Kirsten Gillibrand believes that a woman will become chief executive of a major bank before we have a female president.

Would you ever leave your house without makeup? Without just a smidgen of eyeliner and maybe a hint of lipgloss? If your answer is hell no, it’s probably because you work for M.A.C. and get paid to sport cheek stain on a regular basis… or maybe you’re just a “typical” woman. But if the thought of walking around in public without anything on your face–except for the, um, necessary things that usually accompany that area– doesn’t phase you, you should probably join the Naked Face Project.

Yesterday, Elizabeth Banks, currently better known as Effie from the Hunger Games, stood up for women everywhere when she announced that birth control can be used for things other than contraception. I know I know- crazy. But going one step further, the star credits the pill for the existence of her 1-year-old son, who was born via In Vitro Fertilization.

If you haven’t heard by now, I’ll fill you in– Pinterest is the new Facebook. Or, at the very least, it’s a new way for you to not study for your test, write that brief, or to otherwise waste hours of your day. And the newest member to join the ranks of picture-accumulating procrastinators is none other than Barack Obama.

Summer’s coming and we know you’re looking for the newest guilty pleasure book in which to indulge. You figure chick lit might be appropriate, but before you download the latest Confessions of a Shopaholic copycat, you might want to check out the ultimate trash in Phillip Wylie’s 1942 classic, Generation of Vipers. No, the book’s not downloadable, but trust me—it’s still worth a read, if only because it’s great entertainment. And by “great entertainment,” I mean jaw-dropping crazy conspiracy theories about pretty much everything, including motherhood.

I know, I know– everyone’s sick of the whole Rush Limbaugh story. But I’d just like to add one last thing and then I’ll stop. Pinky promise.

Apparently Missouri lawmakers want to place a bust of Mr. Limbaugh in their statehouse, as an honor to their fellow Missourian (Missouri-ite?). That’s odd in itself– I’m not clear on how many famous or successful people hail from the state, but it’s kinda… sad that they couldn’t find anyone more deserving.

In today’s edition of WEIRDEST NEWS EVER, a Malaysian shoe store is offering a free man with every pair of shoes you purchase.

Thus far, Axe Body Spray’s entire repertoire of ads has focused on women fawning over men who’re wearing their product. But then yesterday an Axe employee woke up and wondered, “gee, why don’t we do something less boring and offensive?” And that is most likely how this new ad campaign was born.

The U.S. is going to pull out of Afghanistan sometime in the near future. We know that. But what happens to women after our troops leave is a different story.

One would hope that after  Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia recanted his support for the state’s law that would require women seeking abortions to have a mandatory ultrasound, other state leaders would take note. Apparently not.