Deja Vu 1960’s when hippies didn’t clip or shave anything. The capitalist drive to convince us that female body hair is unnatural and unclean has been alarmingly successful. The removal industry is worth millions, and uncountable women are ashamed of and distressed by their post-pubescent hair. But the industry is greedy. It must now convince the world that female pubic hair is dirty too. It must now convince people that
January 2014
January 20, 2014
First World Problems: Women ‘duped’ into shaving their legs by EVIL capitalists … [Darleen Click]
January 19, 2014
Obama: “If you don’t like me, it’s because you’re RAAAAACIST.” [Darleen Click]
Really, Narcissist in Chief is finally being transparent on his own feelings. President Barack Obama said that racial tensions may have softened his popularity among white voters within the last two years, according to a story posted on the New Yorker magazine’s website today. “There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black president,” Obama said in the
January 19, 2014
Democrat candidate fudges personal history? [Darleen Click]
Wendy Davis’ (D-Gosnell) story of divorced, teen mom in poverty makin’ it all on her own doesn’t quite meet the facts. Quelle surprise! FORT WORTH — Wendy Davis has made her personal story of struggle and success a centerpiece of her campaign to become the first Democrat elected governor of Texas in almost a quarter-century. While her state Senate filibuster last year captured national attention, it is her biography —
January 19, 2014
Sunday NFL Playoff Open Thread … [Darleen Click]
49ers v Seahawks, Patriots v Broncos. Have at it. I’m waiting to watch the first episode of Season Three of Sherlock.
January 18, 2014
FLOTUS not waiting until Jan 2017 to do commercial endorsements … [Darleen Click]
A little quid pro quo for AARP’s support in passing ObamaCare … Excited to join Barack in the 50+ club today… check out my @AARP card! –mo pic.twitter.com/JdbixuLGnb — FLOTUS (@FLOTUS) January 17, 2014 I, for one, look forward to Michelle’s infomercial career with Ron Popeil and his Veg-O-Matic. h/t Weasel Zippers
January 18, 2014
“First of all, that is not a typical Latina” [Darleen Click]
Latina actress endorses TEA Party candidate in ad, gets fired. A famed actress is facing backlash in San Francisco’s Latino community, after she voiced support for a conservative candidate for California governor. Maria Conchita Alonso starred in a campaign ad for Assemblyman Tim Donnelly of San Bernardino County, a Tea Party favorite who is seeking the Republican nomination. Donnelly has voiced strong views against illegal immigration and was once involved
January 17, 2014
ObamaCare: If the Bros & Hos campaign didn’t work, surely a Richard Simmons dance-off will … [Darleen Click]
Remember the parody-proof ObamaCare campaign that revealed the White House minions considers millennials drunks and sluts? Well then, why not this disturbing engagement? I’m either on drugs, or the administration is this helplessly stupid. The Tell a Friend — Get Covered campaign, better described as “a tourist trap off Route 66,” began a six-hour live-streamed event Thursday afternoon that was advertised to “include stories, tips, helpful information and other details
January 17, 2014
The Precious Princess Syndrome … [Darleen Click]
Laurie Penny, Amanda Marcotte, Lena Dunham (and the aging Maureen Dowd) … all single, childless and given to fits of bullying those outside their coterie of sycophants … David Thompson exposes them in their own words. "I have a very British arse. It's small and vaguely embarrassed by its history of conquest" – I just said this, in real life, to a friend. — Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) January 14, 2014
January 16, 2014
And speaking of clown noses…
Clown nose on or clown nose off? It’s so hard to tell when intentionalism becomes just another tool for daily pragmatism — crucial when it’s useful to forging an argument, “fundamentally unserious “when it’s showcasing the dangers of embracing textualism as an interpretive paradigm in instances that don’t help “our” side win elections. Either way, does it matter? Even if they take the clown noses off, you can often still
January 16, 2014
Obama as a media creation
This morning I was listening to a Levin podcast — not sure which day, I’m generally a few behind — in which Levin conjectured that the media is lined up to protect Obama because in essence, “Obama” (he didn’t use the quotation marks, but it’s what he meant) was the media’s own creation — and rather than having their Victor Frankenstein revelatory moment where it becomes apparent to them that