Since many feminist commentators often note the fixation the media and popular culture has on the attire of female politicians (I plead guilty), and given the recent ad nauseam attention to Elena Kagan’s attire, physical shape, and sexuality, the Stinque Department of Lady-Bits has chosen today to focus on two male politicians and their sartorial choices. Stinque Fashionistas, join me in the critique. Read more »

Isn’t that sweet? Natasha Narula got all dolled up in a princess dress to take her daughter to Disneyland Paris. But when they reached the gates of the Gauloises Kingdom, they were taken aside by, um — okay, let’s choose Jafar — who told Mum she could take her copyright-infringing outfit somewhere else:

‘Being pulled aside by the security team was so humiliating,’ she said. ‘They said to me, ‘‘You can’t get in here looking like that’’. I was wearing a silly, puffy-sleeved wedding dress with a birthday badge and Mickey Mouse ears. I hardly looked like Princess Belle from Beauty and the Beast.’

Please, don’t judge: Mum bought the “totally hideous wedding dress” for twenty quid at Oxfam. She knows it was tacky. That was the point.

Perhaps she should have tried Jessica Rabbit instead. Looks like she could rock a glittering bustier.

‘Princess’ banned from Disneyland over dress [Metro UK, via LuxMentis]

Which Disney Villain Are You? [BrainFall]

It was a lovely day yesterday in Baghdad by the Bay.  What better thing to do than to put on your best American flag outfit and drive in to The City from the suburbs and entertain the shopping tourists from Japan at Union Square.

To whet your appetite, but there’s so much more after the jump:

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A television studio. Night.

VAN SUSTEREN: You have said about your opponent, Mr. Rubio, that he is the greatest fraud perpetrated. So it sounds like you have had a couple of punches back as well. Why do you say that?

CRIST: Because he’s trying to pawn himself off as a fiscal conservative. And yet just in recent weeks, two weeks ago it has come out in news accounts he had a Republican Party of Florida credit card that he charged $130 haircut, or maybe it was a back wax — we are not sure what all he got at that place.

VAN SUSTEREN: Wait a second, stop. A back wax? Wait a second.

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Continuing Presidential Fashion Day, let’s go to correspondent Andy McCarthy at the Corner…

Derb, I’ve noticed that President Obama frequently forgoes the necktie — lately, even in public appearances. That reminded me — I have no idea why — that the Iranian regime has shunned the necktie ever since Khomeini pronounced it a symbol of Western decadence. I’ve always assumed that’s why Michael Ledeen is often pictured wearing a big, bold tie — you know, as a signal to the other conspirators.

Well, it’s an improvement over Hitler comparisons, we guess. And as Think Progress observes, previous Conspirator-in-Chief Dubya also proclaimed his hatred of America in plain sight.

Connoisseurs of the Firesign Theatre may recall (Dear Friends, Side 2, Cut 1, not that we’re keeping score) a throwaway line about “The Galloping Che” while they’re reading aloud mock television listings. Which itself was a reference to “The Galloping Gourmet,” a highly mockable cooking show of the day.

Just one of many throw pillows accenting our mental furniture over the years. Until today, when Che’s granddaughter decided to take them up on it.

Lydia Guevara, Che’s Granddaughter, Poses Semi-Nude For PETA [AP/HuffPo]

blogenfreude adds:

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For some reason, probably because it’s too liberal, the Israeli Military has condemned t-shirts such as the one in this picture. The t-shirts are worn by troops who have finished basic training or other courses, and there others in addition to the one shown, which I think is in support of pro-choice legislation, or something. Other options include a shirt depicting a child in a rifle’s cross hairs, with text about how small targets are hard targets, or shirts showing Palestinian women crying and soldiers blowing up mosques. Read more »