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sex(ism) and politics

"I Don't Want To Get Spanked By Mama" And Other Clinton Camp Sexism

If Gail Sheehy's article Hillaryland at War is to be believed, Hillary Clinton did face a ton of sexism — from inside her own circle of advisers. From her advisers admitting that "nobody knew how to run a woman as a candidate for President" to the title quote to Mark Penn insisting that she couldn't show "weakness," aka, any kind of emotion or female-ness, to Bill Clinton insisting "you can't run as a woman," it seems like Hillary faced as much sexism from within her inner circle as from without. Could she have run a credible campaign as a woman instead of running, as Penn and her husband reportedly insisted, as the "toughest man in the race"? Millions of women would probably say yes, but, then, by Indiana, Penn was courting white men anyway.

Related: Hillaryland At War [Vanity Fair]

5:20 PM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Megan Carpentier
1,403 views, 68 comments

Latest by n/a: @myrtlebeachbum: I think it is about perspective. The problem that Obama has is that too many people want him to be everything, to fit into too many boxes so he is bound to disappoint. As far as the popeyes comments, I more »

lose/lose situations

Is Katherine Heigl Being A "Diva" By Turning Down Her Emmy Nod?

This morning, the Today show did a segment on Katherine Heigl withdrawing from the Emmy race. Reporter Peter Alexander says something about how "critics" are calling Heigl a "star-turned-diva." How is turning down an Emmy a "diva" move? If a male actor did it, would he be called a diva? And, for those of us who don't watch the show: Her character saved a deer? Really? Clip above.
Earlier: Katherine Heigl's Emmy Snub Might Be A Stand For Strong Female Characters

12:00 PM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Dodai
6,263 views, 207 comments

Latest by Erin: If she's so worried about good material then why did she make 27 Dresses? more »

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"You Get Caught Up In The White House Bubble"

Some stuff happened today, but I'm skipping the roundup today so I can leave you with this Scott McClellan clip, because we haven't covered this issue enough, for instance we haven't pointed out that he now has no friends, because he's a leper with the Grody Old Party and no one likes Bush at this point so heartless liberals like Michael Kinsley have no choice but to mock him, or how maybe this means Bush himself authorized the Valerie Plame leak even though Cheney was the supposed magic man. Personally I'm just glad whenever anyone discovers that fear, like Michelle Obama says, is a useless emotion, a category to which I'll add the envy around which modern Republicanism originally coalesced, and leave the matter open for discussion.

5:30 PM on Thu May 29 2008
By Moe
1,835 views, 40 comments

Latest by Her Grace: Awesomesauce.: @pferde_schwanz: So, because you dislike Joe Wilson, he and his wife deserved to be put in danger? What a winner you are. more »

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Matt Lauer Is Scared Of Tipsy Stay At Home Moms

The Today show tackled the new terror plaguing our nation: day drinking mamas. According to expert Dr. Charles Sofie, modern moms have jobs, husbands and household responsibilities, and this "stress" is driving them straight to the bottle. The problem is, many of these margarita swilling moms get behind the wheel of the minivan after a few cocktails and put the lives of our nation's children in danger!!! Since they don't even use fake-y statistics, I'm guessing this entire thing is made up to keep moms from ever enjoying themselves without guilt. That said: don't drink and drive, ladies!

12:30 PM on Thu May 29 2008
By Jessica
4,142 views, 124 comments

Latest by We Don't Live in the 60s: @NOLA girl: Yeah my brother is 16 and this is his last year out there. more »

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If A Girl Gets A Spa Treatment And No One Films It, Did It Really Happen?

Good Morning America is so fresh out of ideas that they're watching month-old episodes of the Today Show for inspiration. Diane Sawyer and Co. are just picking up the tween spa meme and running it into the ground. Some six year olds are getting their hair chemically straightened, some 12-year-old girls are getting bikini waxes, preteen boys remain cruel, as always. Clip of dismayed reporters and smug mommies above. Earlier: Some Six Year Olds May Have More Makeup Than Their Moms
How Many 8 Year-Olds Have To Get Bikini Waxes Before We All Agree The Terrorists Have Won?

