This just in, courtesy of NYT:
The hurricanes were so busy this year. They had to destroy New Orleans and Florida, and then they had to go to the store and get a turkey, and start their Christmas shopping . . . man, a hurricane’s work is never done.
A few particularly active letter threads appeared on Broadsheet today. One was spawned by Rebecca Traister’s posting of misogynist comments she finds in Amazon reviews of Maureen Dowd’s book. This is like throwing meat to wild dogs — or, more accurately throwing other wild dogs to wild dogs. Gawker’s decision to link to the thread […]
So I Googled “mayonnaise” and hit “I’m Feeling Lucky” — because mayonnaise is my lucky sandwich spread — and here’s what I came up with: Russian Appetizer Recipes for Russian brides in the US.
The site provides Russian brides with bad ideas like mixing eggs, cheese, mayonnaise, and unspecified “greens.” This is called “Russian Salad.” It […]
CNN says . . .
Life sucks, but look — a panda!
In today’s special section on hip-hop, LA Times researchers Swati Pandey and Ryan Smith write:
From Baghdad to Baltimore, Big Boi, Young Jeezy and countless upstart rappers are changing the world.
Apparently, hip-hop artists are an important voice in racial politics. Also, they are now in places other than America. For a paper that should have its […]
A few recent posts here have generated some controversy, which is rad. I’m perfectly happy to continue playing host to such controversy, with a couple of guidelines.
1. Restrict debate to the issues at hand, not the grammar and spelling of fellow commenters. C’mon, guys, this is teh 1nt3rn3t.
2. If you’re going to discuss […]
Target allows its pharmacists to refuse to dispense emergency contraceptives. If you disagree with their policy, go to their website and tell them about it. Here’s what I wrote.
I am writing to urge Target pharmacies across the country to dispense emergency contraception. I plan to take my business elsewhere until I’m sure that doctors and […]
At first I wondered why I was so disturbed by this photo of GQ’s first-ever Woman of the Year.
Then I remembered.
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With the war dragging on and Congressmen from both sides of the aisle calling for America’s withdrawal, President Bush today introduced someone he believes can lead US forces to a quick victory:
“I’ve known Marshmallow since he was just a chick, and I’m certain he’s the man for the job,” Bush said, “I know his heart.”
NYT […]
Man, the day I tell my brother about my blog is the day I have to blog hella about feminism. Sorry, North the Younger, but this is important.
Now, nobody likes to talk about rejection. Getting rejected is embarrassing; rejecting people because they’re not attractive to you is mean. Too many women solve this by […]