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Anti-Abortion Michele Bachmann Claims Republicans “Want Women To Have Their Own Choices”

Jessica WakemanApril 16, 2012 //
Michele Serves The Men
Michele Bachmann poured water for all her male contenders. Read More »
Bachmann Vs. Breastfeeding
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Sorry, Michele, "the morning-after abortion pill" doesn't exist. Read More »

Senator Kristen Gillibrand gets the Girl, You’ve Got Bigger Stones Than Me Award of the week for going head-to-head on “Meet The Press” yesterday with none other than Rep. Michele Bachmann. (Rep. Bachmann, let me remind you, refers to emergency contraception as “the morning-after abortion pill” thus conflating it with abortion, suggests the HPV vaccine can make children become mentally retarded,  jokes about so-called “ex-gay” therapy and does not allow her daughters to ask boys on dates.) Somehow Sen. Gillibrand managed not to reach through the TV screens and shake her … even when Bachmann said Republicans want women to “make their own choices.”

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Michele Bachmann Drops Out Of The GOP Race

Jessica WakemanJanuary 4, 2012 //
Sexism Vs. Michele
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Michele will have to deal with sexist BS on the campaign trail. Read More »
Michele Serves The Men
Michele Bachmann poured water for all her male contenders. Read More »
Bachmann Stupidity
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Sorry, Michele, "the morning-after abortion pill" doesn't exist. Read More »
Michele Bachmann photo

Rep. Michele Bachmann dropped out of the GOP presidential race this morning, after placing nearly last place in yesterday’s Iowa caucus. Bachmann will return to focusing her energies in Congress, where she represents the state of Minnesota, telling reporters today, “I will continue to fight to defeat the president’s agenda of socialism.” Keep reading »

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Daughters Are Not Allowed To Ask Boys On Dates

Jessica WakemanDecember 8, 2011 //
8-Yr-Old Schools Michele
Michele Bachmann meets Elijah photo
An 8-year-old boy tells Michele Bachmann she's a bigot. Read More »
Michele Serves The Men
Michele Bachmann poured water for all her male contenders. Read More »
Bachmann Stupidity
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Sorry, Michele, "the morning-after abortion pill" doesn't exist. Read More »
Michele Bachmann photo

Michele Bachmann: People do find out [in my book] that I did not get asked to my senior prom.
Sean Hannity: Well, neither did I. And nobody would go with me.
Michele Bachmann:  Well, in my time, girls didn’t ask boys to prom. If you didn’t get asked, you didn’t go.
Sean Hannity: Yeah, well let me tell you, I have a 13-year-old son. Those days have changed big time.
Michele Bachmann: And our girls are not allowed to do that in our house. They have to wait for the boy to call.

Facepalm. Wilma Flintstone Rep. Michele Bachmann explains on “Hannity” that her daughters have to sit around and wait for a boy to call. I don’t even think kids these days use the telephone to ask each other out on dates, but that’s besides the point. What kind of message is Bachmann sending to her daughters? Eh, probably the same message she sent when she got up and served all the men water at a GOP debate.

In slightly-more-entertaining news, nobody wanted to go with Sean Hannity to prom. Oh, whyever not, ladies? [Jezebel via Think Progress] Keep reading »

Michele Bachmann Schooled About Gay Rights By 8-Year-Old Boy With Lesbian Mom

Jessica WakemanDecember 7, 2011 //
Ex-Gay Therapy Joke
Bachmann made an insensitive quip about ex-gay therapy. Read More »
Michele Serves The Men
Michele Bachmann poured water for all her male contenders. Read More »
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Sorry, Michele, "the morning-after abortion pill" doesn't exist. Read More »
Michele Bachmann meets Elijah photo

Priceless. Absolutely priceless. Michele Bachmann met an eight-year-old boy named Elijah at a South Carolina book signing, who informed her, “My mommy — Miss Bachmann, my mommy’s gay but she doesn’t need fixing.” Why does anyone need to call her a lyin’ ass bitch when you can just call her a bigot?  [YouTube via Huffington Post] Keep reading »

Michele Bachmann Demands Apology For “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” Incident On Jimmy Fallon

Jessica WakemanNovember 23, 2011 //
Bachmann On Fallon
Michele Bachmann played a word association game with Jimmy. Read More »
Sexism Vs. Bachmann
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Michele Bachmann will get sexist BS as she campaigns. Read More »
Lyin' Ass B*tch
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The Roots played an offensive song when Michele Bachmann came on. Read More »
Conservative Political Action Conference Draws Major Leaders From The Right

On Monday night, Michele Bachmann visited Jimmy Fallon’s late night talk show and his house band, The Roots, played a little music like they always do. But then it became clear yesterday that the song was called “Lyin’ Ass Bitch,” a 1985 ditty from the band Fishbone. (The Roots’ drummer Questlove tweeted a teaser that afternoon — “aight late night walkon song devotees: you love it when we snark: this next one takes the cake. ask around cause i aint tweeting title” — that tipped people off.) This morning, Bachmann appeared on Fox News to say NBC owes her an apology and “that had it been Michelle Obama and that song had been played, I have no doubt that NBC would have apologized.” Bachmann squarely named the song selection/title “sexism” (as did feminist bloggers).

