Everybody’s talking about the Oprah/Obama thing. I even saw a teaser for Extra with something about it. Why am I the only person who doesn’t seem to care about this? Yes, Oprah is a highly powerful — perhaps even the most powerful — entertainer in America. I still don’t care. Celeb endorsements of candidates ……
So today is one of my favorite days of the year, as far as activism goes. It’s Adbusters’s Buy Nothing Day. The idea is to backlash against the uberconsumerism that is the Day After Thanksgiving by, well, not buying anything. It’s, as they say, “A 24-hour moratorium on consumer spending. Participate by not participating.” Also…
I was talking with a friend the other day about how daunting (and completely necessary) it is to research all these presidential candidates. If you’re not completely sold on any one candidate, it can be tough to look at a pool of 10+ people you’ve for the most part heard nothing about. Then I remembered…
Bee Movie – you know, the movie written by Jerry Seinfeld and three other dudes that’s saturating entertainment news and advertising – is just a silly animated movie, right? Not if you ask apiarist and budding feminist Susan Brackney, who wrote a fascinating op-ed piece for the NY Times today called The Real Life of…
If you pick up November’s Allure magazine, you’ll find my letter to the editor second from the top (and after another Emily!, but with one “m”). The letter is in praise of Judith Newman’s cover piece on Britney Spears this summer. I would link to it, but Allure didn’t post the cover story on their…
According to an article at LiveScience, researchers at Rutgers University found that feminists are not the man-hating uglies pop culture likes to make them out to be. In fact, it’s quite possible that they’re happier and have better sex lives than their nonfeminist counterparts. From msnbc.com: Among the findings: College-age women who reported having feminist…
Hey, it’s Emmily. Got this from Erin (of Fag Bug fame) and wanted to pass it along: Fagbug Date: 15 Oct 2007 9:30 AM Subject: looking for your personal stories Body: Looking For Your Personal Stories:A TELEVISION PRODUCER has created a TV show about my story and is looking for other victims of gay hate…
I’ve been holding off on this topic for a while — sexist ads, misogyny in marketing, et al. After all, living in Las Vegas is like being in the cultural petri dish of disgustingly sexist ad concepts. (Anyone remember the billboard where a naked woman is wearing nothing but strategically placed sushi? And who could…
And apparently, I’m not the only one. In this month’s Elle magazine there are some thoughtful responses to the Supreme Court ruling that upheld a ban on the so-called “partial-birth abortion.” (I say so-called because there is not medical definition of what a “partial-birth” abortion is compared to any other abortion. The language is used…
Well, well, well. Ever since the Gleaner so adeptly pointed out the whole cleavage hob-goblin, I was wondering when a female political candidate might have the, ahem, balls to show a little neck. Or perhaps even sartorially admit to being a woman. And we didn’t have to wait long! On Wednesday, July 18 Sen. Hillary…
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