Quick Hits Tuesday 10 March 2009: Matchy-Matchy Edition

It's been a while since we had a good oldfashioned linkfest, and it's about time to fix that.

Miriam at Feministing on the equity implications of public transportation. More people than ever are clueing into this: 2008 had record high transit ridership numbers, Consumerist reports.

In New Zealand, it's just too expensive to worry about pay inequity. In the US, it's too expensive to (kinda) address housework inequity. In any event, life is heavy with opportunities for women to work for free! Or at least at a discount. Step 1: Lily Ledbetter Act. Next up: ThePaycheck Fairness Act. [Feministing, WaPo, Broadsheet, NYT, and Feministe, respectively]

Whew, I'm glad I got that off my chest.