And although I can’t believe I am saying this about Michele Bachmann or Fox News, I actually agree. Keep reading »

Morning Quickies: The Roots Welcomed Michele Bachmann With Song “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”

Jessica WakemanNovember 23, 2011 //
Bachmann On Fallon
Michele Bachmann played a word association game with Jimmy. Read More »
Michele Serves The Men
Michele Bachmann poured water for all her male contenders. Read More »
Sexism Vs. Bachmann
Michele Bachmann photo
Michele Bachmann will get sexist BS as she campaigns. Read More »
Conservative Political Action Conference Draws Major Leaders From The Right
  • When Michele Bachmann visited Jimmy Fallon’s show on Monday night, the house band The Roots started playing a 1985 song by Fishbone called “Lyin’ Ass Bitch,” which blogger Maura Johnston at The Village Voice referred to as “casual sexism” and “too easy.” [The Village Voice]
  • Kate Middleton wore a turtleneck while grocery shopping. Yes, this is an actual headline in Us Weekly. [US Weekly]
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt got dumped by her latest boo via text message. [In Touch Weekly]
  • And the “Dancing With The Stars” winner is … [Celebuzz]
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Michele Bachmann Plays Word Association Game With Jimmy Fallon

Jessica WakemanNovember 22, 2011 //
Michele Serves The Men
Michele Bachmann poured water for all her male contenders. Read More »
Ex-Gay Therapy Joke
Bachmann made an insensitive quip about ex-gay therapy. Read More »
Bachmann Stupidity
Michele Bachmann photo
Sorry, Michele, "the morning-after abortion pill" doesn't exist. Read More »
Michele Bachmann on Jimmy Fallon photo

Michele Bachmann visited Jimmy Fallon last night and completely made me understand how other people love her. If I didn’t think her political beliefs were absolutely reprehensible, I’d like her! That Rick Perry “three” joke was a good one, you have to admit. [Gotcha Media]

Rep. Michele Bachmann Poured Water For All The Guys At The Debate

Jessica WakemanNovember 21, 2011 //
Sexism Vs. Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann photo
Michele Bachmann will totally have to deal with sexist BS on the campaign trail. Read More »
Ex-Gay Therapy Joke
Bachmann made an insensitive quip about ex-gay therapy. Read More »
Bachmann Stupidity
Michele Bachmann photo
Sorry, Michele, "the morning-after abortion pill" doesn't exist. Read More »
michele bachmann pours water photo

Rep. Michele Bachmann is the only female candidate gunning for the Republican nomination. So you know I’ve got something to say about her taking on what the New York Observer cheekily referred to as “the traditional woman’s role” at a GOP Thanksgiving Family Forum on Saturday night and pouring glasses of water for all her male opponents. While Rick Perry, Herman Cain, and the other male candidates sat at their roundtable, she walked from glass to glass, filling them with water.

Now, let’s put on our Women’s Studies Major Hat and ask ourselves, BUT WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?!?! Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: Michele Bachmann Jokes About Ex-Gay Therapy

Jessica WakemanSeptember 19, 2011 //
  • Rep. Michele Bachmann made an insensitive quip about the so-called “ex-gay therapy” her husband does on “The Tonight Show” on Friday, joking that she thought it was “a mid-life crisis line — ‘Pray away the grey.’” Har har har. [Think Progress]
  • Remember that piece in Psychology Today last year about a “study” that “proved” black women are unattractive? The London School of Economics has decided to place its author, Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa, on teaching probation for one year for making the school look bad. [Racialicious]
  • Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ends today: lesbian and gay troops will no longer be forced to hide their sexuality while serving in the military! [Washington Blade]

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Today’s Lady News: “The Daily Show” Schools Michele Bachmann On The HPV Vaccine

Jessica WakemanSeptember 16, 2011 //

  • Kristen Schaal was on “The Daily Show” last night as Senior Women’s Issues Correspondent addressing Rep. Michele Bachmann’s latest WTF claim that she met a woman whose child became mentally retarded from the HPV vaccine. Which, as you may have heard, the medical community says is total BS. Wear headphones and there’s imagery that’s NSFW at the end, so make sure your boss isn’t a-lurkin’! [The Daily Show]
  • Virginia may lose all 22 clinics that provide abortion. What does that mean? People who can afford to will travel up to places like New York where abortion is much more accessible. And everyone who can’t afford it? If you have an unintended pregnancy, then it sucks to be you. [New York Times]
  • Journalist Lea Goldman at Marie Claire examines the “pinkification” of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), when tons of products become pink and we’re told a portion goes to breast cancer research. But how much money do researchers actually receive — and how much of this is just opportunistic hucksterism? [Marie Claire]

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