I was happy to hear that Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, but I find it difficult to believe that his announcement of his choice today, the day that the California Supreme Court issued their Prop 8 ruling, was a coincidence. Californians remember Obama’s tepid lack of endorsement for Prop 8 with [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 25, 2009
Retro Creepiness
The return of leggings, asymmetrical haircuts, and the donning of the keffiyeh as fashion and not Palestinian solidarity—ah, the 1980s are back and show no signs of abating (at least on this side of the pond in London’s East End and Topshop). I won’t be caught dead revisiting my ’80s hairdo (a juicy jheri curl [...]
May 17, 2009
Classy (Black) Ladies: Why Some People Are Hating on Wanda Sykes
I came across this cartoon while reading the New York Times’ Week in Review this morning.
This cartoon put me into a momentary rage for a number of reasons.
First of all, Wanda Sykes was just down-right funny at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner.
Secondly, I am tired of the silent conversation we are having about race, class, [...]
May 17, 2009
Feminist books you’ve lied about reading
Ha! I found Farai Chideya. Okay, she wasn’t lost, but since wack-ass NPR cancelled the only show featuring black folks, the former host is doing her thing hither and yon. She was guest host for WYNC’s Takeaway and had an interesting discussion on books that people lie about reading.
Tolstoy’s War & Peace came up a [...]
May 12, 2009
Miss California Keeps Her Crown
Donald Trump, typically unintentionally hilarious at a press conference this morning, announced that this is the 21st century now, and Prejean is free to show her boobs. How forward thinking of him.
Don’t be so prudish, people. Unless you are talking about gay sex. Then by all means, shrivel up into a small mean ball [...]
May 11, 2009
Why I Love Black Women
Two words: Wanda Sykes.
If you haven’t seen Wanda Sykes at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner take a moment and check it out. The only disappointment: no riffs on Obama’s weak public stance on gay marriage.
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May 1, 2009
Hungry Girl, Redux
I was fiddling through the shelves of the cooking section in a large bookstore that regularly sends me coupons, looking for cookbooks with calorie counts, when I came across the Hungry Girl phenomenon for the first time.
I am aware that this opening sentence is disturbingly revelatory, so I suppose I should just throw privacy to [...]
May 1, 2009
Just another intellectually myopic fervent extremist feminist
Here’s a paragraph from Salon’s Tracy Clark-Flory on the recent and highly laudable court decision to reject a suit against Columbia for offering women’s studies classes:
As a graduate of a same-sex college, where I took too many women’s studies classes to count, I will admit that these courses have their faults. I was often the [...]
