Jezebel: Denver

Let's Roll

Anna Holmes — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:10:00 EDT

[Denver, April 20. Image via Getty]

And All That Jazz?

Anna Holmes — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:10:00 EDT

[Denver, April 19. Image via Getty]

Freedom Ride

Anna Holmes — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:10:00 EST

[Denver, January 18. Image via Getty]

The Look Of Job

Anna Holmes — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:10:00 EST

[Denver, December 8. Image via Getty]

One Mile High & Rising

Anna Holmes — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:10:00 EDT

[Denver, October 4. Image via Getty]

Cradle To Grave

Anna Holmes — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:10:00 EDT

[Denver, September 2. Image via Getty]

I Had A Dream Of A Convention With Sleep: Things I Failed To Appreciate

Megan Carpentier — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:20:29 EDT

When I started this week, I figured that I would be tired by the end of it but still excited to be here. I had no idea I would be so bone-tired by the time Obama gave his speech that I couldn't even begin to parse my feelings on it. But there were so many people to talk to, so many parties to go to, so much speechifying to watch (let alone blog), that I didn't have time to check in with our Unconventional Conventioneer, or post some of the cooler stuff I did or even really think critically about much other than my lack of sleep or my sunburn. So, after the jump, what I missed out on this week, besides a fuller appreciation that this was my view of Obama's speech. More »

Jennifer Granholm Says, "Be Bold," Why Were You Put On This Planet?

Megan Carpentier — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:10:03 EDT

One of the really amazing things about being at the Democratic convention this week was all the women (and young women) who were there — delegates, attendees, elected officials and others. It was very cool to see so many young women getting so excited and involved about politics. So when I got a chance on the very last day to interview Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (thanks in no small part to my new friend Erin Hofteig at Media Matters, who arranged for me to use their conference room and this balcony), I knew I had to ask her about her experiences getting politically engaged and her advice for those of you who are contemplating it yourselves. More »

Lilly Ledbetter Knows McCain's "Out Of Touch With Reality"

Megan Carpentier — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:40:36 EDT

It's not terribly often that you get to interview a feminist icon. Well, I mean, I guess it's getting more common for me, but still, it's pretty cool. So when my colleague over at Glamocracy asked me if I wanted to interview Lilly Ledbetter, I was like, "Hell, yeah." Don't recognize her name? If you ever have to sue for unequal pay, you will want to be thanking her — her case against Goodyear spawned Congressional legislation, a mention in nearly every speech this week and a speaking slot at the Democratic convention on Tuesday night. More »

Conventional Crap: Moebama Underwhelmed By Barack's Beautiful, Moving Speech

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Although I am basically a walking, red-colored zombie — or, I would be if my feet didn't hurt so much that I'm not really walking as much as limping — someone's got to wrap up the week of speechifying, pandering, branding and making the kind of history that causes grown people to cry before the speech even starts and hard-bitten members of the press corps surreptitiously whip out their personal cameras to take pictures while they're working. And on this day which is crap by virtue of the fact that it won't even be 8 am in Denver when we finish writing this, there's really only one person who I could — or would want to — talk about this with. Ever wondered what Moe Tkacik would say when Barack Obama was made official? Then join us after the jump. More »

Liveblogging Obama From Invesco Field!

Megan Carpentier — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:43:00 EDT

It only took me three hours, a nasty sunburn, three experiences with the metal detectors, multiple conversations with various security personnel and a really, really claustrophobic elevator ride to get here, but here I am, live at Invesco Field. I'm sandwiched in next to Katha Pollitt from The Nation and overlooking the field from on high in air-conditioned splendor which is making my sunburn ache ever-so-slightly less. I'm starting the live blog with Al Gore just because I can and I'll be here until the stadium shakes itself down after Obama's speech. More »

