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Best of the Web: Time’s Power Women, Kate Moss and Sexy Socialists in Catalonia

Time magazine names 25 most powerful women of the last century, from Jane Adams to Virginia Wolf. But was it really necessary to include both Julia Child and Martha Stewart in such a short, international list?

Supermodel Kate Moss is crowned best-dressed woman of the decade by U.S. Vogue. Quick, get Kate a nice juicy burger with some fries to celebrate!

In this tumultuous world, one can always take comfort in the 24 cutest photos of babe magnet Russian President…um, I mean Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with dolphins, puppies, horses and other creatures.

Women voting for the Socialist Party are promised an orgasmic experience in a new campaign ad ahead of Catalonia’s local elections this month. Leader of Catalonia’s Green Party, Joan Herrara, was quoted in The New York Times disputing the ad, pointing out that it would be “very difficult to reach orgasm voting for any of the candidates, myself included.” Stay tuned for updates on Catalonia’s democratic crisis as women line up to cast their votes multiple times.

 

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Nonna Gorilovskaya

Nonna Gorilovskaya is the founder and editor of Women and Foreign Policy. She is a senior editor at Moment Magazine and a researcher for NiemanWatchdog.org, a project of Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Prior to her adventures in journalism, she studied the role of nationalism in the breakup of the Soviet Union as a U.S. Fulbright scholar to Armenia. She is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, where she grew addicted to lattes, and St. Antony's College, Oxford, where she acquired a fondness for Guinness and the phrase "jolly good."

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Journalism; Gender Issues; Social Policy

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