4:00 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Jessica
3,143 views, 40 comments

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Alexandra Michael Is About 28 Pounds Too Fat For Modeling

We used to play a little game called "Arm or Leg?" with the limbs of some of the models in Teen Vogue. (Such as this one.) But today on the Today show, Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Amy Astley announced the magazine's pro-ana days are over. Astley was moved by the story of 17-year-old model Alexandra Michael, who joined her this morning to talk about how she was sent home from Paris for being too fat, but she's okay with that since her hair is no longer falling out after she packed on 30 pounds in eating disorder rehab. And who does Amy Astley blame for the industry's deleterious emaciation obsession? "I think it's cyclical," she says. Ha ha ha, tell that to the kid who didn't get her period for a year!

1:00 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Moe
25,714 views, 383 comments

Latest by n/a: I remember when I was 14, and at 5'5" and 105 lbs., I was so obsessed with being skinny I would weigh myself up to three times a day, eat about 800 calories, and exercise for 2 hours. Then my more »

sweet baby jesus

Mom-To-17 Michelle Duggar Set To Birth Another Damn Baby

This morning on the Today show, Michelle Duggar, who has given birth to seventeen children, announced that she is pregnant. Again. One of her older sons practically gagged as he responded to the news, and her husband, Jim Bob, said the pregnancy was not planned: "We let the Lord decide," he explained. Oh, God. Anyway: The kids proceeded to shower Michelle with gifts; one daughter said, "My mom mentioned a while back that she really would like a pearl necklace." (Hey kid, maybe she didn't mean jewelry? Maybe it was a quiet plea to get the hubs to try spilling his seed somewhere not near her uterus?) When the same daughter explained that she bought an outfit as a gift because "My mom is usually pregnant," no one could contain their laughter. Clip above. (Oh, and the new baby's name will begin with a J, clearly. Any suggestions? Jennifer, Joshua, John David, Janna, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, and Johannah are already taken.)

Earlier: Matt Lauer: 'Hey, Duggars, What's With All The J Names?'
Family Planning

1:30 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Dodai
23,073 views, 605 comments

Latest by n/a: Yeah, the part about not sending them to college just because they're female isn't cool. Surely you can afford it if you can afford 18 kids (not to mention that the US is generally far easier to get funding than more »

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Tina Fey Keeps Perspective By Cleaning Up Baby Poop

Tina Fey's love for talking about poop is almost as great as our love for talking about Tina Fey talking about poop. On this morning's Today show, Fey entertained Meredith Vieira with stories about her daughter, Alice, along with tales from the Baby Mama set. "When you are chasing someone around with a pull up trying to stop them from pooping on the floor, It gives you perspective," Fey said. Fey and BM costar Amy Poehler were also on the View today, telling Whoopi, Joy et. al about why they prefer New York to L.A. (answer: in L.A. you gotta work out so much!). Have Tina Feytigue yet? Nah, we're Feynatics. Anyway, Today show clip above.

12:30 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Jessica
4,548 views, 40 comments

Latest by Det. Philangie: @leila121: SERIOUSLY! I can't believe it's even a thing -- Hayden Christensen is on three magazine covers right now, and HE SUCKS! more »

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19-Year-Old Math Prodigy Alia Sabur Is Today's Favorite Jezebel

On this morning's Today show, Ann Curry interviewed Alia Sabur, who, at 18, became the youngest professor in the history of the United States. Sabur, now 19, is refreshingly adorable and normal — certainly mature for her age, but completely humble about her achievements. She teaches physics and math at Southern University in New Orleans, a school so destroyed by Katrina that students are still attending classes in trailers. Sabur wanted to teach there because she wanted to help Katrina victims but knew she wasn't good at building houses. "I tried to do what I'm good at," Sabur explained. A voice over notes that Sabur "loves celebrity gossip websites," and pans to a shot of Alia looking at Jezebel. Full clip above.

