Boston Herald: STOP THE PRESSES. WOMEN DRINK SCOTCH.

We're so glad that Lissa Harris, former editor at the Weekly Dig and eternal badass, has started a blog to catalogue what she calls "Women Do ____" stories. Apparently, women get and create tattoos, use electronics, and, according to the Boston Herald today, drink "manly" drinks like Scotch.

Now, Bostonist is a fan of the featured organization in this article (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails). We've been reading the organization's column in the Dig since it debuted. We have covered them before (well before this article, in fact). We have riffed with the genius Misty Kalkofen at her former post at Green Street, and rubbed elbows with Toro's Kirsten Amann (the female Scotch drinker in this piece) at Eastern Standard. Which is why we think they deserve better than a very belated Herald article (which amounts to "dude, girls drink something other than melonballtinis?!") despite its good intentions (it does allow them to admit that "There's a lot of sexism in the alcohol industry." Kind of like in the media industry).

We'll take it for now, but here's to more coverage of Boston's cocktail scene in general in 2009—in which the women who are the backbone of said scene aren't seen as exceptions, but rather the rule.

Anyone else have a story to share about either "Women Do ___" stories you've seen lately, or experiences with The Sexism, especially while drinking? Post 'em here.