Are mommy bloggers sell-outs?
Blogs allow those who have traditionally had no voice and very little social power to be heard. In this atmosphere, "mommy blogs" have become big business. Dooce is the most popular personal blog and...
Category: Commentary
Bridget Jones 3: Bridget wants a baby
The sequel has become a quick way for the movie industry to draw in viewers. With the cost of production studios are reluctant to take chances and instead fall back on cookie cutter plots that seldom...
Tina Brown and Hillary Clinton’s burqa
Tina Brown’s ploys for self-promotion are numerous, but her latest piece, along with a follow-up interview on CNN, takes the cake. Brown, former editor for noted U.S. magazines such as Vanity Fair,...
Is Serena Williams the new Sarah Baartman?
Venus and Serena Williams have dominated tennis since their first appearance in the nineties. Despite being champions many times over, they are still not given the respect that their accomplishment...
What becomes of Michael Jackson’s children?
Prior to the revelation of a will, Kathryn and Joe Jackson filed for custody of Michael Jacksons three children. When the will was filed, it was discovered that Michael Jackson directed his mother...
Is Jenny Sanford a feminist hero?
Unlike other western politicians, American legislators are expected to lead lives of sexual purity. When they step outside of their marital vows, it triggers a feeding frenzy in which members of the...
France’s burqa ban: in the name of freedom?
France, like most Western countries, prides itself on individual freedoms. It has a long history of dissent and uprising when these norms are threatened or minimized in anyway. Immigrants change...
Yulia Tymoshenko’s candidacy: looking beyond the dichotomy
Already, much of the outside coverage of the upcoming Ukrainian presidential election, scheduled for January 17 2010, has boiled down to the absurd notion that "pro-Western" and "pro-Russia" forces...
On Obama’s “failed celebrity” and accountability
During the election of 2008, the McCain campaign portrayed Barack Obama as a celebrity with very little substance. The liberal left fought against this stereotype. Now that he has been elected, the...
Dear God, it’s socialism! The terrible nightmare of single-payer healthcare
The United States has some of the world’s best hospitals, yet millions of U.S. citizens are unable to access their services, making their existence meaningless to large sections of the population....