On Sunday a blog post by a 17-year-old Romany boy in the UK went viral. It started when a journalist tweeted a link, which soon was picked up by hundreds. By late evening Pip, the teenage author, was reporting blog hits in the tens of thousands. The post was an open letter to Britain’s Channel ...
The other night, I was watching one of the many, many cooking-based shows currently broadcast, wall-to-wall and round-the-clock, on television. A group of people were cooking for another group of people – I forget why – and, as is often the case in these jeopardy-seeking productions, something went a bit wrong. A tray of ...
It’s hard to believe that Music Television, or MTV, was born on August 1, 1981, especially since many of us have buried it a long time ago. Whether you believe MTV to be dead or alive, it’s time to take a walk down memory lane in celebration of its 30th birthday. Watching MTV back in ...
This week on Morning Quickie we’ve seen it all: Moms starving themselves to lose their baby weight immediately, young women who can’t sleep because of the pressure to be thin and a firsthand account of anorexia. While we can find solace in the fact that plus-sized models are increasingly featured in magazines and ad campaigns, ...
Reality TV may actually have a purpose in our lives. It turns out watching shows like 16 and pregnant makes Americans more likely to support abortion, and less likely to support having children at too young an age. A new report from the Public Religion Research Institute (PPRI) also reveals the millennium generation’s views on ...
If what you’re looking for is a fun experience, dating shows are all the rage. If you’re on the other side of the TV and you’re searching for entertainment — again, dating shows. Public dating may have seemed like a new phenomenon when reality TV burst onto the 21st century scene, but it was the ...
Sometimes, reality television is the best. On Thailand’s Got Talent, one contestant took a risk by singing a duet, by herself. Before launching into the number Nantita Khumpiramon told the judges: “I’m going to sing two songs which I’ve remixed myself.” Transsexuals are more common in Thailand than in many other countries, so the fact ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
