tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44001440431534375362011-04-21T17:06:01.400-04:00Your source for wonderfully witty, yet scathingly accurate commentary on progressive politics and other cultural phenomena.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02801126901818429310noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400144043153437536.post-84590360961671145202008-07-08T14:43:00.004-04:002008-07-08T15:01:36.047-04:00

So I've written before about Weeds, which is currently tied with Arrested Development for the honor of "Best Television Show Ever," as far as I am concerned. The fourth season just started airing, and I am once again sucked into Nancy Botwin's dramatic dealings. Anyways, this season finds the cast relocating from Agrestic (the best of the best-ic) to Ren Mar, a small town on the US/ Mexico border

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.com;It's that time again, folks! Of course I am talking about the annual G8 summit, in which leaders from "eight major industrialized nations" meet up to rap about world problems. It should be of no surprise that this year's hottest issue is global warming. What is surprising (at least to me, a long-time G8 enthusiast) is that Bush is agreeing to maybe try

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.com;It seems that even Barack's supporters don't always know what to believe! For instance, last December I was appalled when several people with whom I was canvassing (for the Democratic party, no less) insisted that Obama was Muslim. Although I don't personally think that religion should be any kind of issue in a political election, it seems important to

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.com;While there are many reasons to love Dennis, this is the one that inspired me to post about it:Muchos huevos, no? I am glad someone has the audacity to say it. DK makes me proud to be from the Cleveland area (he actually represents many of my relatives in the Lakewood area!).

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.coOh, progressive talk radio. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways- and by ways, I mean things that your spunky talk radio hosts have the balls to say. Here are some stories brought to my attention this afternoon by 820 am, Chicago's Progressive Talk:1. There are more contractors than troops in Iraq. Read that again. Let it sink in. In Iraq, there are

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.com;Every time I think about how the course of American history would be different if Robert Kennedy had been elected president in 1968, I can't help but cry. RFK was probably the last best hope for America, and he was tragically stolen from us forty years ago today. How would America be different today if Bobby had entered the white house instead of. . .

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.coOn Beauty is the third novel written by Zadie Smith, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite fiction writers. Last summer I read her debut novel, White Teeth, and I highly recommend picking it up. I'd love to go into more detail, but for this post I'm going to stick to OB. The novel discussed dealt with a lot of different themes relevant to this very

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.com;So, I think this Target: Women series is hilariously funny. BUT this edition illustrates one of the reasons I (more often than not) feel disillusioned by marriage: weddings. Aren't they getting a little ridiculous? In Wood County, Ohio (of which my recent home, Bowling Green, is the hub) the average wedding costs twenty-seven thousand dollars. Not to

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So, it's been a long time since I've posted anything- I really long time. But I've been bust with the relocation and all that. However, henceforth I will be making a valid effort to post more regularly.Now I know it's all over the news and there is nothing new to say on the topic, but I cannot resist touching on today's big news. What better way to end this writing drought than by announcing that

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.com;. . . and so does John Edwards! This is very exciting news.

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.comI haven't written anything about the election for a while- and by election I do of course mean the democratic primary. In short, I'm getting kind of sick of it. You probably are too. Admit it. And the worst thing is we all have six more months of the longest presidential election in American history before the fate of our nation is decided. Now don't

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.cThis is a great news piece. Apparently a high school in Texas wants to ban a German text book because there are some naked ladies in the background of one photo. Heaven forbid we teach our kids about other cultures that don't have an eerily repressive view of sexuality!There was so much uproar from parents who are upset that their kids saw a tiny image of

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I only scored two out of five correct. Test your knowledge here! digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.com;

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. . . and check out the creepy comment under the post titled "An Open Letter to Johnny Vegas." Pulling up a woman's skirt and touching her underneath after she repeatedly tells you not to is NOT sexual assault? I guess I shouldn't expect anything less from someone who considers the stunt funny. Mick's creepy comment is just another example of the prevalence of the rape culture, and the persistent

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digg_url = www.progstraighttalk.blogspot.com;In an effort to increase traffic to the blog, I've been trying to add links to share posts on different media. First up? Digg it! If you like what you read, go on and digg it!PS- If anyone knows how to make the button smaller, leave tips on comments. I'm still learning how to navigate all this tech stuff.

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This story in today's NY Times is promising. However, we are still not doing enough as a nation to curb emissions. Let's take the necessary next step and outlaw SUVs and other cars with terrible fuel standards!

