Big Monday evening roundup

Quotas aside, Egyptian politics are remarkably hostile to women.

Rising (but not volatile) food prices can be beneficial to the poor.

Why sustainable seafood can save the rainforests.

As long as you're a corporation, do mess with Texas.

Are child-free workers expected to pick up the slack for their parent colleagues? I can't say I've ever had that issue--I've been blessed to work with very flexible people.

I hope the Academie Francaise is horrified, and not just because I mis-accented and probably mis-capitalized its name.

Gossip does not journalism make.

New security measures are no picnic for TSA, either.

And the big news in the area: no cost-of-living adjustment for federal workers for the next two years. Yes, we understand--shared sacrifice. Yes, we'll be fine (although our expenses are going up). No, we shouldn't be punished just because the rest of the country is hurting, and no, we're not a bunch of incompetent slackers. The comments on Ezra Klein's post (linked above) are not nearly as hostile as some of the other ones floating around. It's unfortunate that people are misinformed and bitter, but, more so, it's ironic when people with not even a basic grasp of spelling or grammar suggest that federal workers couldn't make it in the private sector.

Although yet another new Kate Mosshas been anointed, the real thing is still an icon. Bless her for rolling with the Blue Steel reference, and for that hilarious protest at the end of the interview.

Are you going to give me crap because I love Kate Moss? I don't want to hear it. She's so powerful--how do you not see that? And while we're on the topic of (other) feminists that piss me off (such as the Kate-haters, not Kate), how is buying hair extensions exploitation? Do you think those women would be better off if they didn't have customers for their hair? Think this through for a second. It's like those stupid hippies that protested the sweatshops, thus turning out the workforce--without offering meaningful alternatives, and leaving them to prostitution and such. So unless you have something constructive to offer, shut the f* up.