Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Does Rachel Maddow Have a Girlfriend?
Last night I went to a special live broadcast of Rachel Maddow’s Air America show at the State Theater, and it was grand. It was relaxing, just like listening to the radio, except we were treated to all the artless and fascinating gestures one never gets to see, like Maddow slipping her giant headphones on […]
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Admit It
Aren’t we all just a little sick, by now, of The Vagina Monologues? I’m old enough to remember when they first came out in 1996. I remember seeing pictures of Eve Ensler performing them, as the show first began to gain momentum and popularity. I was in awe of her—I thought she looked so beautiful […]
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Disposable Pocket
In a forum like this, there’s a certain pressure to be current. I should be obsessively analyzing the latest round of primaries, or yucking it up over Super Bowl ads. But I just don’t think it’s fair that the accident of my birth should prevent me from responding to something that has deeply irritated […]