Is that available in SEXY?

When I went shopping for a Halloween costume I was turned off by the sexy costumes for women. Each item that I wanted was available only in SEXY. SEXY vampire. SEXY nurse. SEXY police officer. SEXY witch. SEXY Sarah Palin (I won't go there).

The first shop I visited even devoted a section of its web site to SEXY costumes.

I thought "who wears this? This is ridiculous! No one's going to buy these costumes!"

Boy, was I wrong!

I went to a Halloween party tonight and the group I showed up with seemed to be wearing the only non-SEXY costumes.

Someone was a SEXY Amy Winehouse. Someone else was a SEXY devil. And then there were the Playboy knock-offs. When I think back on my reaction, I remember feeling sad. Sigh.

At least others are thinking my thoughts and asking my questions (check out articles here, here and here).

And what was my costume? Well, I drove to the party after a long day at work and was still wearing my work clothes. So my costume consisted of a silver sash that read "sexiest costume."

I'll holler!

Hope you don't think the word 'girls' is problematic. I usually correct people when they refer to women as girls. But I meant 'girls' in the familiar "holla atcha girl. Get at me!" sense. If you still don't like the use, tell me in a comment or something. I won't be changing the site name, but I'd like your thoughts.

Now that that's out of the way ...

Welcome!

The point of this whole experiment is to see how many women journalists I can get to post to this site on a regular basis AND THEN how many women we can get to read and comment regularly. I'm reaching out to my five (or so) closest women colleagues and friends to start. (Hopefully) they will grace this site with their sharp minds, charming personalities, killer reporting skills and beautiful faces.

If they do, expect original reporting and opinion pieces on a range of topics.

We'll see where we end up, but I expect it to be fun.

In the meantime ...

In case you haven't heard, that Halloween Week / pre-election Sarah Palin effigy hanging from a noose in West Hollywood is stirring all sorts of trouble.

And the election is a week away! Joy. Shoot me an e-mail or comment here and tell me what's on your mind.

Holler!