Patriarchy Blaming: You’re Doing It Wrong
By Haley Swenson - Aug 22nd, 2008 at 6:03 pmEllen Goodman of The Boston Globe attempts to call out a whole bunch of anti-feminist nonsense that has gone down this year by passing out…
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LOLBush Mania Sweeps Beijing
By Haley Swenson - Aug 14th, 2008 at 2:23 pmLOLBush at the Olympics, brought to you by Richard Anderson at one of The Guardian’s blogs:
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The Problem with Southern Pride
By Haley Swenson - Aug 14th, 2008 at 12:02 pmThe Tennessean reports that a high school student in Tennessee is challenging his school’s policy against wearing shirts with Confederate flags on them. He defends…
Don’t Give Branding So Much Credit
By Haley Swenson - Aug 13th, 2008 at 2:16 pmOne of my greatest political pundit pet peeves is when explanations for the political decisions of young adults (or any demographic, for that matter) rely…
Jew-Baiting Fails in Tennessee Congressional Primary
By Haley Swenson - Aug 8th, 2008 at 5:31 pmLast night, incumbent Democratic Congressman Steve Cohen of Tennessee walloped primary challenger Nikki Tinker, whose campaign consisted almost entirely of attempts to sway voters from…
The Olympics’ Human Toll
By Haley Swenson - Aug 8th, 2008 at 10:03 amAs an avid sports fan–no, make that a lover of pretty much any skillful competition–I should be looking forward to the start of the Olympic…
The Serious Ramifications of the Energy Crisis
By Haley Swenson - Aug 8th, 2008 at 9:15 amI was surprised to see this headline for an AP article on CNN.com yesterday: “For some, energy prices are threatening lives.” And while the article…
Is a Republican Anti-Christ Socialist Causing U.S. Oil Dependency?
By Haley Swenson - Aug 4th, 2008 at 2:30 pmThe Salt Lake Tribune reports that Libertarian Utah gubernatorial candidate Dell Schanze has been using that obnoxious auto-dialer machine to send Utah voters some messages…
Why Jesse’s Gender Matters in the Marriage Debate
By Haley Swenson - Jul 25th, 2008 at 11:55 amI’ve been following the blogosphere dialogue surrounding Courtney Martin’s recent Prospect article pretty closely, because I think the way we view marriage is at a…
Today’s Peace Movement is Visible, Just Not on the Streets
By Haley Swenson - Jul 17th, 2008 at 1:38 pmSalon has a piece this morning by Cintra Wilson, who formerly thought the anti-war tactics of the organization Code Pink were just annoying and embarrassing…
HPV Scare Isn’t Only Caused by Anti-Sex Crowd
By Haley Swenson - Jul 11th, 2008 at 2:37 pmWhile I agree with Kay (and feministe) that the recent reports about the potential unsafe nature of the HPV vaccine Gardasil are actually greatly unfounded…
Could You Become a German Citizen?
By Haley Swenson - Jul 10th, 2008 at 12:21 pmDer Spiegel has an online version of the citizenship test Germany recently introduced. Like the one used in the United States, it has caused some…
Why Wall-E is Worthwhile
By Haley Swenson - Jul 2nd, 2008 at 1:32 pmUsually when I tell someone how much I loved a recent Disney/Pixar release, I feel the need to explain that I only saw the movie…
The Seventh Sin of Greenwashing
By Haley Swenson - Jun 30th, 2008 at 9:30 amLast December, the environmental marketing firm TerraChoice detailed what it believed to be the “six sins of ‘greenwashing,’” a term environmentalists use to describe techniques…
Note to CNN: Indian People Are Not “Virtual”
By Haley Swenson - Jun 28th, 2008 at 1:12 pmHollywood makes personal assistants look like godsends, but have you ever known anyone who could actually afford one? A recent CNN article on Americans hiring…
