Whoopi
Well, it’s official. Whoopi Goldberg is the new co-host on The View. I’m very excited about this… Read more
Archive for the ‘Pop Culture’ Category
Where’s Neil Postman when you need him?
I’m contemplating teaching Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death in my Introduction to Humanities class this semester, particularly Chapter 4 (“The Typographic Mind”). I don’t feel like scanning the chapter and I couldn’t find a pdf or doc… Read more
What I did over Christmas
I saw the movie Kinsey, which is the subject of much controversy. The Christian Right hates it, of course. Ask Betty Bowers about it. And the official Kinsey Institute has something to say about it, which is worth the read. I saw Kinsey at the… Read more
Wannabe feminism
It is no accident that Enlightened Sexism, Susan J. Douglas’s new book, opens with a discussion of the Spice Girls. The Spice Girls represent the negation of feminism by commercial cooptation. Girl Power, which the Spice Girls placed front and… Read more
