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Another reason to like Hillary

By ~LS~ On September 18, 2010 · Add Comment · In Feminism, Politics, Pop Culture and tagged Tagged With: Feminism, Gender, Generations, Hillary, Politics, Sexism, Speech, Television

Nonverbal communication expresses power and dominance. In public, professional settings, who gets to touch whom and the nature of that touch plays out and defines gender relations. Because it’s typically subtle, people are often unaware of this dynamic. When it’s more obvious, those who are in the “one down” position see it clearly and those in the position of power remain oblivious as part of their sense of entitlement. The stereotypical male boss/female secretary and male customer/female waitress interactions illustrate this over and over again. However, as gender roles change, the accompanying nonverbal behaviors change with them. Hillary is the perfect example.

This clip from Mad Men illustrates my point (see :40 – :50). Mad Men is a wonderful show to use for examples like this because it does such a good job of capturing the cultural milieu of the 50s and 60s [...]

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Daniel Striped Tiger

By ~LS~ On September 8, 2009 · Add Comment · In Generations, Pop Culture, Random Musings and tagged Tagged With: Generations, Television

Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood has always been special to me. As a kid I watched it all the time. When the show moved to PBS, which is when I was introduced to it, I was older than the target audience, but I loved it anyway. I started watching it again after I went through treatment for alcoholism and drug abuse. People in AA meetings encouraged it because the show promotes all kinds of affirming, feel-good life lessons that alcoholics need to hear and practice. I continued to watch it irregularly until it was taken off the air a few years ago. It always made me feel better regardless of what was going on in my life.

My all-time favorite character on Mr. Rogers is Daniel Striped Tiger. It still amazes me that Rogers voiced both the shy, shy Daniel and the pompous King Friday. One thing I really like [...]

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Raising the Bar TV Show

By ~LS~ On September 27, 2008 · 1 Comment · In Pop Culture and tagged Tagged With: Television, What I Did Today

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Geico Cavemen

By ~LS~ On March 29, 2007 · Add Comment · In Humor, Pop Culture and tagged Tagged With: Consumption, Humor, Pop Culture, Television

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After the money’s gone – Buyer’s Remorse

By ~LS~ On December 31, 2006 · Add Comment · In The Quotidian (yadda yadda) and tagged Tagged With: Geek, Television, What I Did Today

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The Days – Posty television at its…

By ~LS~ On July 21, 2004 · Add Comment · In Pop Culture and tagged Tagged With: Bush, Pop Culture, Television

I never watch TV.

Ok, sometimes I watch TV. Rarely. Usually with a remote in hand, taking a full twenty minutes to circle the digital dial seven or eight times before I surrender. Yesterday, while channel surfing, I saw a geeky picture on the cover of The Advocate’s TV guide sitting next to me. The inside story talked about a new show called “The Days,” which got a nod from ABC as a summer replacement show after it had been rejected from an earlier slate. Sometimes these shows can be pretty groovy, so the story attracted me. I even turned it on and watched the first twenty minutes.

Now, however, I’m scared. Jaws-level scared.

Let me recount my horror in appropriate hypertextual associational form.

From Zap2It.com (A Tribune Media Service), “‘The Days’ Gets Chance To Shine”:

Booked for a six-week test run, “The Days” is a bold attempt [...]

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