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Yeah, I have never heard of him either. But this story caught my eye, and I became outraged. So outraged, in fact, that I decided to write him a letter and tell him that I think he's a disgusting human being. What drives me to have such an extreme hatred of some second rate British comedian of whom I have never heard, you might ask. Apparently "Vegas" sexually assaulted a nineteen-year-old woman

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According to Feministing.com (my favorite feminist news source), last week was Reproductive Justice Week of Action. Lately, I have been doing some work in the field of reproductive justice. OWI is casually working with Choice USA, a national reproductive rights action group founded by Gloria Steinem. We’re participating in a campaign to lower the price of birth control on college campuses. Last

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Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary last week. I’m rather disappointed about in her victory for several reasons. First and foremost, the longer this bitter contest continues, the more it will continue to divide people. Obviously, supporters on both sides continue to grow more impassioned. But beyond that there is a rift in the feminist community between second wave Hillary supporters and

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Okay. I realize that I have been neglectful of the ol' blog lately, but it's been a hectic time. Graduation is just around the corner, which means that finals week is slowly descending over Bowling Green. AND I am moving out of state two days after graduation. AND I had three papers due this week (two down, one to go), including one really long one. AND I want to spend time with my friends before

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In case you couldn't tell, I've been on a big documentary kick lately. I watched three yesterday (while simultaneously catching up with email, reading the news online, doing office work, and probably writing some blog posts). While I'm not going to write three extensive reviews, I will offer a brief vignette.Documentary #1: For the Bible Tells Me SoThe Human Relations Commission of Bowling Green

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Excellent! The BF and I finally broke the awful streak we'd been on for a good year, and went to a freaking concert (I actually saw Trail of Dead on the day before Thanksgiving, which fucking ruled, but we hadn't been to a show together since Do Make Say Think in spring 2007). AND possibly even more exciting is the fact that I have wanted to see Ben Folds live since, like, tenth grade. His music

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So the BF and I decided to make Sunday night documentary night (again, I acknowledge that I am super late in blogging about this). This week's title: The US vs. John Lennon, a film about the treatment the coolest Beatle received at the hands of Nixon and him henchmen after he moved to NYC. I'll give you a hint: apparently Tricky Dick was a McCartney fan.Although I've been interested in Lennon's

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So I'm a little late in reporting this, but gimme a break. It's been a busy week what with the anti-feminist bake sale (which I'm sure I'll continue to post about) and, ya know, graduating in two weeks.Plus, the highly anticipated Women's Studies/Center Reunion Gala is starting tomorrow! Indeed, it is a good time to be a feminist at BGSU.Anyways, on Monday night, BGSU's Transcendence hosted the

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This morning, I was shocked at something so disgusting and perverse , I could not understand its place at an institution of higher learning. On the steps of the education building sat three girls at a card table, with a sign that said “Anti-Feminist Bake Sale.” No joke.Certain that these girls who happened to be attending college were secretly feminists at heart, I decided to engage them in a

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During my visit to the infamous THE Ohio State University (I don't know why they insist on having the "the" included; I also attend a state university in Ohio) for the Get Out Her Vote Conference, I was struck by something. After lunch, I stood up to throw away my trash and properly recycle my empty Diet Coke can. But to my dismay, there were no recycling bins to be found! None in the classroom

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Seeing as I'm not a morning person, I've kinda forgotten what 6:00 am looks like. However, this morning I was not only awake at the ungodly hour, but driving to Columbus. Why, you ask? Feminist Majority Foundation's Get Out Her Vote Ohio Summit. I went as half of a delegation representing the Organization for Women's Issues, one of BGSU's feminist groups (of which I am president, at least for

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On Wednesday BGSU held this "health fair" on campus. I went hoping to mounge some free food, but left with tons of free condoms instead- which I see as a totally fair trade. Anyways, most of said condoms were left in my tote bag and promptly forgotten. Until this morning. After my first class (Social Psychology) I was talking with my presentation group and our prof, when one of said condoms fell

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So, this is totally a paper I wrote for Psych of Gender, but I think it's relevant. Enjoy! A recent issue of the New York Times Sunday Magazine featured an article that I found a little disturbing, although not altogether surprising given the current administration’s anti-sex policies. According to Randall Patterson, virginity clubs are rising in popularity at Ivy League universities. His

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Today was unusual- it was an absolutely beautiful day in Bowling Green. In fact, it was so nice that I decided it would be a great idea to take my cat, Harry Potter, for a walk. The BF and I tried taking him to Video Spectrum, the neighborhood video store with a bigger, better selection of movies than I have ever seen in one place. While trying to handle Harry on a leash was a relative failure,

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I know- Ron Paul has his "Texas Straight Talk" column, and John McCain's got that creepy bus, the "Straight Talk" express (Remember kids: Never get into buses with strangers!) Both use the phrase as a kind of shallow promise, an absurd attempt at the validity of their sentiments. While Paul may actually believe what he says (which in itself isn't a very comforting thought), I think we can all

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