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If you don't know this wonderful blog, mes amis , well then, get thyself acquainted. It's Jezebel, and it was fabulous even before Anna Holmes and her team discovered your blogstress. But herewith, your ecrivaine 's first sighting on Jezebel: Lady Leaders: "Girly-Girl" Benazir Bhutto Loved Victoria's Secret Hat-tip to Bro Spence for the heads-up.

In Pakistan, most women lead lives of peril. Laws are stacked against them. Nearly twice as many men can read as women. Girl children are often fed only after their brothers have eaten their fill. Maternal mortality is strikingly high. Despite her feminist rhetoric, Benazir Bhutto did little to change any of that. Nonetheless, she remains a potent symbol of female empowerment to the women of South Asia. Your ecrivaine offers more on this topic at The American Prospect Online: Benazir Bhutto: An Imperfect Feminist

Even as the body of Pakistan's opposition leaders and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest today, Pakistani parliamentary elections remain scheduled for January 8 -- the same day as the New Hampshire primary. It may be counterintuitive to assert, being an election-loving, small-d democrat, but your blogstress thinks it a very bad idea to hold those elections (the ones in Pakistan) as scheduled, before Bhutto's party has a chance to reorganize itself, and the nation has a chance to calm itself. For more on the crisis in Pakistan, and how it affects U.S. politics, you will find your écrivaine blogging at TAPPED: Republican Candidates Wage Epic Struggle for Civilization -- and Nomination Is Edwards Musharraf's Pick?

Benazir Bhutto , the first democratically elected woman prime minister of a Muslim nation, has been done away with : An attack on a political rally killed the Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto near the capital, Islamabad, Thursday. Witnesses said Ms. Bhutto was fired upon at close range before the blast, and an official from her party said Ms. Bhutto was further injured by the explosion, which was apparently caused by a suicide attacker. UPDATE: Posting today at TAPPED on the Bhutto killing: Benazir Bhutto Done In: Now What? Bush: Murderous Extremists Killed Bhutto