Pinko Magazine Hedonism + Activism

This week is the 35th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, so we’re exercising our court-given right to abort a few things that are “out.” Its also the 35th Anniversary of the American Psychiatric Association’s decision to remove homosexuality from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Coincidence? Christian conservatives think NOT. So we’ll celebrate by gay marrying some hot little numbers we think are “in.” To the list!

Gay Marry It
Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy endorsing Barack Obama.

Abort It
Former MTV Veejay Kennedy endorsing Ron Paul for President.

[Bonus abortion: Norma Leah McCorvey, "Jane Roe" in Roe v. Wade and now a major pro-life activist, also also endorsing (libertarian) Ron Paul for President. Keep your laws off my body! Er ... something like that.]

Gay Marry It
These remarkable, made-in-Queens, vegan peanut butter smores (what? mmm!) from Sweet and Sara. They’re like mardi gras in your mouth.

Abort It
Ummm. Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls. They’re like a holocaust in your microwave.

Gay Marry It
Bloggers in government agencies. Stirling, in an unexpected bout of straight-ness, has called dibs on Federal Bureau of Bikini Inspection. I will be live-blogging the Department of Labor’s oversight investigation into treatment of sinewy bike messengers in American Apparel advertisements.
Abort It
Anybody in Second Life.

Gay Marry It
Prince Charles delivering an address via hologram to the World Future Energy Summit. Seriously:

Abort It
Prince Charles, in a dress.

Gay Marry It
New research suggesting that alcohol is an important part of any excercise regimen. Thank you Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and pass the bottle. The money shot: “If you don’t want to exercise too much,” asks Dr. Morten Gronbaek, epidemiologist with Denmark’s National Institute of Public Health, “can you trade it for one to two drinks per day and be fine?” A study Gronbaek and colleagues just published in the European Heart Journal suggests the answer just may be yes.

Abort It
Research showing that a satellite the size of a bus is hurtling towards Earth, may not be broken up in the atmosphere and can’t be stopped. Save us Prince Charles!

Gay Marry It
This strange advertisement in Soho recruiting people who want to be cops in New York to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico and do it there instead.

Abort It
This completely misguided new initiative from Joel Klein, Mayor Bloomberg and the New York Department of Education to (are we still trying this? really?) measure teachers based on their students test scores. Thanks to Pinko Education Correspondent Claire for flagging this (she may blog it later this week) and for giving us a link to Teacher’s Union good-guy Leo Casey, who intelligently eviscerates Klein et al. Boo!

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buzz-it!

About The Author - Ben Wyskida is a writer, activist, conscientious hedonist and political communications strategist living in Brooklyn. - Visit Ben's site.