Category Archives: Popular (and unpopular) culture

I don’t buy women’s magazines very often. But I recently bought the two latest issues of Elle, to find out what the magazine is all about. My initial impression was one of shock. All these women in the photographs appear to be ready to orgasm! Half-closed eyes, swollen half-open lips. Indeed, almost every one of the models pictured was portrayed in a sexually appealing manner. This is interesting, given that the presumed readers of the magazine are mostly women. I wonder if women in our society learn to have a certain kind of self-eroticism? Is what turns us on, whether gay or straight, the pictures of our own sexuality? Continue reading →

Frankly, the game itself doesn’t interest me, but I was a little sad to miss out on the ads (I was out seeing “The Life Aquatic”).. But what with this new wacky “internet” technology, I can see all the superbowl … Continue reading →

White Wolf Games has a new game out – “Ghetto!” The idea is, you role-play a Nazi in the Warsaw ghetto of 1942. Your goal is to slap down the Jews, or “Kikes,” and pick out the agitators and leaders … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed The Incredibles, because it was beautifully animated, decently written and had great action sequences. (So shoot me, sometimes my mind likes candy.) But at the same time, I thought its politics were pretty regressive, and vaguely thought … Continue reading →

Bean blogged about the South African Marriage scam. All Africa.com reports, the alleged King Pin has been caught.

I really enjoyed this Spiked Online review of the anti-McDonalds documentary Super Size Me. Here’s a sample: Super Size Me chimes with the times. On both sides of the Atlantic there’s a large portion of moralising in the panics over … Continue reading →

The Annenberg survey found that people who watch The Daily Show are more interested in the presidential campaign, more educated, younger, and more liberal than the average American or than Leno or Letterman viewers. “However, these factors do not explain … Continue reading →