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...admired Jean Carroll since I was a little girl. I'd see her on The Ed Sullivan Show, and then I used to actually put on shows of my own and do her jokes. She had a cocktail dress and mink; I had my mother's slip. So many women were influenced by Jean, the barrier-breaking comedian who died Jan. 1 at 98. With her breezy style, she was much more subversive than anyone probably was aware of at the time. When stand-up comics were almost universally men, she leveled the playing field with lines like...
Ruth's two mink coats...
...headscarves in Dubai. The event—presented by Hostelling International USA in conjunction with Women in Film & Video/New England and The United Nations Association of Greater Boston—kicked off its second year with a screening of the new documentary “Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority” at the Boston Public Library on March 5.Kimberlee K. Bassford ’99—who wrote, produced, directed and co-edited the documentary—became fascinated by Mink after the former Hawaii Congresswoman’s death in 2002. Bassford discovered then that Mink...
...almost every act by a male human in the book is seen as "an attempt to attract the attention of some sexually receptive females. ... as part of its elaborate courtship displays this species has invented telephones, moving pictures, cars, music, money, organized warfare, tigerskin rugs, alcohol, mood lighting, speedboats, mink coats, cities and poetry." Cheeta sees all this as central to man's great project: to rid the world of wild animals and bring them all to civilization. And he's delighted to be part...
...beneficiaries of the animal vote have been Senators McCain, Clinton, and Obama. McCain has chalked up a strong track record on animal issues, co-sponsoring legislation to stop horse slaughter, opposing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and voting to eliminate a two million dollar subsidy for the mink industry. Obama, meanwhile, has championed bans on horse slaughter and dog fighting, and surprised a Las Vegas town hall crowd in mid-January by telling them, “I think how we treat our animals reflects how we treat each other, and it’s very important that...