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Category Archives: Pop Culture

  • “Kathy Ireland’s Shocking Weight Gain.” Kathy Ireland has gained all of 25  pounds since she stopped working as a supermodel. [...]

    Things I am not shocked by, #3890587230587439

    April 8, 2009
  • This time with an officially real person, Emily Blunt. That is, Emily Blunt, Doughnut Smuggler.  On being monitored to make sure she [...]

    I am in love for the second time this week

    February 16, 2009
  • OK, so nobody who reads this blog can be unaware that Yes Means Yes! is out, and I’m in it, and you should buy it, and I FELL DOWN FOUR [...]

    Yes Means Yes! Virtual Tour: Q&A with Kimberly Springer

    February 12, 2009
  • Two more reminders of the cost of the ideal of the perfectly toned, perfectly thin body: 1. A Daily Mail reporter (I know, I know — [...]

    Quick hits: The physical cost of beauty

    February 7, 2009
  • Since Kate’s terrific essay was published on Salon and in Feed Me!, I’ve been thinking again about the protest “But [...]

    You’re not fat, redux redux

    February 2, 2009
  • Ms. Aretha Franklin sings “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” while wearing the best hat in the history of millinery.

    More Inauguration Goodness

    January 20, 2009
  • And not in a good way… Gravity and wrinkles that come with aging are fine with me, it means nothing compared to the new wisdom inside my [...]

    Quote of the Day

    January 13, 2009
  • The year is ending, which means that every website on earth is coming up with a Top 10 or Best of 2008 feature of some kind. I am reluctantly [...]

    The thinking man’s circle jerk

    December 31, 2008
  • The other day, Sweet Machine alerted me to a new study about the influence of media on relationship ideals. According to BBC News, the study [...]

    On Twilight, romance, and antifeminist ideas

    December 21, 2008
  • Dear Oprah, Please just stop. Please. And I don’t mean that in a nasty way (though some of my commenters will). I mean please, stop doing [...]

    Dear Oprah

    December 9, 2008

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