November 2008 – Page 4

“New Wives For Old”: Older Men, Younger Women, and Cindy McCain

When I was a teenager, a couple of relatives cautioned me about marriage: “Never go for a younger man, or even a man your age. Go for the older ones, who have money and success and no energy to leave you.” This advice did not just materialize out of the ether: nearly all the womenContinue reading ““New Wives For Old”: Older Men, Younger Women, and Cindy McCain”

I has fringe and glasses! I can has Paglia’s love too?

The funniest thing about Camille Paglia singing “My Creepy Valentine” to Sarah Palin again, is Camille’s insistence that it was the evil Democrats who hunted poor Palin like a wolf from a helicopter (individual hunters are more respectful of the environment than the food industry, and they aid in conservation efforts when species overpopulation isContinue reading “I has fringe and glasses! I can has Paglia’s love too?”

Brawl in Ukrainian Parliament

I love how the news still insists that Yuschenko is our “pro-Western” leader, when he is, in fact, our pro-Yuschenko leader. At least they’ve eased up on the “OMIGOD he was so HOT before he was poisoned” stuff, or so it would seem. The vultures are perched up high and watching.

Shorter Julie Bindel – “Lie back and think of England”

Once upon a time, Julie Bindel wrote something that really resonated with me: she spoke of being out with a group of women and getting harassed by some tool who just couldn’t abide by the little ladies going out unsupervised. I recall he called them “carpet-munchers,” among other things. I’m not a lesbian, but IContinue reading “Shorter Julie Bindel – “Lie back and think of England””

“When Will There Be Good News?” – Review

Anyone who knows me knows that I live and breathe Kate Atkinson. I wrote my (rather rambling) honours thesis on her work, mostly on my favourite piece of modern literature – her second book, Human Croquet. I have kept up religiously with her forays into stunningly crafted crime fiction, and exchanged a few e-mails withContinue reading ““When Will There Be Good News?” – Review”