Comments | secretsolitaire: 14 Valentines, Day 8

secretsolitaire

14 Valentines, Day 8

Feb 08, 2009 20:12

Today's topic at 14valentines is politics and votingMy contribution today is a pic spam of current female political leaders across the globe -- presidents, prime ministers, governors-general, etc. I've almost certainly missed a few; if you've got another one to add, drop me a note in the comments ( Read more... )

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Comments 31

justinlovesart February 9 2009, 01:18:54 UTC

Ah, the joy a post like this gives me!

Thank you.

secretsolitaire February 10 2009, 03:18:28 UTC

I'm glad! You're welcome. :-)

magnetic_pole February 9 2009, 01:25:56 UTC

Ah, this was so much fun! Thanks for putting this together. Lesbians are taking over the world! Maggie (and the better half seated next to me on the futon, who also enjoyed)

secretsolitaire February 10 2009, 03:18:43 UTC

Yay, glad you enjoyed! *waves to your other half*

greenet February 9 2009, 01:32:23 UTC

This was a really awesome picspam! I knew of the European ones, but not all the others, so that was a learning experience. :)

secretsolitaire February 10 2009, 03:19:21 UTC

Thanks! I am embarrassed to say that I had only heard of three of these ladies before I put this together, so it was a learning experience for me too. :-)

court1429 February 9 2009, 01:43:15 UTC

wow. I did v.v. poorly in recognizing these women. I knew Hillary, Angela Merkel, and Johana Sigurdardottir. I didn't know Canada had a governor general and have no idea what the position is.

Thanks for posting! ;)

secretsolitaire February 10 2009, 03:22:51 UTC

Those are the three I knew too! I feel like a total ignorant American. ;-)

I wasn't quite sure what the governor general does either. woldy says the following in a comment below:

I'm a bit doubtful that Governor Generals can be seen as political leaders in a comparable sense to elected PMs or Presidents (in Canada at least, it is a ceremonial role & a stand-in for the Crown, so there is neither significant political power nor any democratic mandate).

I stand corrected!

eotu February 9 2009, 01:57:22 UTC

This rocks! I am sending a link to all my friends, and to my middle school daughter's teacher. Yeah!

secretsolitaire February 9 2009, 02:05:09 UTC

Thank you for the kind words and the link! I'd be hesitant to show this to middle schoolers though -- this post is fine for all ages, obviously, but my journal has some adult stuff on it and I feel a little funny having the URL out there in a school setting. Hope you understand.

I got a lot of my info from this site: http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/00women.htm. You might want to forward that instead. :-)

eotu February 9 2009, 05:47:17 UTC

OK, I get that. It's one thing to show it to my own kid, where I can control the viewing experience, and something else entirely to let it out of my/your control. I bow to your wishes.

It still rocks, though!

secretsolitaire February 10 2009, 03:27:09 UTC

Thanks, I appreciate it! I was so excited when I saw you wanted to send the link to other people, and then I suddenly had visions of gay porn flash before my eyes, LOL.