Slog - Comments on And Some More Feminism From Olympia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia So, as Sen. Karen Keiser fights for your right to Plan B, Rep. Maralyn Chase (D-32, Shoreline) is fighting for your right to look foxy without getting poisoned. Chase is reintroducing a bill that died last year that would clamp down on "beauty" products... It's not that lipstick doesn't make women look simply beautiful...it's that it can cause cancer.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:37:27 -0800 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:56:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle On behalf of all lipstick lesbians, I agree.

That said, I'm not that attracted to women who wear a lot of makeup. But at least someone is fighting for them ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899538 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:40:53 -0800 Comment by Greg @1: Consumer protection isn't just for people you're attracted to, you know.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899548 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899548 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:45:23 -0800 Comment by ivan Can't you at least get Maralyn's district correct? It's the 32nd, not the 31st.

]]> ivan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899557 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899557 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:58:57 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit Anything for you Ivan. Thanks a million.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899567 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899567 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:09:12 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I was trying to translate it into something guys might care about.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899574 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899574 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:19:14 -0800 Comment by Jessica Wow, this bill is full of so many assumptions, it's ridiculous. First, there haven't been any major studies done to indicate that cosmetics cause cancer. The one in 2006 that is referenced in the SF Chronicle article linked to in the blog you link to was very small-scale. Second, Marilyn Chase just flat out states that women of child-bearing age use more cosmetics than women of other ages. Excuse me!?! I don't know about your experience, but my grandmother uses about 8 times the amount of makeup that I do. Then Representative Chase uses this "fact" as part of the justification for the "need" for her bill. Third, the bill allows the department of health to use available health effects data to decide whether a product is safe to sell in this state. Great, so if this passes, Seattle's going to be too hippie to sell YSL and Dior makeup. You know, if you want to help women of child-bearing age, Representative Chase, how about working to get use guaranteed 3 months of paid leave when we have a baby. This is a waste of time.

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899593 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:33:16 -0800 Comment by Greg #6 wins.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899608 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:42:41 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I agree, @6 wins. But that doesn't mean Rep Chase can't push the bill cause it's important to her ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899710 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899710 News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:38:52 -0800 Comment by petaphobe More animal testing of cosmetics would validate concerns like Keiser's.

]]> petaphobe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/and_some_more_feminism_from_olympia#c899908 News Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:56:19 -0800