May 22, 2015
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Comments Off on Wingnut Week In Review: Duggar Family Values Edition
Wingnut Week In Review: Duggar Family Values Edition This week, two right-winger who portrayed themselves as exemplars of virtue, and regularly lectured Americans on “family values,” proved to be far from “pure” themselves. Until this week, Josh Duggar was a … Continue reading
September 24, 2014
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Comments Off on Anger Is Still A Privilege in “Post-Racial” America
The New York Times caught hell for an article characterizing television producer Shonda Rhimes as an “angry black woman,” but anger is still privileged in “post-racial” America. The only thing more shocking than Alessandra Stanley’s New York Times article that … Continue reading
December 23, 2013
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Comments Off on Will The GOP Embrace “Duck Dynasty Conservatism”?
Conservatives and 2016 hopefuls are rushing to the defense of a reality TV star, who was suspended from his show an anti-gay rant to a reporter. What does that say about where the GOP is headed? Continue reading
December 23, 2013
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Comments Off on A First Amendment Primer
After listening to the Morning Joe panel spar over a Duck Dynasty star’s anti-gay rant | MSNBC., it occurs to me that a primer on the First Amendment may be in order. I’m no legal expert, but I think I can … Continue reading
September 16, 2013
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I didn’t watch the Miss America pageant. I didn’t even know who won until this morning. (I was too busy keeping up with news about the shooting at the Washington Navy Yards.) Of course, Twitter has exploded with racist comments. … Continue reading
April 2, 2013
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Comments Off on Empathy Is Revolutionary.
“Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy, I have learned, is revolutionary.” – Jane Fonda Some people love her. Some people hate her. Some people probably think she doesn’t have anything to say that … Continue reading
November 7, 2012
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Comments Off on The Fox Meltdown
I’ll have more to say about the election results later. But I wanted to share this. I didn’t watch the returns come in on television last night, because my nerves just couldn’t take it — especially with marriage equailty in … Continue reading
July 19, 2012
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Comments Off on Health Care and Someone Else’s Child
In a previous post, wrote that Mitt Romney was booed at the NAACP convention when he reiterated his support for repealing health care reform was because, what health care reform means for African Americans. Many people in the audience probably knew … Continue reading
May 15, 2012
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Comments Off on Wisteria Lane: Once More Around The Block
(WARNING: SPOILER ALERT! IF YOU STILL HAVEN’T WATCHED THE DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES FINALE, AND DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, READ NO FURTHER!) Folding laundry, in our house, will never be the same again. That’s how my husband and I have … Continue reading
March 2, 2012
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Comments Off on Still Famous For Reproducing
Make it stop. Won’t somebody please make it stop? Apparently, Bristol Palin is still famous for reproducing. (Accidentally, or not.) Lifetime has picked up Bristol Palin: Life’s A Tripp, a 10-episode docuseries chronicling Bristol Palin’s life as a young, single … Continue reading
December 13, 2011
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Comments Off on Sarah Palin. Unwanted.
Like I said before, it’s hard to build a successful television show around someone who’s unlikable, and has no discernible talent. Sarah Palin wants to produce a TV show about her husband’s life as a snowmobiler, but so far, networks … Continue reading
November 29, 2011
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Comments Off on Marriage Equality Gets (Another) TV Spot
Back in the 1990s, I read a book called After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90’s. It was a pretty controversial book when it came out. Many in the gay community … Continue reading
September 8, 2011
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“Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?” is a favorite in our house. And last night we watched the Dina Matos-Jim McGreevey story. I know that they can only fit so much into the format of a 30 minute show, but…
May 25, 2011
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Comments Off on Too Big To Tell: An Epic Without Heroes
[pro-player width=’400′ height=’380′]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUQmRZMCYU[/pro-player] I won’t watch a movie if I’ve missed the beginning, and I hate missing endings so much that I won’t start watching a movie I can’t see through to the end. As a writer, the beginning and … Continue reading
March 9, 2011
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted about one of my odd celebrity crushes. Some of them are not so odd, and then some of them are kind of odd. I’m not sure where this one falls, but it came … Continue reading
May 21, 2010
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Comments Off on The Burden of Being the First
I wonder what Lena Horne would say to Miss USA Rima Fakih. Much has been written and will be written about Fakih’s pageant win. Not being a big fan of beauty pageants, I didn’t watch this one. So, my thoughts … Continue reading
February 8, 2010
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I didn’t watch the Super Bowl, even after the power came back on. Frankly, I wasn’t interested. Never have been. I’d rather they put the ads on — maybe even put them in a show of their own — and … Continue reading
January 28, 2010
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*Sigh* Stuff like this gives me a headache Excedrin can’t begin to cure. Oh no you didn’t, Chris. You didn’t forget he was black. Not for a second.
July 9, 2009
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Some things have to be seen and head to be believed. [Via Huffington Post.] I’m writing something longer that will incorporate this, but I was so blown away that I wanted to go ahead and post it now. I’ll connect … Continue reading
April 22, 2009
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Comments Off on Greyness Falls
Grey is the color of ghosts. Grey is the color of a dead garden. Grey is not darkness. It is the color of not-quite-dark, of just-enough-but-not-enough; just enough light to see the edges of your world, but not enough enough … Continue reading