When I see this happen in real life, I'll know we're on the way to not needing the word "feminist" anymore:

Veteran comedian Kate Clinton describes herself as "a faith-based, tax-paying, America-loving political humorist and family entertainer," and "fumerist" (feminist humourist). She's a lesbian. She's also witty and funny.

She celebrates her 66th birthday today (November 9, 2013).

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Happy feminist Halloween!

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My cousin Catherine was born with a heart defect.

She began having (then-experimental) surgeries to correct it at the age of two. She had many such surgeries and spent countless days, weeks, sometimes even months in hospital. The number of times she might have died are too numerous to mention.

She never complained. She amazed everyone with her will to live.

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What To Do During a Super Full Moon

Amazing shot of me howling at the full moon :)

This is a second short video for the What I See project.

The first one, "What We See," was made in collaboration with 21 friends from around the world.

This one of Pinkie Patti and I clowning in front of the mirror kind of speaks for itself....

I played in my first-ever golf tournament last week. My preferred (quelle surprise!) ball is pictured at left ;)

In golf, as in most sports, it's important to follow the rules  when you compete. (Mostly.)

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it),  following the rules is not my strong suit (not in games, not in sports, and…