Julian Dibbell weighs in on the latest libido-enhancer. PT-141 could be hitting the market in as little as 3 years, and adds to the long list of drugs aspiring to the title “the female Viagra.” While Dibbell worries about the drug ushering in an age of “McNookie” (a term I believe should be struck immediately […]
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man, the concert film/documentary about (obviously) Leonard Cohen is just almost out. Judging from the trailer, it doesn’t look like anything too groundbreaking — interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and all that jazz. I’m sure there is some good music to listen to, and probably Cohen says some charming things.
I recommend keeping your […]
I normally refrain from straight-up political posting, but Net Neutrality is potentially in danger of going the way of independently-owned radio stations. The internet is the only mass medium with serious democratic potential in history, and to undermine that democratic potential would be a real shame. Network Neutrality has effectively been the first amendment of […]
Recently, I realized not quite everyone has seen “VD is for Everybody,” this completely insane spot-on brilliant Ad Council public service announcement featuring such brilliant characters as a baby, a grocer, and a pregnant knitter.
Combining appealing imagery of attractive folks with an infectious ditty, the PSA does little to invoke terror. The general tone […]
I was never that swept up by J.T. LeRoy fever. I read Sarah, and I thought it was a bit overdone, and I was supsicious. I didn’t even know anything about the rumors already circulating at the time, I just knew that kids who have been gutter rats probably don’t say things like “eyes the […]
Someone must have phoned one in to BMJ from the Department of the Obvious. The publication, formerly the British Medical Journal, has reported that kids who self-identify as members of the Goth subculture have a high incidence of suicide attempts and self-mutilation. Over half of the Gothed out 19-year-olds interviewed reported some form of “self-harming […]
Caitlin Flanagan has a new book out, To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife all about how “women have felt a deeply emotional connection to housekeeping.” That might be a hard pill to swallow, coming from someone who has a maid handle most household chores.
Flanagan really gets under my skin. […]