Friday Links: Bloody Marys and Graphic Journalism

(Flickr/Kenn Wilson)

• Cool story on the chemistry of bloody marys, but where's the Old Bay? [NPR]
• The lovely Tracy Clark-Flory takes on America's obsession with "porn for women." [Salon]
• Reading Sinclair Lewis decades later. [Shani O. Hilton]
• Rants against girl gamers are so tired, you could play BINGO. [Feminist Fatale]
• The four main ways of thinking about motherhood. [Sociological Images]
• What is graphic journalism? Erin Polgreen, the raddest of comic ladies, takes this question on. [The Hooded Utilitarian]
• Sandra Lee, terrible as she is, is pretty feminist. [TAPPED]
• An Indiana state legislator delivers an emotional speech defending victims of rape, drawing on her six years of experience as a sex crimes investigator. [Think Progress]
• Tipping seems to reward flirting, not actual good service. [Smart Money]