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No Fatties, Please. Fatties, Welcome! Weight & Hollywood’s Double Standard
I saw two movies in June: Get Him to the Greek, and Cyrus. The former stars Jonah Hill as a music-industry type trying to revive British musician Aldous Snow’s (Russell Brand) career by getting him to play at the famous Greek theater. The latter features Hill as the titular character who spends the [...]
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Logical Fallacy Bingo
Posted by Undead Molly on Mon, Jun 7, 2010
As tempting as it is to want to block out the antics of the FOX cult nation, it’s terribly important that we all continue to keep an eye on them. Remember: tea baggers are like rabid chihuahuas. They may look too ridiculous to be dangerous with foam dripping from their tiny, yapping jaws, but don’t [...]
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Requiem for a Golden Girl
Posted by Carrie Stanziola on Sat, Jun 5, 2010
It’s been a busy news week, and I’m sure a lot of things are going through your mind: the oil spill, Israel’s attack on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza…or maybe you’re just wondering when the hell Sarah Palin’s fifteen minutes of fame will finally end. But even in the midst of national and international [...]
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“I’m a Carrie”: Sex and the City’s Phony Feminism
Posted by Carrie Stanziola on Thu, May 27, 2010
Hear that high-pitched scream in the background? It’s either a traveling castrato choir, or Sex and the City 2 is opening in theaters this Friday.The sequel is set in Abu Dhabi, and I’m not really sure what it’s about. I looked up the trailer and watched it (just for you, readers), and it [...]
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No Love Lost: Breaking Up With the Worst Best Show on Television
Posted by Katie Ehlers on Fri, May 21, 2010
I remember the ads for the premiere of “Lost.” Network television was a wasteland that year — and I mean even wastelandier than usual. (Here’s the network schedule from 2002-2003, the season before “Lost” premiered in fall 2004. The highest-rated shows are highlighted. Now do you believe me?) I wasn’t interested in “Lost.” It looked to me like a [...]
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