Tonight’s the always awesome Snatch Game episode! Oh, wait…that’s RuPaul’s Drag Race. Never mind. (Sigh.) Stupid Project Runway. Maybe this season would have been better if RuPaul were one of the judges. Continue reading
Daily Archives: February 23, 2012
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Twilight set the pace, now The Hunger Games is hoping to Eclipse it in movie sales; Sacha Baron Cohen, the unfunniest human, ever, wants to prank the Oscars; Ryan Phillippe would like to work from home; Community will continue to get awesomer; and “The Rock” has dibs on being “The Suck.” Continue reading
Yesterday, President Obama released the list of reelection co-chairs who will work to help him stay in the White House for another term. Rick Santorum calls them “Kenyan Muslin Enablers” or “Democrats.” Mitt Romney calls them “People poorer than me,” and Gingrich refers to them as “Hippie baby killers in relaxed fit jeans.” Yes, of course, Newt. It’s hard to rule over someone using Druidic sanctimony if their jeans are comfortable. Everyone knows that. “No, really, former Speaker, go on I’m listening. These jeans, though, they feel like Chenille. CHENILLE! Really, feel them!” Continue reading
Last time on Dance Moms, the dance EXPLODED and everyone was forced to go to Clute, TX. Now, we’re back home and getting ready for Hollywood Vibe, which happens to be located in Pittsburgh. No long bus rides for us! Are we ready for Dance Moms? I think we are. Continue reading
The first Academy Awards were presented in 1929, and covered films from 1927 and 1928. Continue reading
Did you know an estimated 2 million people were out in the streets celebrating Carnival in Rio de Janeiro last week? Yes, 2 million people. Because I’m so generous I put together a collection of fresh 2012 Carnival videos for you kids. It was tough work but someone had to do it. Continue reading
On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court announced that it would hear a case on affirmative action in university admissions. This case, like the landmark 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger decision, involves a white student who applied to a public university and was denied– and, according to the plaintiff, Abigail Fisher, minority students with lower scores than hers were admitted. In Grutter, the Supreme Court ruled that the use of quota systems for racial minorities in public university admissions was unconstitutional, but it also held that admissions committees may use race as one of a myriad factors that go into the admissions process– not unlike the way admissions committees favor students who are legacies or those who hail from Barrow, Alaska (so that they can claim in brochures that they attract students from all fifty states–and Guam!). In other words, race might be a factor that gives your application a little nudge toward the top of the pile, but it can’t be the sole determining factor in an admission decision. Continue reading
Twee. I know, I know. Today, “twee” is often a pejorative term, a dismissal of people and objects that embody a particular mixture of hip nerdiness and self-conscious cuteness. “Adorkability,” if you will. Twee is Zooey Deschanel playing ukelele with Joseph Gordon-Levitt while kittens chase bubbles across her bedroom. It is a polka dot dress with a sweetheart neckline, a hand-knit cardigan, a teacup purchased on Etsy. Twee (or “indie pop”), however, is also a genre of music that deserves our attention. Indie pop began as an exercise in quiet rebellion and became a bonafide musical movement which ultimately, affected much of the music to come after it. Continue reading
It’s almost the weekend of a short week. How sweet is that? Continue reading