The Internet Is My Best Friend: Men Against Assholes and Misogynysts, A Good Old Fashioned War on Men, The Saga of Je Shirt Company

I become irritated when people dismiss twitter as “a lot of noise” and people posting what they had for lunch. Sure, people do that, but it’s an ignorant view. Follow the right people and twitter becomes this amazing, real-time, capture of the exact zeitgeist of our time. Sure, it’s difficult to have a decent, respectable…

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Am I Right Ladies? The Manic Pixie Dream Girls Must Be Stopped

In a 2005 review of the dreadful Elizabethtown, Nathan Rabin coined the term “Manic Pixie Dream Girl”, and hence, there was a beautiful succint term to describe so many cliches. Rabin describes the MPDG as existing “solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its…

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Am I Right Ladies? Let’s Cut the Crap

Pop culture, we sometimes  have a stormy relationship.  I really do love you; you are actually my reason for living.However, like all great loves, we have our differences. Lately there are some things that have really been irking me.  Sit down, some of these may be hard to hear. Gripe #1  I’m tired of people…

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Am I Right, Ladies? Fictional Guys That Make My Ovaries Shrivel Part Two

My previous post on un-appealing fictional men seemed to cause some discussion, so why not find a few more ovary-shrivelers? Jim Halpert,  The Office Once upon a time in the early seasons, Jim Halpert was cute, smart, and helplessly in love with his best friend Pam. We were all rooting for her to break up…

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Am I Right, Ladies? Fictional Men That Make My Ovaries Shrivel

I get a crush on a fictional character practically every time I turn on the tv or watch a movie (Ben Wyatt, call me!). There are some, however, that just have such negative appeal that make me physically cringe from repulsion. This is not about their physical attractiveness, because as we all know, actors are…

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Am I Right Ladies? In Defense of Lindsay Lohan

Look, let’s leave Lindsay Lohan alone. Many people are saying that her hosting stint on Saturday Night Live this weekend was one of the worst ever. I mean, really? The worst? Have you seen the January Jones episode? For some reason, I’ve felt really defensive about Lindsay. I mean, I’m not in full Chris Crocker…

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Am I Right Ladies? I’m Not Excited for The Hunger Games Movie

Believe me, it’s not for lack of trying. The Hunger Games Trilogy (the books) are worth the hype. I can confidently say they were some of the best books I’ve ever read in my life. In my life. And I don’t throw that superlative around lightly. I will always prefer the experience of reading a…

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Am I Right Ladies? Carrie Matheson Is My Hero

  I just finished a tv binge in which I watched the whole first season of Homeland in three days. Let me sum that up by saying holy shit, this show is so effing good. As is, it’s only one season but it may be in my top five of all time (kicking out Dexter,…

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Am I Right Ladies? – My Most Memorable Pop Culture Fashion Moments

There are many iconic film and tv scenes that stay with us for many reasons. Maybe because it really spoke to you, maybe you related to the character, maybe it kicked off your sexual development (Phoebe Cates in the red bikini, anyone?). For me, I remember the outfits. I was raised on pop culture, learning…

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Am I Right Ladies? The Bachelor is Destroying America

January 2 marks the return of the sixteenth season of The Bachelor. And I plan on doing some serious hate-watching. The Bachelor premiered with a simple, demeaning premise: a single man “dates” 25 women and eliminates them week-by-week until there is one woman left, to whom he proposes to. What a romantic story, right? “Just…

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