Founded by Geniuses; Run by Idiots?
I saw this on Facebook yesterday and thought I’d respond: Related Posts: Middlemarch Madness III: Round Two, Poll Four Middlemarch Madness III: Round Two, Poll Three Middlemarch Madness III: Round Two, Poll Two Middlemarch Madness II: Round Two, Poll One Middlemarch Madness III: Round Four
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You Can Do Better: In Defense of One “Ladyblog”
On Monday, n+1 contributor Molly Fischer wrote an article, “On Ladyblogs,” in which she tried to further articulate her feelings about sites like Jezebel and The Hairpin. In the process, she displays a remarkable aptitude for sweeping generalizations, half-assed research, and reneging on a commitment because the self-imposed assignment no longer felt “relevant.” Related Posts: Dispatches from Ladyblogland Cry at …
Read MoreTakedown: Interpreting women
Get ready for another two for one, because ridiculous crapdates keep sliding across my news feed in themes. This week’s theme: boys do boy things and girls do girl things, and oh yeah, the things that girls do are manipulative and frivolous. Hooray, gender-based stereotypes that reinforce the patriarchy! Related Posts: Discussion Link: Cursing Isn’t Ladylike? F*&$… Pajiba’s Gems: The …
Read MoreTakedown: Wife Her
Ugggggh. There are few things that make me grimace like woman-on-woman hate, or something that is clearly designed to pit women against each other. I always wonder about the person who created the picture in the first place — I have a sneaking suspicion they are created by women looking for a boost to their own self-worth based on making other …
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The Myth of the Tuition Bubble
It’s all over the place. ABC: “Is College Tuition The Next Bubble?”, The Consumerist: “When Will The College Tuition Bubble Burst?”, Policy Archive: “A Tuition Bubble? Lessons From the Housing Bubble”, The New Republic: “A Radical Solution For America’s Worsening College Tuition Bubble”. You can’t avoid it, and it’s become conventional wisdom. Tuition is rising at unbelievable rates, way faster than …
Read MoreTakedown: Divided We Stand
This week, two separate crapdates have made their way in front of my eyes, but they are essentially the same. I’ll start with the shorter one: Related Posts: In Case You Missed It: My Top Six Takeaways From the Body… Linotte Reads “Fifty Shades Freed”: Chapter Two Linotte Reads “Fifty Shades Freed”:… Linotte Reads “Fifty Shades Freed”: Chapter One
Read MoreTakedown: Won’t Somebody Think of the Privileged?
I’ve been getting too angry at my computer screen lately, so this week’s takedown is something that made me burst out laughing when I saw it. I mean, sure, it’s still craptastic, and there is a lot to talk about, but — well, you’ll see. It’s funny. Related Posts: The Safety of Being a Christian in America, Part Two:… In Case …
Read MoreTakedown: Nobody Owes You Anything
There are certain words that, in and of themselves, are polarizing. Jargon that is used by either side of a debate, and once somebody utters one of these words, it’s almost always a good idea to back away slowly, as the conversation is not likely to go anywhere. One example is “Obamacare.” President Obama has attempted to embrace it in …
Read MoreTakedown: Getting What They Deserve
There are things that show up in Facebook feed that warrant a thoughtful deconstruction, there are things that I find irritating but I could understand why somebody, somewhere, might think it’s funny, and then there are graphics that force me to shut down my computer and walk away because the anger is instantaneous and white-hot. Brace yourselves, this is one …
Read MoreTakedown: All Guys Need to Read This
This week’s crapdate shows up in all sorts of ways, in a variety of forms, and it’s the kind of post that seems innocuous and silly. The more of them I see, though, the more they rub me the wrong way. Related Posts: Kickstartables: In This Together Media What I Watched This Weekend: “Girls,” S2.E06 The Problem is Us Textual …
Read MoreTakedown: Gender Equality is a Joke
You know what’s always funny? Jokes about feminists. HAHAHAHAHA. Oh wait, that’s called a lack of creativity and being a lazy comedian. You know, low-hanging fruit. It’s not funny because it’s clever, but rather it’s “funny” because… well, it’s not funny. See also: I do not turn off my feminism. Related Posts: Bro-Choice is Feminism for Bros Too Cool for Feminism …
Read MoreTakedown: Rosie the Republican
You’ve heard, right? There is a war on women being fought, and it is being fought by… the Democrats. At least, that’s what Fox News is saying, and this week’s Takedown crapdate capitalizes on this nonsense. Related Posts: Dispatches from Ladyblogland A Brief History of Women’s History Month Tuesday Is Good News Day: May 14, 2013 Dispatches from Ladyblogland Fight the …
Read MoreTakedown: Broken Marriages are Meant to be Fixed
Ooh, this week’s takedown is a perfect combination of bullshit nostalgia and judgmental shaming, wrapped in a saccharine sweet packaging. The kind of awful that you feel bad pointing out that it is awful, because shucks, the crapdate poster just wants everybody to love everybody else. Related Posts: We Have Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself: The Debate Over… Classic …
Read MoreTakedown: American-Americans
Oh man oh man oh man. This week’s takedown is a trickster. Related Posts: Writing Prompt: Who Lives Here? Book Review: Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff Pinteresting Projects: Orange Candle
Read MoreTakedown: Stand Your Ground
You know what happens when an unarmed kid gets shot and killed, and his killer is not even detained? Apparently, the media constructs a fairy tale to get people to hate the shooter and feel sorry for the dead kid. That media. Always constructing narratives. Related Posts: Mid-Week News: Les Entitleds Mid-Weeks News: We Have To News Appetizers Do the …
Read MoreTakedown: The Obama Games
Be ready. This week’s takedown is allllmost unbelievable in its stupidity. Almost. It is so absurd that nobody can honestly be taking it seriously. Right? Right? Tell me that nobody can be taking this seriously. Related Posts: Mid-Week News: The Doozy News Appetizers Mid-Weeks News: We Have To News Appetizers: Welcome to the Hellmouth News in Asia
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