Olivia Judson reports that laboratory animals are evolving in ways that could jeopardize experimental validity--in as little as ten generations! You hear that, people who love to speak of how there's no way evolution could come up with an eye? I love Judson, and her book Sex Advice to All Creation is a great, witty primer on the endless mysteries of evolution.
I Blame the Patriarchy says we can't be pretty and be feminists. It's an important thing to think about--the way focusing on physical attractiveness buys into norms about feminine-ness and appropriate female behavior, but I must say I respectfully disagree. I think the key thing is to be conscious of the way we pursue physical attractiveness and our reasons for doing so (i.e., not couching our gym obsession in "health"), and be judicious about how much time and effort to devote to these things. But to say that doing them is anti-feminist? That's both judgmental and unrealistic.
