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The Young and The Feckless: Casual Sex Meets Cognitive Dissonance
Last week, a reader sent a link to a Slate article on the new wave of sexual judgment-mongering among Gen Y and suggested I might want to address the issue here. I wasn't sure I was the one to write this because A) I spent my college years (undergrad... Read more »
Raising Trouble: In Defense of Brangelina
“Raising Trouble” has been silent for too long on the absurd hubbub surrounding Brangelina “dressing Shiloh as a boy.”
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Feminist Rapper: This is What A Feminist Looks Like
Time for the third and final installment of Feminist Rapper! Watch as Jenny Hagel’s feminist rapper convinces her mugger that feminists shouldn’t fight feminists. (Trigger Warning: There is a mugging scene at gunpoint.)
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Adventures in Feministory: Estelle Getty
This week’s installment of Adventures in Feministory goes out to a very special lady, one who broke barriers for older women in the entertainment industry like nobody’s business: Estelle Getty. (And no, this post isn’t just an... Read more »
The Young and The Feckless: Beating Playboy's Listmakers at Their Own Game
Although the list was released last month, the HuffPo's college arm is just now getting around to devoting linkbaity ink to Playboy's fourth annual compilation of Top Ten Party Schools. If you haven't seen it... Read more »
Raising Trouble: It's Natural
When it comes to gender, members of the media just LOVE reporting with breathless astonishment on research that appears to reinforce conventional wisdom. Sometimes it takes a certain amount of squishing to make it fit said conventional wisdom; cf. coverage of just about every study on daycare's... Read more »
BitchTapes: Who's Hungry?
Food is awesome, so it’s no surprise that there are some awesome jams about food out there. This installment of BitchTapes is dedicated to those jams, and the songs are organized in menu order for your dining convenience. I chose these particular songs because each one is about a different... Read more »
Tuning In: Sue Sylvester's "Vogue"
The inimitable Sue Sylvester's rendition of Madonna's "Vogue."
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The Young and The Feckless: What Cinema Says About Career Type
One of the most thought-provoking movies I saw in 2009 (okay, I didn't see it until 2010) was Up in the Air. Even months later, I'm still not sure whether I actually liked it or... Read more »
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