Latkes are the Best Food Ever. Ever.
When I was but a wee thing, one of my all-time favourite foods was the latke—or, as I knew it then, the potato pancake. My father would make them for me on weekends when I pleaded with him, and on...
Author: s.e. smith
s.e. smith has publication credits including Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Bitch Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald, and Rewire.
Christmas Charity Porn in an Age of Inequality
The time of year has come for the general population to be reminded that homeless people, disabled children, and other people who have ‘fallen on hard times’ exist. Bell-ringers torment shoppers...
Disposable Labor: The Tazreen Fire in Bangladesh
Last weekend, 125 garment workers died in Bangladesh in a horrific factory fire that tore through the Tazreen Fashion factory. Accounts of the conditions at the factory, and in the fire, should...
Revisiting 666 Park Avenue
I find myself oddly mermerised by ABC’s 666 Park Avenue, something I really wasn’t expecting when I first started watching the series. The pilot suggested a run of the mill horror drama that...
Obama Wins the Austerity Election
With the reelection of President Barack Obama on Tuesday night along with the election and in some cases reelection of a number of notable women including Tammy Duckworth, Elizabeth Warren, Claire...
Remaking the Munsters on Bryan Fuller’s Mockingbird Lane
Poor Bryan Fuller. The talented producer seems doomed to come up with innovative show ideas that bomb big-time on the networks, and his latest experience on US network NBC is a particularly harsh...
Scandal, the soapy West Wing
Shonda Rhimes’ Scandal on ABC is off to a roaring start with its second season, picking up where the first left off with the unmasking of Quinn’s true identity and subsequent legal troubles. The...
Review: Parks and Recreation Season 5
Parks and Recreation is back for a fifth season on NBC, and the half-hour comedy came out swinging with a snapping premiere episode featuring cameos by Barbara Boxer, John McCain, and Olympia Snowe....
Review: Elementary
Sherlock fever has struck on both sides of the Atlantic, no mean feat for a character who first appeared 125 years ago. The BBC’s hit Sherlock under the command of Steven Moffat is an intricately...
Review: 666 Park Avenue
Sleepy Sundays no more; starting with Once Upon A Time, following with Revenge, and ending with 666 Park Avenue, ABC aims to keep viewers up past their bedtime this fall. 666 Park Avenue is the...