Cheap White Wine

I'm a displaced Texan who now resides in news junkie friendly DC. I love off-color humor, ordering "a glass of your finest cheap white wine" and fad ideas for how to stave off love-handles now that I'm 30. I also love random "sister, can we talk?" emails. So send one to me at cheapwhitewine at gmail dot com. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-29361624-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();

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obama has taken a funeral selfie, so our work here is done

I’d intended for the post below to be the final one here, but then this just happened at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service—not exactly a funeral, to be fair, but I’ll just go ahead and take credit for the whole thing. Thank you, world, and good night!

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indeed

[thedcgayz]

Cities React to The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People

New York:

Los Angeles:

Paris:

London:

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I love flawed characters, male or female, and I only want to talk about flawed characters, really, in what I do. I think likability is bullshit -- we are complicated beings, sometimes we're likable and sometimes we're not... and sometimes we fuck up radically.

Orange is the New Black (and Weeds) creator Jenji Kohan in Indiewire. 

(Ed's note- could we be friends? PLEASE?)

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A pro-choice woman testifying against a restrictive abortion bill is escorted away after pointing out that one of the bill's sponsors-- Dr. Donna Campbell who ALWAYS makes reference to being a doctor-- is "just an ophthalmologist" whose knowledge of reproductive health is only helpful if a person gets herpes in their eyes. 

Of just as equal note, this testifier gets to the heart of what so many of us feel-- that this whole process has been a sham; that the Texas legislature has no regard for improving health care or education access (in fact, quite the opposite); that women's voices are being ignored and demeaned.

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People ask me, “If you could be whatever you wanted to be, what would you be?” My first answer is not “a great lawyer.” It is, “I would be a great diva.” But I totally lacked that talent, so the next best thing is the law.

Radio interview, New York Public Radio station WQXR’s “Operavore" program (Feb. 2, 2013) (In Italian, a diva is a celebrated opera singer.)

I LOVE YOU RBG. NEVER LEAVE THE COURT. KTHXBAI

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And the award for biggest asshole goes to...

Rick Perry, governor (dictator?) of Texas, for declaring that it's too bad Wendy Davis hasn't learned from her own example of being a young, single mother.

Really? Rick Perry on learning lessons?

Interestingly, every person in Texas has heard that rumor that Perry plans to run for president again. Because apparently humiliating himself in 2012 taught him nothing. 

[notoriousrbg]

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Must. Have. 

[wellesleyunderground]

Wellesley Tumblr Roll Call

Can we do a roll call for all the Wellesley peeps on Tumblr? Just reblog this if you go to/went to Wellesley. If you are inclined, you can add your name and year but it’s fine if you don’t.

<3 Wellesley Underground

[wellesleymag]

Lisa Scanlon Mogolov ’99, associate editor at Wellesley magazine 

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yo. '04 here

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Damn right! So proud to be a Texas woman. Wendy Davis= HERO

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For realzies-- Karl Rove and Donna Brazile bust a move together at a conference. Is this the fairy tail chapter in Bush v. Gore? 

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In the tabloid press, so much is written about benefits abuses - young women having babies to get state hand-outs. But conference, that's enough on Kate Middleton.

Dave Prentis, the head of the UK's largest labor union

(Side note-- apparently his joke has pissed some Brits off.)

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The things people say after an engagement

Just a smattering. 

"I promise to never join Pinterest."

"My son will be walking by then-- he'd be a great ring bearer."

"Don't worry-- the ring's insured. In fact, if someone tries to steal it, just let them. We might even make money off it!"

"WHEN are you getting married?"

"I'll be invited, right?"

"This might be your last father's day without kids."

"Why are you waiting so long to get married? Everyone I tell that to agrees it's ridiculous!"

"I can't believe you found someone to marry!"

"Let me know when you choose a date. It affects whether or not I buy condoms this month."

"Are you ready to drive a Beamer off a cliff? Because that's what paying for a wedding is!"

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I have survived the terrible raw food cleanse and am now celebrating. Huzzah! Coffee! Bless!

[thedcgayz]

Justice Kagan DOMA Smackdown

Kagan read aloud from the House Judiciary Committee report on DOMA. “Congress decided to reflect and honor of collective moral judgment and to express moral disapproval of homosexuality,” she said, quoting the report.

“Is that what happened in 1996?”

  Justice Kagan:

SCOTUS Audience:

Anti-Equality Advocates:

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Raw food cleanse, day 2

It turns out my cleanse is still unbelievably terrible. I spent a good hour and a half going through restaurant food photos on Yelp. NEW LOW? 

I've also taken to talking at everyone about my cleanse. And emailing old friends with life updates that are pretty much solely devoted to my raw food cleanse.

One more day of misery. And then I can eat stuff that isn't terrible. 

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But that's why we take risks, right? Otherwise we'd be living in our hometowns pushing out babies, getting sassy midwestern haircuts and talking about our "hubbies".

My amazingly brilliant friend

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OMFG, Martha Stewart just won me over!