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Ms. Opinionated: All the Advice You Asked For, and Some You Didn't
Welcome to the latest installment of Ms. Opinionated, in which readers have questions about the pesky day-to-day choices we all face, and I give advice about how to make ones that (hopefully) best reflect our shared commitment to feminist values—as well as advice on what to do when they don’... Read more »
Exploring TV Portrayals of Young Women in the Workplace
What television producers choose to gloss over—or flat out ignore—speaks volumes about how professional women are pigeonholed on TV as well as in real life.
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New Year's Resolutions for Fighting Sexism
Any day is a good one for resolutions against sexism.
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Daddy Issues: Pop Culture's Pioneering Single Dads
If you’d asked me a couple of months ago when the pop cultural trend of dads as primary caregivers began, I might have guessed the 1970s (when we saw an increase in single moms on TV... Read more »
Lady Liquor: Storming the Sazerac and Sipping In
I’ve asserted several times in this series that bars were, traditionally, male spaces. It wasn’t until checking Christine Sismondo’s phenomenal history America Walks Into a Bar out from my... Read more »
The Joy of Gloom
I have a gothic, morbid, Edward Gorey-esque streak a mile wide. I’ve been that way my whole life. Gloom satisfies that love of creepy and adorable in one go, with the added bonus of being a game.
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Daddy Issues: Keeping it (Upper Middle) Classy
With its over the top premise and mining of dementia for “comedy”, I could never get into Raising Hope, but there’s one thing I do appreciate about the sitcom: it’s one of very few successful shows to... Read more »
Daddy Issues: The Mixed Blessings of "Dadvertising"
Obviously it’s not always possible to tell when the dad in an ad is a primary caregiver, but there’s been an increase in dad-centric TV commercials this year, with... Read more »
Bitchtapes: Holiday Chillout Time
The holidays don't always go down as planned, but don't let that stress you out. If family starts to rub you the wrong way, that meal for 12 turns into some basic carbon, or all of these holiday fools stress out your non-observant vacation, take five, find your quiet spot, and listen... Read more »
Lady Liquor: Competitive drinking, in college and after
In college, I lived in a co-op – on-campus, owned by the university and so-called because rather than rely on the custodial service that cleaned the other campus buildings, we divvied cleaning tasks among ourselves. It was cheaper to live there than in the dorms or off-campus. There were several... Read more »
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