Category Archives: Media criticism

Playing terrorist: The Arab Actor's Ghetto

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Ampersand

From Ezra: The undisputed champion of the Arab terrorist role is Sayed Badreya. The burly, bearded Egyptian-born actor has played an array of menacing characters in a 20-year Hollywood career. He’ll appear with Robert Downey Jr. in next year’s “Iron … Continue reading →

Posted in Media criticism, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 2 Comments

Revenge of the Nerds, Hairspray, And Using Black People To Legitimize Causes

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Ampersand

If Revenge of the Nerds is on TV, I often watch it. Not the whole thing, but a little section, here and there. It was a movie that I loved as a kid. But it was crap back then (despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Media criticism, Race, racism and related issues | 25 Comments

Clarence Thomas is Making the Rounds

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Rachel S.

I received an email from a reader about a round table on the Tavis Smiley Show. Apparently, Tavis will have a panel discussing Thomas’s book and his appearance on 60 Minutes. Panelists are Marc Morial, President and CEO of The … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Anti-feminists and their pals, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Media criticism, Race, racism and related issues, Supreme Court Issues | 3 Comments

Serious Question for Everyone About Tobacco

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Rachel S.

I’m stepping outside the usual fare because I saw something a few weeks ago that surprised me, and I was curious what others thought. I walked into a local discount store, and the first thing I saw was Big League … Continue reading →

Posted in Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Media criticism, Whatever | 44 Comments

A Few Random Comments About the God's Warriors Series

Posted on August 25, 2007 by Rachel S.

I’m going to organize this as bullet points for each episode.  Gods Jewish Warriors I thought this was the best one of the series.  It was balanced in showing both the extremist settlers, and the more mainstream Jews who were … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Feminism, sexism, etc, Homophobic zaniness/more LGBTQ issues, International issues, Media criticism, Palestine & Israel | 4 Comments

Are you watching God's Warrior's on CNN?

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Rachel S.

CNN is airing a special on relgious fundamentalism; it is a 3 part series.  Tonight is God’s Jewish Warriors, and in the next two days they will cover God’s Christian Warriors and God’s Muslim Warriors.  If you are watching, what do … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Media criticism, Palestine & Israel | 6 Comments

Cartoon: It's A Tidy System

Posted on August 8, 2007 by Ampersand

I’m still not certain if I like this caption; if I think of a better one, I might change it.

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics, Media criticism | 14 Comments

Whiteness=Nerdiness??

Posted on August 4, 2007 by Rachel S.

Tariq sent me this link from a NYT article, which I later read in my backlog of post vacation newspapers.  The article discusses Dr. Mary Bucholtz’s research on the connection between nerdiness and whiteness.  The article says, Nerdiness, she has … Continue reading →

Posted in Media criticism, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 51 Comments

On The Air, Journalist Refuses To Lead News With Paris Hilton Story

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Ampersand

YouTube: Journalist Refuses To Lead News With Paris Hilton Story Good for Mika Brzezinski! What the video doesn’t make clear is that this is three different incidents, each taking place an hour apart; Brzezinski reads the news at 7am, 8am … Continue reading →

Posted in Media criticism | 5 Comments

It's About Interracial Sex Folks

Posted on June 25, 2007 by Rachel S.

Ok, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say something about the latest crime to become a media circus.  I’m sure by now most of you have heard about the murder of Jessie Davis, who was almost 9 months pregnant and was likely killed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Duke Rape Case, Families structures, divorce, etc, Feminism, sexism, etc, Media criticism, Race, racism and related issues, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 75 Comments