Internet journalism is shaped by algorithms. The headlines that succeed and garner the most clicks either succumb to the current trending newsfeed or bear a seductive headline, something sensational or controversial. With that reality in mind, when I wake up to another headline, this time from The Atlantic, that reads “Why Men Don’t Like Funny […]
A show of hands: who had to read The Great Gatsby in school? Most of us, right? You’re probably overly familiar with the tale of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, if not from high school English class then from the Baz Luhrman spectacle in theaters this past summer. I hope you still have room in […]
… because what is more obscene than feeding your hungry children?! I mean, UGH. I am being hyperbolic; the comedy site Funny Or Die was not. Comedian Ahna Tessler is a breastfeeding mama of twins and she submitted a skit of herself, which incorporated the breastfeeding, on Funny Or Die. The short skit called “Leah […]
Whitney Cummings scored prime real estate this weekend on the interview page of The New York Times Magazine. As a Whitney fan and someone who is really excited for “Whitney” and “2 Broke Girls,” her two new shows, I was super-psyched. Then I read the rude, douchey, and sexist questions by interviewer Andrew Goldman and […]
