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The Pop Star Immunity Problem 26 Aug 2013 | 10:31 pm
By now you’ve heard all about Miley Cyrus at the VMAs — and whether you think it was a minstrel show, an example of the double standard exacted on women, or simply in bad taste, the overwhelming react...
Taste, Class, Fetish Object: The Curious Case of Olivia Wilde 15 Aug 2013 | 11:29 pm
It’s easy to dislike Olivia Wilde. I should know, because I’ve done it for the last decade with very little effort. And it’s not because she’s beautiful — I have tremendous affection for dozens of b...
Scandals of Classic Hollywood: The Book, The Update 26 Jun 2013 | 10:48 pm
You know why I haven’t posted anything for a month? Because I’ve been writing the crap out of my book. And now, having just sent in the middle section to my editor, is a good time to pause and tell y...
Angelina Jolie Controls the Narrative 14 May 2013 | 09:04 pm
The Basics: Late last night, an editorial by Angelina Jolie, entitled “My Medical Choice,” went live on the New York Times. In the editorial, Jolie revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy...
The Enduring Postfeminist Dystopia of Bachelorette 29 Apr 2013 | 08:14 am
I’ve written about postfeminist dystopia before — specifically, as it applies to Revenge, which now seems to be withering on the vine in its second season on ABC. But just because Revenge isn’t succe...
Nashville Roundtable to End All Roundtables: Round Two 23 Apr 2013 | 06:52 am
YOUR PERFECTLY LIT RAYNA/DEACON SHIPPING PHOTO: YOUR ESTEEMED PARTICIPANTS: Karen Petruska Simone Eastman Jane Hu Allison Wright Jorie Lagerway Jia Tolentino And me, AHP. AHP: First off, I’d lik...
New Writing All Over the Place 19 Apr 2013 | 07:42 am
Where to find it: New Spring Endorsements, including lots of broccoli recipes, on Virginia Quarterly Review. Plus my long form piece on “The Rules of the Game: 100 Years of Hollywood Publicity.” On S...
A Quick Note on Scandal and Morality Clauses 25 Mar 2013 | 06:32 am
Just a very quick note on this week’s episode of Scandal, a show that’s doing some of the most interesting (network) work in storytelling, female desire, postfeminism, race, and the intersections betw...
What I Read 22 Mar 2013 | 10:33 pm
I love the “What I Read” pieces in The Atlantic, in which well-known writers and bloggers detail their media consumption diets. Emily Nussbaum, Sasha Frere-Jones, Nate Silver, The Fug Girls. Or, as ...
Jennifer Lawrence as Gillian Flynn’s “Cool Girl” 4 Mar 2013 | 08:28 am
I love J-Law; you love J-Law; everybody loves J-Law. Or so seems to be consensus following last week’s Academy Awards, where she tripped up the stairs, made a self-deprecating speech, performed authe...
