The Church of Scientology is on trial in France, accused of “targeting vulnerable people for commercial gain”. I’m not an expert on Scientology, know little of it except that Greta Van Susteren — FOX news semi talking-head formerly of CNN — is one, as is her husband John Coale, a high ranking Scientiologist and trial lawyer, was appointed by …
You might assume I have better things to worry about than Dora the Explorer’s (link) metamorphoses into a tween fashionista as she follows her aging viewers into tween-hood. You’d be right. I’m not worried about it, but it is going to be interesting to watch the media’s influence over yet another generation of television …
Today is the 36th anniversary of Roe v Wade.
The theme this year, and rightly so, is “what is your top pro-choice hope for President Obama and/or the new Congress”?
My hope is that our legislatures and our leader recognizes the right of a women to make decisions about her own physical situation. As we …
A Huff Po post about an interview (show, performance piece, who the fuck knows), Lizz Winstead did with Tracie Egan and Moe Tkacik, two writers from Jezebel.
Lizz is distressed about this interview, an interview in which two women she thought were clever, funny, insightful, and intelligent were none of the above. As a matter …