Conventional Crap: Wednesday Surprises And The End Of Our Patience

Megan Carpentier — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Look, these conventions are hard. Some of us have it harder than others, what with getting up at the crack of dawn and walking miles a day and trying to pay attention to speeches when all we really want to do is curl up in bed and die. But I can't die, yet, if only because everyone will Twitter and text me so much that the vibrations will shock my heart back to life and I just can't deal with waking up to 1,000 new emails or whatever. Anyway, so Joe Biden spoke and Barack Obama surprised and if the Huffington Post's Jason Linkins and I wanted to die a lot less we would probably care a lot more. More »

Liveblogging Bill Clinton's Convention Speech

Megan Carpentier — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:00:57 EDT

Oh, damn, I barely got to my seat in time but I am here! They closed the hall again, like that's any big deal because every speech they close the hall (except in Boston, where I swear they bribed the fire marshalls). But this is Bill Clinton, bitches! More »

Conventional Crap: There Is Nothing But Hillary On Hump Day

Megan Carpentier — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Really, after last night, there's nothing else to talk about. There's no stupid McCain response that needs to be parsed, no other headlines to read, it's just time to talk about Hillary. And so I'm lucky that I have a Clintonista with me today! Asma Hasan is a fellow Glamocrat, but she's also a Denver local and the author of Why I Am A Muslim and American Muslims and the upcoming Red, White, and Muslim: A Memoir in Belief. She's one of the biggest Clinton fans I could find in Denver who isn't a freaking P.U.M.A. (but more on that later) — and, in a Crappy Hour first, a real, live Republican. The boxing gloves come out, after the jump. More »

Liveblogging Hillary Clinton's Convention Speech

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:15:02 EDT

Former Virginia Governor (and current Senate candidate) Mark Warner was Hillary Clinton's lead-in tonight — how cool is it that a man was basically her warm-up act, by the way? Anyway, he's finished speaking, and we're waiting for Chelsea to start her introduction of her mother — this will be the largest crowd she's ever addressed, actually, and I'm pretty sure she'll kick Claire McCaskill's son's ass — and for the the evening's big event, which is really Clinton's speech (sorry Marky Mark, I'm sure you'll win in Virginia anyway). Will she rip McCain a new one? Convince the final P.U.M.A. holdouts to support Barack Obama? It all starts after the jump. More »

Hillary's Speech May Heal Some, But Others Prefer The Wounds Stay Open

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:30:00 EDT

A year ago, common knowledge held that this year's DNC would be the Hillary convention, culminating in a coronation of the first female soon-to-be President. What a difference a year makes. Hillary Clinton will be speaking tonight in Denver on the 88th anniversary of women's suffrage, but as the losing candidate and not the nominee. And the bitterness that was on display at the end of her run has, for some people, not dissipated. So what will tonight change? Probably not very much. More »

Dork Meets Bill Hemmer, Resists Drooling

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:40:00 EDT

A couple of weeks ago, I set up an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly for Glamocracy (appearing soon, by the way, and she is super-nice) and mentioned to her fabulous publicist that I always really liked Bill Hemmer, with whom Megyn co-anchors a show. And, by "liked" I mean, "thought was completely cute." And there's nothing I like better to do than embarrass myself in front of a really hot guy, so I asked if it was possible that I could take a picture of Bill Hemmer just to gush, and his publicist did me one better and let me interview him... and then he insisted that I get in the picture with him. And he put his arm around me! Gushing aside, he was also super-nice and smart. More »

Some Political Parties Aren't Even Worth The Free Pinot Noir, Prophylactics

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:40:00 EDT

Last night was my first night on the convention party beat and I hoped for something along the lines of our Unconventional Conventionaire, what with funny anecdotes and cute guys and booze and fun. But I either have horrible timing, or the invitations to the wrong parties, or shitty luck, or all of the above because the boldest faced names I saw all night were a Congressman whose name I couldn't remember and a bunch of other journalists. My night of misfortune, for your amusement, begins after the jump. More »

Conventional Crap: Chicago! Hope! Change! (And "Poison")

