Sex/Sexism & “Skins”

by | Jan 30, 2011 | Blog

by Mia Fontaine MTV, you’ve come a long way baby. In six short years you’ve gone from pimpin’ rides to pimpin’ girls, starting with the recent premiere of Skins, a remake of the hit British program by the same name. Immediately labeled “the most dangerous...

A World Lost in Screens

by | Jan 18, 2011 | Blog

We realize this was posted awhile ago–but I am a sucker for Hedges’ nudge toward consciousness. http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/retribution_for_a_world_lost_in_screens_20100927/ By Chris Hedges Nemesis was the Greek goddess of retribution. She exacted...

Wakeup Call

by | Jan 16, 2011 | Blog, Racism, Sexism

Hate and Violence Are Encoded in the DNA of the American Right By Arun Gupta, AlterNet
Posted on January 12, 2011, Printed on January 16, 2011
http://www.alternet.org/story/149500/ Jared Loughner’s attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is...

Major Magazines Reject Female Writers

by | Jan 16, 2011 | Blog, Stereotypes

Of course, the New Yorker is not the only publication on earth that falls consistently short of reaching gender parity in its pages. In a Jezebel post about Hays’ letter Jenna Sauers did a count of female writers in other current event and literary...

Vitriol in Politics

by | Jan 9, 2011 | Blog

By CARL HULSE and KATE ZERNIKE WASHINGTON — The shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and others at a neighborhood meeting in Arizona on Saturday set off what is likely to be a wrenching debate over anger and violence in American politics. While the exact...