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Category Archives: pop culture
The NFL’s Play For Women
I’m not a huge fan of (American) football, but it’s been hard to ignore how aggressively the NFL and its partners have been courting women and girls. Many of the ads are smart and refreshing – it’s a pleasant change … Continue reading
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About that Bing ad…
As someone who consistently points out the dearth of women in pretty much every form of media, I want to love this ad. But I think it falls flat. Here are a few reasons why: 1) Lack of focus. Women, … Continue reading
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Simon Doonan’s Red Herring
This is a monumentally silly article from Simon Doonan over at Slate. The fact that he repeatedly uses the phrase “audacious women with impressive racks” (oh, and then likens them to cupcakes) says it all. Ta-Nehisi Coates had a pretty … Continue reading
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Y Combinator Goes After Hollywood
The startup-funding firm Y Combinator came out with this scathing statement as part of their newest Request For Startup: Hollywood appears to have peaked. If it were an ordinary industry (film cameras, say, or typewriters), it could look forward to … Continue reading
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My Working Mom
Tina Fey mentions the children’s book My Working Mom in her memoir. Curious, I headed over to Amazon to see the cover for myself, which indeed portrays a witch mother. A smiling witch mother, but a witch mother regardless. Unfortunately, the positive … Continue reading
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I Have a Tumblr Now
Here it is. I’m not sure what possessed me to do it; managing a blog/Twitter/Facebook/Google Reader was already more than enough. I must just like the sound of my own internet voice. Snaps to Tumblr, though, because they’ve really demonstrated … Continue reading
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Jim Keenan = Pretty Cool
D sent me this interesting link from Jim Keenan’s blog, “A Sales Guy.” Keenan talks about how his daughters look up to ski champion Lindsey Vonn, and the dearth of similar female role models in our society. He writes: Lindsey … Continue reading
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Getting back into the swing of things…
I really should be keeping this thing updated better, as I’ve bogarted the domain name for a few years now. I wanted to keep the content more focused, but my interests are all over the place, so I think it’ll … Continue reading
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Bad TV
This qualifies as a joke? Way to keep it classy, Huck. Anyway, I was listening to a piece on NPR this morning on how BET fails to serve the community it was targeting and how blacks’ and whites’ preferred programs … Continue reading