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Political InQueery: The Someday Senator Baldwin?
Earlier this week, Rep. Tammy Baldwin said she was “likely” to run for the Senate to become Wisconsin’s junior senator. After all of the strife in Wisconsin this spring, it was welcome news to progressives, who lost longtime Senator Russ Feingold in the 2010 midterm election and who have been... Read more »
Stage Left: Here He is, World!
This series is about me finding a way to make musical theatre accessible to people who haven’t trusted it before—and to do so in a way that demonstrates how thought-provoking it can be.
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Sexual Inadequacy: Taking Aim at Archer
Ray Gilette was one of my favorite characters on Archer. Why did Adam Reed make him a rapist?
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Dark of the Matin
Super 8 is one of the few movies I was genuinely excited to see this summer, and for the most part, it lived up to the hype. It’s a consummate summer movie if there ever was one: it’s got action, romance, aliens... Read more »
Political InQueery: Gaffes & Annoyances
We are still early in the 2012 election cycle, but already the primary phase has had its share of missed opportunities, hilariously inaccurate statements, and misplaced emphases. Defining those moments is probably up to some debate, but here are some candidates:
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Takin
Having recently returned to New York from Detroit’s Allied Media Conference and two stops in the Midwest on my nationwide book tour, I am feeling reinvigorated by the... Read more »
Bitch YA Book Club: Ash by Malinda Lo
For this month’s YA book club, Ellen Papazian asks Erin Blakemore, Jennie Law, and Jessica Stites what they thought about Ash by Malinda Lo. Add your own answers to Ellen’s questions (or come up with your own discussion points) in the... Read more »
Esquire Gets Patriotic About... George Wallace?!
Charles P. Pierce’s already obnoxious “36 Reasons it’s (Still) Good to be an American Man” slide show for Esquire (Steak... Read more »
16 and Pregnant: For Girls Only
It’s no secret that 16 and Pregnant is marketed to women. Each episode is narrated by the teen mom, who also provides the testimonials and has the... Read more »
Political InQueery: The Week in Absurdifensiveness
This week pushed the upper limits of absurd and offensive: two incorrect stories hit the wire, although they can’t both be called “news” per se; Glenn Beck went off the air, only to reappear thirty minutes later; and a fake candidate for President got real Federal Elections Commission... Read more »
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