February 2012
4 posts
I was going to write a post about why Chronicle is the best superhero origin film since the original Superman, but then I saw Maggie Gallagher on this morning’s Up with Chris Hayes and my brain broke.
But seriously, the movie is a spectacular argument against the continued raid on the comic book back catalog. It was refreshing and exhilarating to watch characters try to deal with new,...
December 2011
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November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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“What we conclude from this is that popular media outlets such as Rolling Stone...”
– Some people used issues of Rolling Stone to measure how the sexualization of women in media has increased over time. Their results? A lot.
Hogan Here: it's all true →
hoganhere:
I have enough trouble with my free will with trying not to jump out of windows every day — but as a childless old lady I gotta go ahead and say this stuff to somebody:
HEY YOUNG PEOPLE! you’d better moisturize your neck! you’d better take care of your teeth as often as your restaurant worker funds allow ! ”tanning” becomes “mottling!” one day your feet will hurt every...
STFU, Conservatives: ON WISCONSIN! →
(via STFUconservatives)
ON WISCONSIN!
cognitivedissonance:
Very important information from Our Common Ground on a reblog of this link. I’ve inserted some extra links and info:
August 9th is Election Day for:
Nancy Nusbaum [Facing Sen. Robert Cowles (R)] (Senate District 2)
Sandy Pasch [Facing Sen. Alberta Darling (R)] (Senate District 8)
Shelly Moore [Facing Sen. Shelia Harsdorf (R)]...
July 2011
11 posts
I can’t sleep, but I’m too tired to...
“I’m sure that was an edified discussion for their big [Gang of Six] senate plan,...”
– Rachel Maddow, with a winning description of House Republicans. (via pantslessprogressive)
They do seem the pet torturing type, don’t they?
“I don’t know exactly when it was that I started feeling like I had a past, but...”
– Sarah Blackwood on Friday Night Lights at The Awl (via judyxberman)
Yes, this is the feeling exactly. But there’s a sunset and a breeze and there are corn fields. At least there are in my version of this feeling.
This oral history should have been five years long →
I don’t really enjoy tv shows with teenage protagonists anymore. I’d much rather think about how I can make myself well-rounded and kind like Tami and Eric Taylor than to spend any more time retconning myself as a precocious truth-teller and warrior. I probably hate Julie Taylor as much as I do because she’s what I was really like in high school, and that’s fine, because...
This is exactly why I drink. →
Jill said it better than I just did. →
I asked Mother Jones a Question
I wanted to know why the magazine, one of the good ones, chose to run an article about the current state of Jamie Leigh Jones’ case against KBR. The state of it is not good, in large part because now, four years after the alleged attack, imprisonment, and destruction/mishandling of evidence, Ms. Jones’ story has “inconsistencies.” The response was disappointing.
Hi,...
June 2011
16 posts
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If you've heard me bitch generally about... →
It’s just really good.
(via @shirgirp on Twitter)
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Alison Brie and Lizzy Caplan to co-star in SAVE... →
maura:
I’m so glad that the triumph of Bridesmaids means that comedies focusing on women THAT INVOLVE WEDDINGS IN SOME WAY COUGH COUGH are getting greenlit! Progress!
(via goldenfiddle)
Don’t overlook the fact that they are both brunettes and therefore will both be playing sweet, slightly sardonic, reasonable people instead of the self-involved and not-so-bright underminer that a...
May 2011
13 posts
skirts and tights: i need to say something... →
heidivanderlee:
we are angry at the decision and the members of the police force who abused their power, but permanent wave is not anti-cop. we are anti-injustice. the cops helped us get rid of a crazy drunk man who tried to interrupt our speakers. there are good cops and bad cops, and we are angry about the bad ones, not the force as a whole.
we do not feel that it’s productive or...
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“Eventually two officers put the suspect in baseball style pickle. He gave up,...”
– Joel DeSpain is the Madison Police Department’s Public Information Officer. He writes the best Incident Reports. While the quote above comes from a fairly routine write-up, this “Check Property” report is something special.
