Perhaps because I’m an English major, or because my voice has always been on the lower side and miles away from bubble-gummed femininity, I’ve always harshly judged women with ditzy talking habits. Not lisps or stutters or anyone with an actual condition, of course, but creeeakkky-voiced up-talkers who, like, over-use sentence-fillers and, um, end …
Maura Kelly wrote an interesting article (and subsequent apology) over at Marie Claire on overweight couples displaying affection on television.
Kelly comments on the show Mike & Molly, which features characters who meet at an ‘overeater anonymous group,’ and follows their blossoming romance (Kelly is quick to point out that the couple is not simply overweight, but obese. I have no idea why she thinks this is relevant, but apparently it is). Kelly reports on an CNN article about how some viewers find the displays of affection between the two lead characters ‘uncomfortable’ because of their weight.
Kelly suggests that the show promotes obesity:
Radio personality Don Imus has made headlines for referring to female basketball players as “nappy headed hos,” defending Adam “Pacman” Jones’ actions, and making a serious of derogatory and controversial statements throughout his career. Who would have imagined that his wife, Deirdre Coleman Imus, would be such a humanitarian?
Deirdre Imus has worked tirelessly for issues ranging from cancer research to environmental concerns, and she has done it …
Camille Paglia has had a very interesting life as a social critic, author, and college professor. While she proudly identifies herself as a feminist, she is seen by some as an “anti-feminist feminist.” She’s expressed views that have raised some eyebrows, such as supporting Ralph Nader in the 2000 election and engaging in verbal fisticuffs with the likes of Gloria Steinem, NOW stalwart Patricia Ireland, and Betty Friedan.
However, there is no question that Paglia is an intelligent, educated woman and as such, her interpretation on various things is generally thought-provoking.
Her latest target? Lady Gaga.
Paglia’s basic beef with Gaga is that the former Stefani Germanotta is, in her eyes, essentially a hypocrite.
Although she presents herself as the clarion voice of all the freaks and misfits of life, there is little evidence that she ever was one. Her upbringing was comfortable and eventually affluent, and she attended the same upscale Manhattan private school as …
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