You know how in my last post I overanalyzed stuff? Not here. Not necessary. The writing is on the wall, clear as a swastika on a bathroom door. Yesterday, a friend on Facebook posted an Op-Ed in Swarthmore College’s newspaper, The Gazette, entitled “A Response to Yesterday’s Anti-Semitic Hate Crime from a ‘Whiny Brat Jew,’” […]
Travis Rudolph, Leah Paske and the Media Get it Right
Hi. I’m about to overanalyze something to within an inch of its life, because that is my superpower. A very touching Facebook post from a mother in Florida went viral, being reported in many news outlets – no doubt we will soon be seeing it in The Huffington Post and BuzzFeed and Upworthy at any […]
Beauty and the Beast
Part One of I-Don’t-Know-How-Many in a series of posts inspired by “Miss Representation.” If you haven’t seen the trailer for this movie, and you have 8 minutes, please watch it here now. Once upon a time, women were valued for their intellectual and creative contributions to society. They were sought after candidates for positions […]