CDC’s director, Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, on polio eradication.
(From CDC)
We are bundling up like these SHETLAND PONIES IN CARDIGANS and heading out.
Thank you, Waldo Jaquith.
From a book of photographs and essays about London by Chicago-based writer and photographer Brian Leli. Explaining the project on his website,...
…I’ll keep on saying it; Senator Bernie Sanders is great!
Come check out Zel McCarthy’s breakdown of the representation of gay men in reality television. He breaks down the stereotypes, the sidelining and the lack of central “roles” for gay men in the reality sphere.
There is no question that many feminists are aware of the fact that simply because a woman makes a sexist or misogynistic joke doesn’t mean it loses its gendered punch. What do you think of women who manipulate a sexist power structure instead of fighting it to try to get ahead? I discuss the advertising of Whitney Cummings’ new TV show here - tell me your thoughts.
Legal professionals: Kit Hoover, on Access Hollywood Live - my primary source of sexist commentary as of late - thinks you’re ugly. She said this to Nicolette Sheridan who confided that as a young girl she had wanted to become a lawyer. Another strong message sent by this “news” group that your looks are what determine your ideal job - and that if you’re considered attractive by the masses, taking a job that doesn’t allow them to ogle at you is a real tragedy.
To her credit, Ms. Sheridan replied, “Well, ah, I don’t really know how to respond to that.” Which is a tactful way of saying, “Good lord, one day you’re probably going to need a lawyer because you can’t filter that stream of BS”
The new Playboy Club show debuts on NBC this fall. Let’s talk about why this isn’t “entertainment” - and why it’s actually about reinforcing tired power dynamics constricting to women.
Can…anyone tell these people apart? It’s like that episode of Twilight Zone “Number 12 Looks Just Like You” when all the women undergo plastic surgery as they enter adulthood to look like carbon copies of one another, achieving one unified vision of what is “beautiful.” Does this look terrifying to anyone else? The lack of original selves? The inability to distinguish one from another?