The Orange Couch Returns April 8th, With “Mad Men” Recaps
The time has come for a new season of “Mad Men”. And you know what that means, a new season of “The Orange Couch”, the video recap series written and hosted by myself and Marc Faletti, who also directs and edits everything. This is not the same old recaps you can get anywhere else! Marc and I research historical context, dig up the literary references, inject a little gender political analysis, and we even watched half a season of “Dark Shadows” just so that we could get a better idea of what Megan’s friend was auditioning for.
Here’s last season’s season finale:
We’ll have the first new episode up on April 8th, the morning after the season premiere on AMC. You can follow the show on YouTube or Vimeo. Or check back here every Monday morning for not just the video, but some extra analysis provided by me in the old-fashioned writing form.
How to Ask Someone Out: A Primer for People Who Pretend Not to Know
Claiming this is impossible to justify your assholery just makes you look like a stupid asshole. I don’t like people encouraging a young man whose guilt-tripping video extracted attention from a celebrity even though he and everyone knows she did not want to provide him with it. I find it deplorable to have adults reinforce the message to young men that they “deserve” attention from women just because ask for it, and point out the…
Why Does Oscar Pistorius Have So Many Female Defenders?
Because the world is stranger and more fucked up than you could ever guess, it turns out that Oscar Pistorius—who shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and no, I’m not saying “allegedly”, anti-feminist wankers, because there is no doubt that he pulled the trigger)—has a bunch of female fans who patrol…
Christian Right Now Outraged At Being Told Their Faith Is Meaningful to Them
A Ryan Rotela supporter working hard at the most mentally challenging task of his life. Ooooooh, did you hear about the evil liberal and no doubt Satan-worshipping college professor who tried to turn all his students against God by having them write the word “Jesus” on a piece of paper…
Why Is Gay Marriage Different Than Abortion?
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about DOMA and Prop 8 today, and there’s a lot of anticipation now, especially since they could truly use this opportunity to not only strike down these laws but also to make same-sex marriage a right held by all Americans. Unsurprisingly, same-sex marriage opponents…
Wherein Your Blogger Learns Something Truly Surprising About Women’s Undergarments
While my many years of writing in an instant-response forum has conditioned me to know exactly when I’m going to be facing a response to a post of epic butthurt, I was genuinely surprised by much of the knee-jerk defenses of thong underwear* that I got after writing this piece…
If Only We Could Talk About Abusing Women Like We Do Abusing Cats
0% of commenters claimed cats are fickle, and their claims of torture can’t be trusted. I’m hoping many of you saw this story about Wendell Overton, a 10-year-old boy who came across a group of boys, ages 5-13, torturing a cat to death and who saved the cat. Because of…
Lowering Your Standards Doesn’t Solve Housework Inequities
Inevitably during the rounds of the housework wars, there’s a man who finds the neat solution that puts all blame where a sexist culture believes it completely belongs, on women. Feminists point out that women’s duties at home are cutting into either their work time or their free time or…
Steubenville Makes Rape Culture Harder to Deny
One of the remarkable things about the Steubenville, Ohio case is how it’s been a rapid lesson in how wrong so many rape myths really are: The myth that rape is about an excess of sexual desire instead of an exercise in dominating and humilating the victim. The myth that…
Universal Background Checks Threaten Gun Industry Profits, So They Have to Go
It looks like the gun legislation that Congress is considering is stalling out not just on the assault weapons ban, but on what’s probably an even more important part of the bill, universal background checks. Republicans just aren’t having it, and Harry Reid is considering taking it out of the…
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