Angelina Jolie sharing her mastectomy publicly

by Jennifer Kesler

Angelina Jolie, upon learning she had a rare genetic marker that indicates especially high risk for breast and ovarian cancer (the latter of which took her mother’s life at age 56), decided to have a preventative double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer from 89% to less than 5%. Then she decided to let the world know, and the criticism began. While it’s [...]

Avon: Lipstick Equals Instant Self Esteem?

by sbg

Okay, while I do think that makeup can make a person feel better about oneself – and I’m not denigrating the use of it at all – there is something about this commercial that just sets me on edge. Is it the idea that the implication is that the only reason this woman feel pretty is this particular red lipstick? Is it that the woman [...]

A Thursday Interruption: FIERCE

by Maria

Mo’Nique KICKED ASS at this award ceremony. Presenting: Ethiopia’s first girl band!

A Thursday Interruption: The Moon Disappeared

by Maria

This is a beautifully awesome video of No Rest For the Wicked.  More information on Stop the Traffik. I must conquer the school… WITH FLAME. I’m not sure these are great date night ideas.

Rogue: S1 E2 — “Cathy’s Song”

by Maria

Cathy continues to Lady Macbeth it up, goading Alec to kill his cat’s paws who firebombed the Chinese restaurant. They might’ve accidentally incited a gang war with the Lee Brothers, who are the biggest and strongest of the Chinese gangs. Meanwhile, Jackie continues pushing Bald Cop to get his life, and crashes the apartment he’s keeping one of his informants in. This is the same [...]

Sometimes bad people do good things

by Jennifer Kesler

Margaret Thatcher has died, and the world is suddenly just a little bit lighter, sweeter and more beautiful. Thatcher once said, “There is no such thing as society”, and people claiming that in context this wasn’t intended as Ayn Rand philosophy just don’t understand Ayn Rand philosophy. Perhaps the best way to remember Thatcher is through an extra on the Live Aid DVDs released a [...]

Rogue: S1, E1/E2: “Aquarium/Fireball”

by Maria

Rogue features that time-honored premise. 1. A good cop-turned-cynic who plays by his own rules accidentally brings his work home. 2. Dead daughter. 3. VENGEANCE!!!! 4. Mayhem, boundary-blurring between good and bad guys, cop earns reluctant admiration of by-the-rules superiors, etc etc. Normally, this formula is deeply tied up into narratives masculinity and statehood. The cop (perhaps played by Bruce Willis!) frequently mourns his daughter, [...]

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