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Douchebag Decree: The NYPD Rape Acquittal
Sometimes a situation is so horrible that a Douchebag Decree just doesn’t cut it. However, I can think of nothing douchier today than the NYPD trial verdict, which found the two accused officers... Read more »
Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Morbidity and Mortality
We reached the end of season seven of Grey’s Anatomy last week with “Unaccompanied Minor,” the somewhat explosive finale episode. The Grand Rounds crew is taking a look back over the seventh season today, evaluating what worked, what didn’t, and how we felt overall about the... Read more »
Sexual Inadequacy: But What About the Footman?
Downton Abbey, a period piece about a family and their servants, living on an estate after the sinking of the Titanic but before the first World War. The patriarch of the family has no male heir and must surrender the estate to an obscure relation, the three daughters are being wooed by... Read more »
BiblioBitch: Chaz Bono's Book of Mixed Messages
Chaz Bono’s new memoir, Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man, co-written with Billie Fitzpatrick, brims with candid emotion. It covers his entire life so far, and as the title implies, it frequently comes back to Chaz’s lifelong discomfort with being thought to be... Read more »
Sexual Inadequacy: The Exposure Myth
Sexual Inadequacy refers to the poor representation of queer sexuality in the larger culture and in the media. Sexual Inadequacy is about the story straight writers and producers tell queer people about their own lives. Sexual Inadequacy is a comment on the amount of information queer students are... Read more »
Run the World Girl: In Defense of Beyonce
OK, first things first: I am a Beyoncé fan. However, fandom aside (well, sort of, because you can’t ever really throw fandom aside) I must say that I’m surprised by all of the negative pushback Bey’s latest video, “... Read more »
The Long Goodbye: Oprah's Mark on Pop Culture
This week, after 25 years on the air, we say goodbye to the Oprah Winfrey Show, a juggernaut that has shaped the popular culture landscape perhaps more than anything else on TV.
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Adventures in Feministory: Comandante Ramona
Comandante Ramona was an influential member of the Zapatista Army or Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) in Chiapas, Mexico. Dubbed “The Petite Warrior,” she led the Zapatistas’ initial uprising against the Mexican government, leading to to the Zapatista rebellion and the... Read more »
Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: Unaccompanied Minor
Shonda Rhimes promised us a ‘mellow’ season finale and didn’t keep her word! ‘Unaccompanied Finale’ contained a series of fireworks and revelations to set us up for the eighth season of Grey’s Anatomy. Relationships exploded (or imploded, or flowered), truths were told, and our... Read more »
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Salon explores the implications of the fate of the Wonder Woman show described in... Read more »
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