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Spoiler Alert: Ides of March is About What Now?
This post contains massive spoilers for Ides of March. You’ve been warned.
This so should have been on the movie poster.
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Bringing Up Baby: Motherhood as the Dream Deferred
Last month, New York Magazine published a cover story entitled “Parents of a Certain Age: Is there anything wrong with being 53 and pregnant?” The title invites the reader to answer the question with a “yes” or a “no.” The author, veteran journalist Lisa Miller, says “no,” yet the... Read more »
Preacher's Daughter: Evangelical Wedding Songs: Wifely Submission and the Cult of Biblical Womanhood*
Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
After she read my last post... Read more »
On Our Radar
So many links, so little time.
At Clutch, Drew-Shane Daniels asks, “Why Won’t TV Networks Let Black Actors Be Great?”
African Sexualities: A Reader,... Read more »
Preacher's Daughter: Anti-Feminism in the Music of the Christian Right
I have a confession to make. I was raised in an evangelical Christian home, and when I was much much younger… I was a fan of contemporary Christian music (CCM). Oh, yes. I reailzed just how much of an affront to music it is almost half of my life ago, but lately, I’ve been thinking... Read more »
Thursday Night 'Lights: A Fun Night Out
“I want to go to there.” This Liz Lemon quote kept echoing inside my head while watching three-fourths of NBC’s Thursday comedy block this week. Almost all the shows ventured out of familiar settings, and as a result we were treated to a housewarming party, a camping trip (with candy! and... Read more »
Bringing Up Baby: Pam on The Office and the Issue of Control in Childbirth
During season six of The Office, Pam delivered her baby girl in a two-part episode appropriately deemed “The Delivery.” This episode was notable for handling the issue of control thoroughly and with... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: Dr. Pepper, Doucheologist and Men-Only Drink Specialist
Oh “light” beverages. When will you stop freaking out and shoving your unnecessarily constructed masculinity in our faces? The latest in this long line of I’m-so-manly-it’s-sexist diet drinks (predecessors include... Read more »
Bringing Up Baby: Childbirth as Male Bonding Experience
This week on NBC’s drama Parenthood, main character Kristina Braverman (played by Monica Potter) gave birth. The episode was so exactly a precise enactment of pop culture... Read more »
Isn't He Lovely: The Ad That Turned Men Into Sex Objects
Advertisers have long used handsome men to hawk their wares. In the 20th century, marketers who realized that women did a majority of the household shopping created dashing spokesmen, such as the Arrow Shirt Man, to appeal more to the... Read more »
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