Monthly Archives: February 2012
Why stereotypes need to die, cont’d: The women of Community weigh in
A follow-up to my previous post: While movies are still failing to represent women adequately onscreen, television — at least some television — appears to be a different story. The Daily Beast has posted a great interview with the three … Continue reading
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Hollywood fail: representing women in movies
Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency looks at the most recent crop of Oscar nominees through the lens of the Bechdel Test, and reveals how awfully — still — women are depicted in Hollywood movies today: Sarkeesian’s earlier video on the … Continue reading
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“You want to talk about values? … Looking out for one another — that’s a value.”
President Obama makes the case — brilliantly — for pulling together, for the responsibilities we bear toward each other in a community, and for government’s role in doing so: Yes. The president has argued for why government matters before — … Continue reading
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I already know that Brave will rock
Daughter: “Can we see the clip again, Dad?” Me: “Absolutely.” We are SO there.
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The case for optimism, cont’d: “You can’t change the world if you don’t believe it’s changeable”
Sam Harris interviews Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler, authors of Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, as they make the case for optimism (much as Hans Rosling does). Read the interview for all the details of their … Continue reading
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Bill Moyers: “Freedom of and from religion”
Bill Moyers offers a sane and spot-on assessment of the contraception debate and the president’s compromise: My previous posts on this here and here. (via Richard Dawkins)
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It’s not cute. It’s abuse.
I highly recommend this righteous rant from the blog Views from the Couch: I am sure every girl can recall, at least once as a child, coming home and telling their parents, uncle, aunt or grandparent about a boy who had … Continue reading
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“The desert dreams of a river”: Listening to The Civil Wars
I missed the Grammy Awards last weekend, but I heard that a group called The Civil Wars had made a very big impression. So I nosed around on YouTube, and found these videos, and dear god their songs are gorgeous: … Continue reading
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“A moral obscenity”
On the Catholic hierarchy’s opposition to the president’s contraception coverage policy, Andrew Sullivan has this to say: If you really oppose abortion, you should back contraception, especially for those women least likely to afford it outside health insurance plans. But … Continue reading
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