by star athlete Rakheem Bolton and then kicked off the cheerleading squad for refusing to chant, ...Read More
We Heart: Texas Rep. Thompson’s Badass House Floor Speech
May 27, 2011 by Kari Paul · 2 Comments
We haven’t had much reason to “heart” Texas in the last several months. Its Senate is trying to defund Planned Parenthood, and its governor just signed a bill requiring that women ...Read More
We Heart: YouTube Response to Beyonce
May 26, 2011 by Kate Whittle · 7 Comments
Recently, we posted about the problems with Beyonce’s brand image: We love the girl power, not so much the racialized and sexualized fetishization. As blogger Janell Hobson wrote, Beyonce’s ...Read More
We Heart: Westboro Baptist Church (Not Really)
May 23, 2011 by Matthew Burgoyne · 2 Comments
The Westboro Baptist Church, infamous for picketing funerals among its other anti-gay activities, is donating $50,000 to the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC). Sort of. After comedian and gay rights ...Read More
We Heart: Minnesota Rep. Steve Simon
May 7, 2011 by Matthew Burgoyne · 2 Comments
How many gays must God create before we accept that he wants them around? Amen. Rep. Steve Simon (D-St. Louis Park) posed this question to his peers at a Capitol hearing on May 2 in a speech against ...Read More




