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"When God closes a door, he opens a dress." This, and other Roger Sterling witticisms from Mad Men, will be published in an actual Sterling's Gold book now pre-orderable. How many seasons til Peggy writes a memoir we'd actually read? More »
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So, Mad Men's over now for another season. And we have a brand-new wife to hate! Hurrah! But before all that, we should talk about the big news this season: The Character Assassination of Betty Draper Francis, Bitchmonster At Large. More »
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There's been some talk that (spoiler alert) one reason Joan on Mad Men didn't have an abortion was because she was worried that a third procedure would harm her future ability to conceive. Is that true, then or now? More »
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During one eventful trip to California, Don dealt with his past, went to Tomorrowland, and decided that the future is now. But has he confused "looking ahead" with "living in the moment"? More »
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In the wake of losing the Lucky Strike account, SCDP was experiencing a bit of a PR problem, with new clients unwilling to do business with a company that appeared to be going under. So Don pulled a stunt. More »
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On last night's episode, SCDP was forced to scramble after learning that Lucky Strike, their biggest client, was moving to a different ad agency. In this uncertain time, mistakes cannot be afforded—or avoided. More »
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Last night on Mad Men, everyone struggled with life-altering secrets. Don tried (again) to keep his identity hidden, Joan was forced to make a difficult decision, and Lane came clean, only to wind up getting knocked to the ground. More »
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Last night, we got to experience the different approaches the women (and girl) took in order to communicate their feelings, and no matter the tactic—confrontation, cold shoulder, desperate act, death—they were heard by the men in their lives. More »
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On last night's episode, Don was dealing with this same old issues (alcoholism, identity, etc.) while Joan and Peggy were faced with something new—sexual harassment in the workplace from male subordinates. More »
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On Sunday's episode, Peggy was faced with choosing between career and personal life. Perhaps she didn't even realize that unlike many women of her era—including those like Trudy Campbell who pity her—she actually had a choice to make. More »
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Liquor has always been prominent on this show—especially this season with Don's dizzying spiral into full-blown alcoholism—but on last night's episode, we learned that while booze might be his downfall, it also was part of his success. More »
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Last night's Mad Men was all about shame: Roger's racism embarrasses his coworkers, Betty's exposed a horrid mother, and Sally's budding sexuality humiliates the Draper family. More »
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He also provides a fascinating window on how he came to direct last week's episode of Mad Men, which added some impish energy to a thus-far-lagging (in this viewer's eyes) season. He'll be back to direct the always-dramatic penultimate episode. More »
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Any first-year women's studies student knows that the effects of advertising on the female psyche is, well, fucked—a constant source for depleting self-esteem and feeling inadequate. But on last night's episode, we saw a chicken-or-the-egg scenario. More »
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While last night's Joan-centric episode was a welcome break from a season full of the Draper drips, Mad Men has lost the appealing luster of the early '60s, as it enters into the more depressing half of the decade. More »
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Between budget cuts, broken homes, retro-future interior design, AA, and Swedish dating habits on last night's episode, it's clear that "old fashioned" is for the birds and "mod" is the cooler way to be. More »
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Listen, kids: Smoking is not cool. Unless you're Don Draper, in which case this supercut is very cool. And downright impressive, really. More »
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By November 1964, Mary Quant introduced the miniskirt, and notorious conservative Phyllis Schlafly came to national attention, signaling an impending chasm of cultural mores: "sex sells" and "family values." Every scene in last night's Mad Men premiere indicated that change. More »
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Colorado anti-choicers are redefining personhood yet again. Life no longer starts at fertilization, but at "the beginning of the biological development of a human being." If so, say goodbye to in-vitro fertilization, stem cell research, and bodily autonomy! [Colorado Independent] More »
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"When I turned 40, I married a much younger man. I had lied to him about my age, so he wasn't that concerned with my ticking ovarian time bomb." Okay, then! Liz Jones is at it again. More »
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An 18-month-old girl is in critical condition after being shot in the head during a wedding reception that took place in an Indianapolis park last night. The gunfire reportedly broke out during a fight amongst wedding guests. More »
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Norah Vincent first made headlines by living as a man for her book Self-Made Man. Now, in Voluntary Madness, she goes undercover as a mentally ill person, and ends up a real one. More »
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You know, we've talked a lot about the difference between 'fashion' - that remote art form that most of us admire from afar - and style. What we wear. A couple of years ago, Little Edie Beale, the eccentric poor relation of Jackie Kennedy immortalized in Grey Gardens, was discovered by Fashion. We all know the trademarks: cashmere sweaters on her head, upside-down skirts, pantyhose sarongs, trouser minis. Designers were thrilled by this creativity, quick to reinvent and intellectualize it in expensive fabrics. But Little Edie wasn't intellectual; she was instinctive. With straitened circumstances and, okay, a healthy dash of delusion, she condensed a hundred Today show segments every hour. Reinvention? Check. Second-hand chic? Check. DIY? Natch. Well, little Edie's real moment has come - and we're not talking Drew Barrymore's biopic. More »
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