12:30 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Jessica
14,538 views, 160 comments

Latest by DarlingMagpie: @Alia I think it's really something special that you're out there teaching where they really need you. Motivational, inspirational and very down to earth. Great job, girl! more »

TV Time Yesterday was Kathie Lee Gifford's first day hosting the fourth hour of the Today show, and the reviews are in! In the New York Times, Alessandra Stanley writes: "For many women Ms. Gifford is the embodiment of female fortitude with a frivolous streak — and that is actually what the fourth hour of Today is all about." Ugh, really? Meanwhile, Tom Shales of the Washington Post says that the show was "bland, vapid and innocuous fluff, no substance whatever," like "The View for dummies" and a "windy, dithery mess with virtually no portents of improvements to come." He sums it up thusly: "The thought of dropping in on [Kathie Lee and Hoda Kotb] again to see what they're up to — either today, tomorrow or as long as the Earth continues to twirl — is not a pleasant one." [NY Times, WaPo]

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New Kids On The Block Reunite On Today

Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, and Jordan and Jonathan Knight of New Kids on the Block are gettin' the band back together, and the quintet went on Today this morning to talk about their upcoming album and hype up their May 16th Today performance live in the Plaza. Joey is still cute, Donnie was wearing a piece with a lace front, Jordan lost the excess weight he had on The Surreal Life, Jonathan was wearing a clear retainer, and Danny continues to be the Ringo of the group. Props to Natalie Morales for having the balls to say, "You guys went from the biggest act around to just disappearing. What happened?" Clip above.

11:00 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Slut Machine
6,299 views, 170 comments

Latest by ObtuseIntolerant: BTW, Jezebel - I think this totes calls for a photo send-in!! I would love to see everyone at the pubescent (or pre-such) fanaticism finest! I could show you some crazy pumpkins I carved and cakes I baked...except I don't have more »

Must-She TV In today's Washington Post, Robin Givhan goes off on the fourth hour of The Today Show. She calls the female-oriented hour "excruciating" and "soul-sapping" and "enough to make one gag." The content, (weight loss, makeovers and recipes) Givhan says, "harks back to another era — a time when, say, the idea of a woman being a serious contender for the White House was unthinkable." She says the fourth hour "is like a parody of what people who don't read women's magazines think defines them." And if all that were not bad enough, here comes the news that Kathie Lee Gifford has joined the show. Look, maybe a lot of us aren't home watching TV at 10 a.m. but seriously: Is this what American women want? [Washington Post, Today]

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Ad Man Donny Deutsch & Comedienne Nancy Giles Weigh In On Controversial Vogue Cover

This morning, advertising expert Donny Deutsch and actress and writer Nancy Giles sat down with Ann Curry on the Today show to talk about the Lebron James Vogue cover. Deutsch had no problem with the image, because he's a "dumb white guy" and a sports fan — Vogue's very demographic! Nancy Giles was more measured and articulate than Deutsch, but no real earth-shattering revelations were made. Still, Today producers: When you're trying to investigate whether something is offensive to — and a negative portrayal of — black men, how about you ask a black man? Because as we mentioned, over at Concrete Loop, actual black people have found this image troublesome. (Clip above.) More »

11:00 AM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Dodai
4,571 views, 170 comments

Latest by n/a: At a casual glance, this cover didn't offend me BUT as an Africana Studies major, I don't think we can dismiss the historical ramifications of these images. It's not about being personally offended, it's about recognizing that if we don't more »

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What Exactly Is Wrong With Gary Coleman?

Okay, all kidding aside, what is wrong with Gary Coleman? And I don't mean his congenital kidney disorder or that he's unable to consummate his relationship with his wife, for whatever reason. I'm talking about the fact that it was really difficult for me to get a screen shot — showing his eyes alert and open — from this interview on the Today show this morning. Is he on something? And for that matter, what is his wife's deal? I love that Al Roker had the balls to be like, "What is it that attracted you to Gary?" Because really, we want to know. Oh, also, Gary said that he has always wanted to be "an actor on the internet" and that he's embarrassed by other actors and "ashamed to be a member of the business." Also, he's apparently "not into fame." Right, so he's booking himself and his platonic wife around on all these TV shows to stay out of the public eye! Clip above.

