According to GOP consultant Alex Castellanos “tough, abbrasive, agressive, irritating” women deserve to be called bitches. See the clip below.

It doesn’t matter if you like Hillary or not, derogitory labels have any place in presidental campaigns.

However “bitch” isn’t always a bad thing.  and check out bitchmagazine.org. Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, is a print magazine devoted to feminist analysis and media criticism. Bitch features critiques of TV, movies, magazines, advertising, and other elements of pop culture.

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Mother’s Day is this Sunday (don’t forget!), so be sure to take a look at some of the great posts we’ve put together in celebration of moms everywhere! Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

Katie Halper:

Top 10 Mother’s Day E-Cards

Hillary Andrews Will Not Lick Bob Stokes’ Swizzle Stick

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Nicole Hughes:

Top 10 Green Gift Wrap Ideas For Mothers Day

Peak Oil Strip Tease

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Andy Kondrat:

Tornado Devestated Town Rebuilds As Green Model Community

Radiohead Attempts An Eco-Friendly World Tour

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Jon Popham:

Nepalese Art Photography: Rubin Museum of Art

America’s First Wind-Powered City

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Giulia Rozzi:

Women For Women International Celebrates Mothers Day

Even More on the Kentucky Derby

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Gina Telaroli:

Video Blog: The Week In Social Action

The War Now Tomorrow and Forever

We all know sex sells - bikini car washes for cancer, vegan strip clubs, and of course PETA loves throwing around a little (human) flesh for a good cause. Now peak oil is getting some sultry attention from Oily Cassandra, who is pretty confident that her oil-conservation-inspired strip tease will get you worked up and ready to take action:

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Feministing directed me to this interesting video featuring Muslim women discussing the hijab (the traditional head and neck covering). There is no confirmation is the women are actresses or unscripted Muslims, none the less it’s definitely a thought provoking piece.

For more on Muslim women’s values and some articles about hijab, check out The Muslim Womens League at http://www.mwlusa.org

Nudity for no meat campaigns have become a popular means of advocating for a vegan and vegetarian lifestyle. From Maxim-esque PETA ads depicting celebs shedding their threads, to the Vegan Vixens program, and now a vegan strip club in Portland, Oregon, the message is the same. It’s meant to indoctrinate males into the lifestyle and turn the “real men eat red meat” stereotype on its head.

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I really like The L Magazine (a cool freebie mag about arts, events, etc in NYC) so it made me sad to see this post on Feministing today regarding this L Magazine headline:

It’s suppose to be a funny title for a piece about a ladies night event, but many will agree it’s not very hilarious.

When I followed the link Feministing provided to the L magazine article in question, the link was broken so it seems L took back the “joke” and removed the story. That’s at least a step in the right direction.

To learn about rape awareness visit http://www.raap.org/

I love it when women say dumb things about being a woman.

Feministing noted that former state Rep. Sue Burmeister from Georgia in a debate about why women who want abortions should have sit through a state-written lecture about how terrible it is and wait 24 hours before obtaining the procedure: “Women are intelligent, but when you’re emotional, you’re not thinking with the right part of your brain.”

Really Sue? A young teen who is carrying her rapists child needs to think about things more intelligently for an extra 24 hours?

For more on reproductive rights visit http://www.now.org/issues/abortion/