Dowd: "Blue is the New Black"

In Maureen Dowd's column today, she writes about the plight of women.

She explains why women are so unhappy, "Blue is the New Black."

So am I blue or black? Black and blue?

Dowd writes that women the world over are miserable, with one exception: "The one exception is black women in America, who are a bit happier than they were in 1972, but still not as happy as black men."

Are these African-American women no longer black or are they just less blue?

I'm confused.

I didn't know I was so unhappy.

But then I suppose Joe Wilson didn't know that when he blurted out "You lie!" during Obama's health care speech, he really was saying, "You lie, boy!"

What would I do without Dowd to inform me of my innermost thoughts?