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Douchebag Decree: Betty Crocker
As if being a completely fictional model of unobtainable feminine domesticity weren’t enough, Betty Crocker has sealed her fate as a Douchebag Decree recipient with the new... Read more »
Political InQueery: Effects at the Polls
During the campaign season we took a look at a few campaigns that actively used race and ethnic stereotypes as part of their strategy on the road to Washington, DC. There were undocumented workers slipping across poorly guarded borders to steal American jobs and infect the country with drug-related... Read more »
Bechdel Test Canon: Two Friends
In Two Friends, leads Emma Coles and Kris Bidenko deliver nuanced, ingenuous performances as polar opposites Louise and Kelly. The movie documents the dissolution of their childhood friendship following Louise's acceptance into an elite girls' academy that Kelly's stepfather refuses to let... Read more »
Political InQueery: Where Do We Go from Here?
The 2010 midterm elections are over. Well, for the most part. It may be a while before all of the ballots are sorted out in the Alaska Senate race, and there's a recount in North Carolina for a House seat, making nine as yet undecided races in that legislative body. And while Washington, DC may be... Read more »
Grand Rounds: Dissecting Grey's Anatomy: That's Me Trying
This week’s on Grey’s Anatomy, big decisions and big changes at Seattle Grace (and beyond!), a little plastic surgery shaming, and some M*A*S*H flashbacks for some of the Grand Rounds bloggers.
It’s sweeps season, and that means the stunts are on, full bore. Be... Read more »
Political InQueery: Know the Women in Congress, Part I
A record number of women—262, in all—ran campaigns for the House in the 2010 midterm elections. Despite this wave of women, fewer will be in the House once the 112th Congress begins than were in the 111th. 75 women will take their seats in the voting body, many of them for the first time. Here is a... Read more »
A Message to Verizon: Libera el Aire!
Remember those weird Verizon ads that seemed to empower young women with statements like “air does not transmit the opinions of a man faster than those of a woman”? Really, they were co-opting feminism to sell phones from a company that is fighting against... Read more »
Political InQueery: The Blame Game
Much of the rhetoric in the 2010 midterm elections focused on anger, and the GOP candidates who will take control of the next House session spent a lot of campaign messaging time expressing how they felt connected to voters' anger. Which begs the question: were the candidates or the voters the... Read more »
B-Sides: Video Roundup
MTV has been long dead as a go-to for watching music videos. That doesn't mean they've stopped being made! Or being awesome! Click through for four new videos by stellar artists that are as fun to watch as they are to listen to...
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