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Oh, good God, it's early here in Denver and it was a late night last night but Spencer Ackerman and I are dedicated servants, so we dance, bitches, dance for your amusement despite the fact that we both think it might be sort of okay to die this early in the morning. After the jump, we talk about the parties, condoms, the venereal disease that is John McCain, Michelle Obama, race relations in America and the relevance of both Bell Biv Devoe and Sir Mixalot. (It's really early here in Denver, people.) More »

Conventional Crap: Top Shelf Liquor, Chris Matthews & Madonna

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT

I'm about the leave for the airport to help kick off the start of the Democratic National Convention tonight with various bashes, booze, and bonding with other bloggers. One of those bloggers already in Denver is Kay Steiger, who works at Campus Progress and will be blogging for Pushback and RH Reality Check while she's there. She's one of our rotating clan of conventioneering Crappyists for the next week, and she gets right into the Crappy spirit with a hangover, a discussion of Madonna's newest endorsement, what I could teach Chris Matthews and where Bill Kristol can stick his new-found feminism (hint: it's also a synonym for donkey). More »

Strippers And Sex Workers On Conventions: Republicans, Nerds Make Best Customers

Moe — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST

It's the day after Super Tuesday, and there are still so many unknowns about the upcoming political conventions. But if you've been alive for a few years, you probably know there is one very known known about them: They're like 1929 for the sex work business! Strippers and hookers reap funds like Ron Paul's website! And the news media eats that shit up. Of course, not all conventions were created equal, reports yesterday's Rocky Mountain News, hometown newspaper of the city hosting this years Dem Convention. Says longtime hooker Carol Leigh: "Computer conventions can be lucrative. There's a lot of nerds that don't get out much... It would be a lot better for the sex workers if it was the Republican convention. We get a lot more business. I don't know if they're just frustrated because of the family values agenda..." Hmmmm, think there's something to that? Don't answer that! More »

Announcements

dodai — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:20:00 EST

Denver Jezebels! There's a meetup tonight. Here are the details: It's at Spicy Basil, 1 Broadway, Unit B-100 at 7:30 pm. Look for someone named Alissa. Organize yourselves here for now, we're behind in adding all of our new Facebook friends. More »

Mike "No Chubbies" Koralchyk: Portrait Of The New American Hyperasshole

Moe — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:30:58 EST

Mike Karolchyk owns a place in Denver called the "Anti-gym." (Slogans: "Too chubby, never find a hubby", and "Vanity leads to sanity," and "Have sex with the lights on.") He likes to demean women and smoke a lot of pot. His first gym advertisement featured a model with cum all over her face. The gym itself boasts a co-ed sauna usable only by those with a low enough BMI. He is, in short, an asshole we probably should have ignored after the first post. But he is also, in long, an asshole, as I found from reading a story in the latest issue of the Denver monthly 5280 that peeks behind Mike Karolchyk's despicable public image in hopes of finding out what's going on upstairs. Mike, after all, was not a born asshole; once he was a sweet Cornell grad who loved his wife and mother; what happened? The writer, Robert Sanchez, tries to figure it out. But after Mike lies, annoys, and degrades Sanchez's wife, he gives up. We are left with a powerful document that reminds me of the sort of thing you'd get from a detailed profile of Dov Charney or Paul Janka, if anyone with self-esteem had enough endurance to hang out with them for several months. An illustrated guide to the new breed of infantile hyperasshole invading American society, after the jump. More »

All I Got For Christmas Was This Stupid Abortion Protest

Jessica — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:00:00 EST

Okay people, it's not puppytime just yet. There's been a series of anti-abortion mishaps out west this month. On December 6 in Albuquerque, abortion provider Dr. Curtis Boyd's clinic was destroyed by arsonists, reports the New York Times. This past Tuesday, two other abortion centers in the New Mexico city were seriously ravaged by fires. Police have arrested two 22-year-old men, Chad Altman and Sergio Baca, on suspicion of arson. Outside of Denver, paternalistic protesters are picketing outside the homes of contractors who agreed to work on a new Planned Parenthood building. Even on Christmas morning these jerks planned to show up outside the contractors homes to picket with signs of dead babies. What a truly Christian gesture! More »