The Singular Woman
Well this is quite the review of Dawn Eden’s book. It sums up a lot of what Dawn writes, so that people like me don’t have to suffer through actually reading a self-help mantra for 30-somethings who are willing to do just about anything to get hitched. To copy something Amanda said, the book essentially [...]
...read moreCyborg Beauty
From the New York Times Style section: Shifts of taste and style are trivialities, of course, without any serious meaning. But they do perform one important function, as Proust pointed out: they notch our hours and moments and decades and leave us with visual mnemonics, clues by which to remember where and in which dress [...]
...read moreCalling All Computer Nerds
Or anyone who knows anything about computers, really. I’m probably going to be buying a new computer sometime in the next month. It needs to be a laptop, and it cannot be a Mac (nothing personal, it’s just that Macs don’t work with the law school test-taking software). I’m looking for something light and ideally [...]
...read moreWhat Ilyka Said
Seriously. Lord knows I don’t care for Firedoglake, but making fun of Jane Hamsher’s breast cancer is just beyond the pale.
...read moreThe Rape of Mr. Smith
via Tyra (whose blog I, the bad blog-reader, just discovered — but it’s fantastic, go check it out) in the comments of the Feminist Rape Apologists post: The law discriminates against rape victims in a manner which would not be tolerated by victims of any other crime. In the following example, a holdup victim is [...]
...read moreThe fear of fat is fucking up my commute
Well, this is interesting. Seems like at least once a week during my morning commute, the MTA stops or delays a train due to a sick passenger. And they never do tell you what the deal is, or how long, or why they can’t just dump the person on a platform in the care of [...]
...read moreThe pitfalls of one-size-fits-all measures
According to the National Institutes of Health, the man on the left in this photo is obese. I wouldn’t doubt the one on the right is, too. I don’t really have time to write an in-depth post on this today, but Ezra has a good post today about an article in The New Republic by [...]
...read more“You Do Not Own This Country.”
Keith Olbermann on what Bush’s talk of “sacrifice” really means. Crooks & Liars has the transcript.
...read moreSay It Ain’t So
A reverse mullet??? I agree with the article, though — have the courage of your convictions, hipsters, and wear Joan Collins shoulderpads if you’re going to bother. Sheesh. Via Rox.
...read moreMaybe it’s not Giuliani time, after all
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy: someone got hold of a campaign dossier for Rudy Giuliani outlining his strengths and weaknesses as a Presidential candidate. Whoops. The Giuliani camp smells a rat: Advisers to former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said yesterday that someone infiltrated the Giuliani camp last fall and stole a document about [...]
...read more“Feminist” Rape Apologists
If I were to write a personal ad for Liz Funk, it would go something like this: SWF seeks tall, manly-man writer or psudeo-intellectual singer-songwriter who appeals to the ‘tween set. Interests include long walks on the beach, John Mayer, playing dress-up in feminist clothes, slut-shaming, woman-bashing, and rape apologism. And Gary, if you’re out [...]
...read moreHappy New Year!
Hope your 2007 is starting off better than mine — I went to do a quick load of laundry tonight, and the washing machine ate it. I can’t get it out until the washing-machine mechanic comes tomorrow, and so it sits, damp and moldering, in the basement, locked away from me. I miss my pants.
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