Pre-celebrating the Year of the Pig

Speaking of cultural convergence, Jennifer Brassard succeeded in demonstrating her female empowerment while at the same time finding the perfect way to pre-celebrate the Chinese New Year.  I suspect that you know it, but if you don’t, today is the first day in what the Chinese call The Year of the Pig. Presumably, that does not mean, The Year of the Male Chauvinist Pig.

Anyway, strong and empowered Florida woman Brassard was arguing with her boyfriend last Friday night. In the midst of the argument, she picked up a frozen pork chop and threw it at her boyfriend. When the frozen pork chop hit him in the face, her boyfriend suffered a laceration. And Brassard was arrested on a domestic battery charge. As I say, she aligned female empowerment with the Year of the Pig.

The Smoking Gun has the story.

-A Florida Woman is facing a domestic battery charge after allegedly clobbering her boyfriend in the face with a frozen pork chop during a dispute Friday night in their residence.

Cops allege that Jennifer Brassard, 48, and her beau were “engaged in a verbal argument” around 9:45 PM when Brassard “threw a frozen pork chop at the victim.” The pork chop, a criminal complaint notes, struck the man below the left eye, causing a half-inch laceration.

After getting hit with the pork chop, the victim fled the couple’s home.

Police arrested Brassard after determining that she was the “primary aggressor” during the domestic confrontation.

Pictured above, Brassard was booked into the county jail on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge. She was released from custody yesterday afternoon upon posting $250 bond. A judge has ordered Brassard to have no contact with her boyfriend.

Think about it: she was released from custody in time for the Super Bowl. And in time to soak in all those messages about female empowerment.

For your edification, here's her mug shot. Doesn't it make her look strong and empowered?