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Newsy ramblings about media, candy, pop culture and politics from a woman who spent $60,000 earning a master's degree studying The Daily Show.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

You're Getting How Much To Organize at UW??

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I wish campus conservatives would realize that just because they are outnumbered that doesn't mean that liberals have a "strangleho...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

More Women Staffers Doesn't Make You Feminist

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I’ve always thought that when the demographics of those in power become less male and less white, there has to be some subtle benefits to ev...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Why It’s Better To Fight Lies With Different Lies

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I’m being a bit flip, but the point is that research continues to show me that if you can’t fight lies with “the truth” than its better star...
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Friday, September 12, 2008

The Value of Virginity

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Apparently is determined by the highest bidder. *face plant* What gets me about this story is the quotes from the woman who appearently has...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Woman-Getting-Abortion Blog

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I'm surprised that I hadn't seen a blog like this before but one anonymous woman has started a blog titled What to Expect When You...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Friday Cat Blogging: Baby Kittie Pictures

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Al and Lena had one previous owner (they are slightly-used cats, but they only had light wear and tear.) Keeper of the Cats finally got a h...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

More On That Pew Media Survey And Media's Failures

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Following on this post about the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press released its biannually media consumption survey , I...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

Colbert Report Viewers Are Slightly More Politically Knowledgeable Than Daily Show's

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There are so many headlines I could have given this post, but from past experience if you put “The Daily Show” into a your blog you will get...
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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Truth, Honesty, And Online Personals (And Fuck You Dan Savage)

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I read this Savage Love last week and I meant to write about it but I just didn’t. But upon realizing no one else seems to have commented I...

Washington Post Takes Another Bite At the Feminist Bookstore

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I was settling down to read my Sunday dose of aggravation, also known as the Washington Post’s Outlook section. I was actually quite pleased...
Friday, August 15, 2008

Friday Cat Blogging: Cats 'n' Laptops

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Yes that is Al lounging near (on) my new Dell XPS m1330. In the background you can see the product (red) screen. This post is the first one...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

It's Official: There Is No Post-Abortion Syndrome

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I've been waiting for the results of this study for a while , but the American Psychological Association has just released its results ...
Friday, August 08, 2008

Friday Cat Blogging: Two In a Row

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It really is "Two in a row" day for this Friday's entry. First off, clearly I haven't written anything since last Friday C...
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Friday, August 01, 2008

Friday Cat Blogging: Al Loves Macs

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It's been a while since I posted a Friday Cat Blogging picture. That's Keeper of the Cats behind Al. Now I guess I could have submi...
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Friday, July 25, 2008

Oh...That Explains Why Bush Disappears In August

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He's got to put on his cap and cowl. The stupid, it burns! (Bonus: so this is what passes for pop culture analysis in the Wall Street Jo...
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All Birth Control Is Now An “Abortion?”

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I’ll admit that in the beginning even I was a bit skeptical about the idea that the anti-abortion was going to have any chance of success in...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain

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I was going to write about the deeply depressing ancedotes that the Washington Post has been finding about people who tell lies about Bara...
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Friday, June 27, 2008

Friday Cat Blogging: Al & Lena Cuddling

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I realized it's been a while since I posted a joint picture of both Al and Lena together. Unfortunately the Glowing Cat Eye of Evil some...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Mike Erickson: Hypocrite For Congress

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So imagine you are a Republican candidate for Congress in Oregon, and you decide to run on a strict “morals” platform -- you know the deal, ...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Richard Cohen: McCain is Better Because He Was Tortured

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I guess because I spend a lot of time reading op-eds I always look for the clincher. What is the ultimate point, the real “take-away” from t...
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