Tag Archives: Media
Kim Kardashian: A one-sided analysis of the not-black girl we love and hate
TweetI bet you thought that title was a witty pun about her ass, didn’t you? It’s not. I swear. You probably won’t believe that writing about Kim Kardashian the day after doing a post on Kanye West was a coincidence, but it really was. I’ve been really stewing in Kanye’s commentary on the music industry, a reflection [...]
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The Wednesday Weigh-In: Are female bloggers more ‘positive’ and ‘happy’?
TweetYou may not have heard of him prior to this week, but Felix Salmon is one of the most influential business writers in, well, the biz. He drew ire last week, including from prominent feminists such as Irin Carmon of Salon, for publishing the following comments in an essay on Maria Popova and her “blogonomics” [...]
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Quote of the Day: “What’s a pretty girl like you doing reading those?”
TweetI guess someone didn’t get the memo about the existence of female reporters? Ed Hartzog, a Community Board 8 member who once worked for Anthony Weiner’s campaign, has not widely publicized his candidacy, but he has raised nearly $8,000 since throwing his hat into the ring about a month ago, according to documents listed on the New York City Campaign [...]
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Kyrsten Sinema confuses the Washington Post
Tweet Manuel Roig-Franzia has a stick up his butt about Kyrsten Sinema, the first openly bisexual person to be elected to Congress. It’s not that he disagrees with her policies, or thinks she’s corrupt, or won unfairly. Basically, he’s aggravated that Sinema refuses to acknowledge that her sexual orientation shapes her policy beliefs, her politics, [...]
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A mainstream media conversation about Steubenville and rape culture