Rooting for Tami Taylor, Friday Night Feminism and a damn good TV show
I just finished the 76th and final episode of “Friday Night Lights.” I was late to the FNL game, even though I’d heard people rave about the soundtrack, because I […]
Category Archives: television
Why Mindy Kaling doesn’t think cooking is important; Michael Pollan book club update
From this story from Sunday’s Parade magazine about one of my favorite writers/comedians: She’s not likely to put her sleek state-of-the-art kitchen to frequent use anytime soon. “If you’re in […]
A school year’s worth of Feminist Kitchen meet-ups
It’s back-to-school time at the Feminist Kitchen! I’ve been compiling a syllabus of sorts for the next year of the Feminist Kitchen book club + film series. As the name […]
January book club: Was Elaine a feminist? How modern is “Modern Family”?, plus February’s book pick
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Feminist Kitchen holiday get-together last night at Hopfields! I found out that A) Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have his-and-hers perfumes B) […]
The highs and lows of Olympic fever: “All they have to be tonight is fabulous”
I’m thoroughly enthralled in the Olympics right now. It’s a guilty pleasure, to be honest, because — despite the endless commercialization of the event and NBC’s increasingly melodramatic story arc […]
What does it mean to “Lose Like A Man,” Charles Barkley?
Have you see the new Weight Watchers commercials with Charles Barkely? The same people who’ve created a successful campaign with the oh-so-thin Jennifer Hudson are using Barkely to try to […]
Gender’s role in the Bourdain v. Deen fight over culinary elitism
It was interesting to watch the discussion about culinary elitism evolve over the past week. In a New York Times op-ed piece, former restaurant critic Frank Bruni used what was […]