2:30 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Slut Machine
2,495 views, 43 comments

Latest by PhillyLass: @ceejeemcbeegee: What do they sell at Pavillions? more »

getting heavy

Fat Isn't Contagious, So Why Doesn't Anyone Want To Sit Next To This Woman?

Kim Brittingham appeared on the Today show this morning because she made a fake book called Fat Is Contagious: How Sitting Next To A Fat Person Can Make YOU Fat and "read" it on New York City subways and buses (see clip, above). Kim claims that reactions varied: "a lot of people appeared to be jotting down the title and author" of the faux tome, she says, and one guy "bolted for the back of the bus." Uh, really? A New Yorker fled because of a phony self-help book? Anyway, her point, though she doesn't really say it, seems to be that people treat her like she's got leprosy, since she's overweight. And when it comes to the F word — fat — just when is it "OK" to say it?
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5:00 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Dodai
6,656 views, 117 comments

Latest by Rooo sez BISH PLZ: @Beanfish: You know what? Although I of course have to qualify this by saying I'm 2 or 3 sizes smaller than you, hovering around 10 no matter what, I have to say that being big you get NO MORE LICENSE more »

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Today On Today: Tyra Says Her Huckabee Interview Will Be Just Like The Alba One

Tyra Banks was on Today this morning to discuss the social importance of an upcoming episode of Tyra and to plug tomorrow's premiere of America's Next Top Model Cycle 10. But Natalie Morales was more interested in talking abut Tyra's now infamous interviews with presidential candidates (the next one up is Huckabee), applauding TyTy for asking the questions that other "journalists" are afraid to ask. Yeah, remember when she asked Hillary about text messaging? So hard-hitting! Clip above.

1:00 PM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Slut Machine
1,384 views, 27 comments

Latest by n/a: As one of the few who actually gave Tyra a chance with Huckabee by watching the interview, I was surprised at how good she was. And, she brought out the best in Huckabee. I'd like to pass on my thanks more »

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In 2008, Baking Is Still For Girls, Air Guitar Is For Boys

The Toy Fair is in town (New York, that is) and the new crap they dished out for the kiddies on the Today show this morning was sucktastic! Or maybe just retro? Girls will be able to learn "social responsibility" (whatever the fuck that is) from a talking dollhouse. Or they can make cupcakes! Meanwhile, the boys get battle brawlers with "fun action," Clone Trooper helmets and some kind of rockin' air guitar belt buckle (playing "air guitar" sort of looks like "jerking off" but whatevs.) Don't worry girls: You can also create a digital runway show starring everyone's favorite stacked blonde with oh-so-realistic proportions... Barbie! Clip above.

2:30 PM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Dodai
4,410 views, 124 comments

Latest by n/a: "My name is Mrs. Goodbee, and I'm going to kill you." I remember getting a doll and using it as a punching bag. I hated dolls. Eh, these children's toys are pretty lame. Whatever happened to the lawn spears more »

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Before Sex & The City, Talking About Sex Was Practically Illegal

Candace Bushnell went on the Today show this morning to self-aggrandize in her affected accent and promote her new show Lipstick Jungle. The show, she claims, is all about balancing your career with your family and sense of "morality." As someone whose life would appear to be devoid of the latter two ingredients — not to mention, someone whose career has consisted entirely of writing about herself and her friends and tell me why that gets to constitute a "career" again? — it was a little annoying. But not as annoying as when she said that women "weren't allowed to talk about sex" before Sex & The City. Wow, Candace, we never thought of you as the rightful heir to Erica Jong before! But thanks for adding to the already lengthy list of absurd notions for which the world has you to thank!!

2:20 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Moe
4,037 views, 78 comments

Latest by n/a: Ok, come on. You know what she meant. more »

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