1. After stepping into the pile, and back tracking like the dog it is, Sacred Heart Cathedral blinked, and altered their senior portrait policy which had previously been: boys in tux, girls in off the shoulder drape (really? so, 1950's); this when Jessica Urbina wore a tuxedo to the shoot and evidently Rorschached SHC administration to pull the plug, excising her portrait from the yearbook. Hard to believe in a city like San Francisco famous for it's flamboyance, tolerance, and yes, cross dressers, that an action steeped in conservative bullcrap would flow from one of the more prominent schools in the Bay Area. Outraged students went all 'ham' and wore ties in support of Jessica; tweeter accounts blasted the decision, the story going viral. And we all know when news goes viral, shit happens. Today, SHC, apologized to the Urbina family, admitted the policy was wrong, and will paste Jessica's picture in the yearbook. Paste. Uh, the entire yearbook should be sent back to press and printed again.
2. Jill Abramson, she of the Gothic Times T tattoo on her back, the first woman appointed as executive editor of the NY Times got the sack last week in a stunning and shocking move by the Times. Ms Abramson, a feisty woman who was not afraid to spar with colleagues, was removed from her position over 'an issue with management in the newsroom.' Ms Abramson was 'allegedly upset over financial disparity compared to past, male Times executives.' Huh. This is only over when the fat lady sings. And you bet that after this 'dust up' sometime in the future, Ms Abramson, boys, will have the last word .
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