August 28th, 2013
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“LOVEINT”
August 26th, 2013
The more we learn about NSA surveillance practices, the closer we are to embracing the Full Rand as a country.
0 commentsFeminism’s High Water Mark
August 26th, 2013
This ESPN magazine piece on the Billy Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs “Battle of the Sexes” match is amazing, and full of stuff I never knew about the match. Such as:
Four months earlier, Riggs had crushed Margaret Court, the world’s No. 1 women’s tennis player, 6-2, 6-1, in an exhibition labeled by the media as the “Mother’s Day Massacre.” Court’s defeat had persuaded King to play Riggs. Nearly everyone in tennis expected a similarly lopsided result. On the ABC broadcast, Pancho Gonzales, John Newcombe and even 18-year-old Chrissie Evert predicted Riggs would defeat King, then the No. 2-ranked woman. In Las Vegas, the smart money was on Bobby Riggs. Jimmy the Greek declared, “King money is scarce. It’s hard to find a bet on the girl.”
But by aggressively attacking the net and smashing precision shots, King ran a winded, out-of-shape Riggs all over the court. Riggs made a slew of unforced errors, hitting soft returns directly at King or into the net and double-faulting at key moments, including on set point in the first set. “I don’t understand,” Cosell said after a King winner off a Riggs backhand. “He’s been feeding her that backhand all night.”
Like I said, I never knew any of that. Maybe you did. But I bet you’ll never guess where all of this is going: Riggs threw the match to get out of a hole with mob men. It’s an amazing story.
And the one person in it who refuses to believe is King. But I guess she kind of has to. That’s the match that put her name on the U.S. Tennis Center.
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On Darren Young and Gayness in Wrestling
August 16th, 2013
I have a shortish item over at the Standard.
You should really click through just for the unspeakably awesome video of Shawn Michaels clowning on the Hulkster.
2 commentsDon’t Ask
August 14th, 2013
Ultimate blame for this goes to Galley Friend B.D., who sent me a link to this bit of insanity with a father writing publicly about how much he wants his teenage daughter to have zex–lots und lots of zex!
And within three or four clicks I found myself at the TARDIS Glory Hole Chamber.
No, really. This is a thing.
5 commentsJournalistic Malpractice at “Bust” Magazine
August 12th, 2013
Last week a writer named Solange Castellar misattributed a quote to me over at Bust magazine. You can read about it here.
I emailed the magazine’s editor, Debbie Stoller, to bring the error to her attention. A bunch of people tweeted it to the Bust Twitter account. Someone in the comments section of the article mentioned the mistake. And over the weekend, Bust went in and made some changes to the piece–they deleted one of the misattributions, but not the other. (There’s not indication on the piece that it has been updated.)
So clearly Bust has gotten the message that they’ve made an error. They’re just choosing not to fully rectify it.
It’s kind of frustrating. On the one hand, it’s only Bust. But on the other hand, Bust isn’t some random blogger. It’s a real magazine and the quote has me saying something I very much disagree with. And it’s the kind of thing that can easily get recycled by people looking to mischaracterize What to Expect, of which there turn out to be more than a few.
I’m open to any advice.
Update: Bust corrects the misattribution . . . and leaves the book’s title in mangled form.
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Weiner Night at the Improv
August 9th, 2013
Call me crazy, but Anthony Weiner may have just won my vote.
Seriously–he’s really good here. I don’t quite get what’s supposed to be scandalous about this.
8 commentsAbout that Time Magazine Cover Story
August 9th, 2013
I have a short response here.
Spoiler alert: No one at Time read the book. Crazy, right?
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