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more about #joanholloway more comments → nacktmusik: DuBarry was a lady ya'll. (psst - [www.imdb.com] -yeah when nothing good is on, i watch classics :p) more » Skellatrix: Though I'm the only Jeze-reader who doesn't watch Mad Men (no cable but it's on my Netflix queue, I promise!) I don't mind the references because that... more » Nariel: Hmm, do we think Joan is a natural redhead or what? Christina Hendricks is blonde, but what about Joan herself? more » hortense: She actually reminds me of Maureen O'Hara in The Parent Trap, post-sassy makeover. more » Lymed: If you stop referencing Mad Men, I'll stop reading you. more » Megan Brady: When I was a little girl ( in the early 70's ) all I wanted was to be Ann Margaret. more » Mary McCarthyite: Joan? Or a young Endora? more » rumpelshowsskin: I love the point Christina Hendricks makes that if Joan was a modern-day character we would not view her so triumphantly. I think that point cannot be... more » FrannyR: Sounds like what millions of other women would do. It infuriates me that the court systems and society at large are so behind on this. They still clin... more » LouisiAnna: My schedule is too tight to catch Mad Men a lot, and I think I'm more waiting to get the whole season all at once from Netflix, but anyway...when did ... more » Doreen DelPurgatorio: The article (on a separate page) includes an animation of the vase incident: [nymag.com] more » curiousgeorgiana: I've never admitted this before, but my (ex) boyfriend raped me on Valentine's Day-- I was a virgin, it was my first time, it was Valentine's Day. We... more » justcallmeangel: I couldn't watch this scene. I knew what was going to happen and had to leave the room. I have sexual violence-in-media-exposure overload lately and I... more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: I need to start watching this show because that quote hit really close to home. Eeek. #madmen more » heliotrollop: I appreciate the ridiculousness of disagreeing with the woman who portrays her, but I think at the time it was happening, Joan was miles past "bad dat... more » -
#oldiesbutgoodies
Ok, We Promise We'll Stop Referencing Mad Men
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#madwomen
"She Thinks It Was A Bad Date, A Bad Evening."
—Christina Hendricks on Joan being raped by her fiancé. Hendricks also says: "Joan likes to make things very tidy and clean… I think she justifies certain things and cleans them up in her mind." [NY Magazine] -
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Matthew Weiner: "Who Says Joan's Coming Back?"
"We're seeing the decision [Joan] made to go with Dr. Greg... Like many women of that period, she's done what she's told... It's phony to say that this woman would not have left that job when she married." [USA Today] -
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Mad Men's Appeal Is All About Joan
In a rare critique of Mad Men on NPR today, John Powers writes that Joan (Holloway) Harris is the show's biggest asset. "Caught between the past and the future, Joan is the show's most complex and compelling figure." Word! [NPR] -
#madworld
Mad Women Experience Frequent Aftershocks
How does Mad Men create a women's world in the midst of a man's? With great writing and compelling actors, obviously, but also through more subtle means: More » -
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Mad Men: "It's A Dead Man's Hat. Take It Off."
Sunday's episode dealt heavily with parenting, specifically fatherhood. More » -
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Mad Men's Christina Hendricks Loves Curves, Hates Boning
In the new Esquire and New York Magazine, Mad Men's resident sex symbol talks about her favorite foods (chocolate covered bacon), her curves (of course), and the uncomfortable nature of costume girdles reinforced with boning. (Got ya!) More » -
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New Crop Of Mad Men Photos Is Chock Full Of "Spoilers"
Just as Monday's avatar-mania begins to die down, AMC has released a whole mess of Mad Men promo photos of the cast. What can we learn about Season 3 from these fierce, posed portraits?
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My Mad Men Avatar Is Awkward And Drunk
In honor of Season 3 of Mad Men, AMC has just launched one of those "make your own avatar" applications. I did it, with some unintentionally amusing results. More » -
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15 Feminist Moments From Mad Men
Matt Weiner, creator of Mad Men, regards his show as feminist, because, he tells HuffPo, it has a "painfully accurate portrayal of the treatment of women [in the 1960s]." We agree, and gathered 15 of our favorite telling moments. More » -
#funfearlessfemale
Sex & The Single Girl: Why Cosmo's Helen Gurley Brown Got Canned
Legendary Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown helmed the ladymag for 32 years, and didn't go easy: apparently it took a series of flippantly tone-deaf gaffes to get the sorta-feminist doyenne fired. Heroine or relic? More »
