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The Young and The Feckless: Sympathy for the Boomer

by J. Maureen Henderson
April 24, 2010 at 9:54am

A couple of articles I read this week led me to ponder whether or not an antagonistic intergenerational rivalry-slash-pissing contest when it comes to who has it worse in the recessionary job market is truly warranted. It certainly makes a convenient (if overused) narrative, but, in the short-term, are Gen Y workers really the biggest victims of the downturn*? Sure, we've got student loan debt...

Douchebag Decree: Forgive Me Father For You Are a Douchebag!

by Shaamini Yogaretnam
April 23, 2010 at 12:21pm

 

If Sinead O’Connor can rip up a picture of the Pope, then I can certainly call him a douchebag! (See Mom and Dad, I can still make LSAT approved if/then statements). With the recent (read: this wave of crisis) sexual abuse scandal rocking the Catholic church, there is no other choice than to demand more of Pope Benedict XVI and unless he wants to keep being branded a...

Racism, Privilege, and Blog Comments

by Kelsey Wallace
April 23, 2010 at 10:30am

Many of you have likely seen, or even participated in, the comments sh*tstorm happening on Jessica Yee’s post on Native appropriation from earlier this week. If you haven’t, trust us that things have blown up over there, and not in a great way. We are working on a response to this blow up, as well as a change in our comments policy and perhaps an upping of our comment moderation (...

Tuning In: Liz Phair, composer

by Alyx Vesey
April 23, 2010 at 8:00am

A brief consideration for Liz Phair’s burgeoning career in television as a composer.

Raising Trouble: Girls vs. Boys

by Liza Featherstone
April 22, 2010 at 1:35pm

A study released yesterday of prospective adoptive parents found a huge preference for girls. What do we make of this?

Sm{Art}: You Just Sister Spit All Over Me!

by Shaamini Yogaretnam
April 22, 2010 at 1:23pm

I recently had the awareness-expanding pleasure of attending a Sister Spit performance (Michelle Tea, OMG)! In performance-mode were outstanding poets, writers, performance artists and basically super fantastic humans including: Silas Howard, Nicole J. Georges, Annie Danger, Len Plass and more more more!

B-Sides: News and Notes

by Sara Reihani
April 21, 2010 at 6:46pm

After a string of EPs and self-released singles, Brighton’s Peggy Sue finally have an LP out!!….. in the UK. Fossils and Other Phantoms will be released in the US in June, but if you’re in Europe, you can probably see this soul folk wonderfulness live! Multi-instrumentalist original members Rosa Slade and Katy Young have absolutely gorgeous voices, and their live shows are...

File Under Spokespeople from Beyond the Grave: Bea Arthur Supports PETA

by Kelsey Wallace
April 21, 2010 at 1:45pm

First it was Tiger Woods’ deceased father chastising in the name of Nike, and now we have the late, great Bea Arthur reminding us to… not buy McDonald’s? What to make of this?

Tuning In: Glee's “The Power of Madonna”

by Alyx Vesey
April 21, 2010 at 8:00am

My thoughts on Glee's much-anticipated Madonna episode.

The Young and The Feckless: Casual Sex Meets Cognitive Dissonance

by J. Maureen Henderson
April 21, 2010 at 7:00am

Last week, a reader sent a link to a Slate article on the new wave of sexual judgment-mongering among Gen Y and suggested I might want to address the issue here. I wasn't sure I was the one to write this because A) I spent my college years (undergrad and grad) at schools and/or in programs that lacked the traditional qualities necessary to foster a thriving campus hook-up culture - no Greek...

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