Brava/It's A Shame

to the Anglican Church in Britain for voting to allow the appointment of women as bishops. Even ­ in the face of thousands of bitter traditionalists who are prepared to leave the church rather than accept women as bishops, Britain followed the lead of Australia, the U.S. and Canada, whose Anglican churches also allow women as bishops.

to “Take Care Down There,” a teen-friendly Planned Parenthood project for producing a series of videos encouraging safer sex practices and sexual health among young women. The videos are funny and even promote—gasp!— masturbation as a cool way to avoid unsafe sex.

to comedian Sarah Haskins, for her “Target Women” series on Current TV. Mocking brides, botox, yogurt and “angry women voters,” she is our new best friend.

that, according to government reports, women in the military are more likely to be raped by their fellow soldiers than killed in the line of duty. Forty-one percent of female veterans say they were assaulted while in the military, and 29 percent say they were raped during their service.

that although John McCain likes to play up his image as a “maverick” Republican and even a critic of the religious right when it’s convenient, he actually favors overturning Roe v. Wade, abstinence-only sex education, and is also opposed to requiring health plans to offer birth control coverage.

that Sony’s latest video game, called “Fat Princess,” features a once-thin princess who, in order for players to avoid capture themselves, can be locked in a dungeon and stuffed full of cake, making her a lot harder for your enemies to carry away. What could be even better news than the promotion of misogynistic body-image hatred? The game’s concept artist is a woman.