Sad Songs

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I boarded my flight ready to sleep. Hope was dashed when I ended up next to a woman with a history of “working in government”. A history she was was ripe to share, with someone, anyone, preferably the person in the seat next to her — ME. I rank plane …

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The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class Circa 2007

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via Balloon Juice Professor Warren, in her capacity as a specialist in bankruptcy law, uses actual facts & statistics to back up her Cassandra predictions. Despite the Burkean vapors of Brooks & Doubthat, she pins the decline of the American middle class not to our moral decay and piggish consumerist …

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Stephen Colbert Finally Made It

Long time coming, but Colbert finally made my “older, famous, fake boyfriend” list. The Colbert ReportTags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive

Shoe Salon Folly and Feminist Badness

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“No one who likes women would wear those shoes.” “I love these shoes.” “You do women no favors by wearing those shoes.” “My woman legs love these shoes; they look good in these shoes” “You are no feminist, no supporter of women” I was out with some folks from work …

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You Can Brush My Hair, Undress Me Everywhere

Three first editions of Barbie dolls from 1959, exposed in Prague's Toys Museum.

A day after International Women’s Day, in the month in which we celebrate women’s history, Barbie turned 52. I can’t for the life of me understand how she has lived this long. Despite periods of decline in popularity Barbie is testament to the fact that good marketing is insidiousness, and …

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International Women’s Day 2011

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Today is international women’s day. I can think of no more worthy a celebration than to sit down to a glass of wine (cocoa, tea, beer, cranberry juice), while reading the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. My acquaintance with her is slight, by way of Witch Wife and First …

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