Author Archives: Julianne

Alex Pappademas Keaton gets the “good lookin out on converging interests award” for sending THIS AMAZING SHIT: an interview with Obama about Omar from the Wire. You do want this man as your president, don’t you? Obama: I gotta say … Continue reading →

For those who are impatiently waiting for Kelsiography #2, in which my brilliant 14 year old cousin reviews records of her choice and I pay her $0, here is the update. I have instructed her to forget everything she ever … Continue reading →

NAOMI CAMPBELL AND HUGO CHAVEZ. SERIOUSLY. Say what you want about her (Linda calls her a “runway version of Foxy Brown”), but Naomi’s diplomat game is on point – she used to date the Prince of Dubai, which you may … Continue reading →

This is interesting. Again, Obama’s voting record and/or stances / speeches on immigration are more progressive, more humane and more economically sound than Hillary Clinton’s, so I’m not playing all that. Love the quote from CA state senate majority leader … Continue reading →

The Clintonian busted-ass strategy of turning this campaign to race issues in order to convince white Obama supporters that he is racially divisive is A. explained here and B. the most despicable campaign strategy since Junior stole the 2000 election. … Continue reading →

Faded radio is back in full effect after the break and last night’s entry was fairly epic. It started out with just me and Sam (so the show is basically all rap, including Ill Al Skratch, which is Sam’s and … Continue reading →

Just want to say – I am really into Tokyo Mango right now – the writer is a contributor to the new gawker sci fi blog, io9, which I am not super intrigued by – but her blog about Japanese … Continue reading →

I am still super pissed at Gloria Steinem – and the more rebuttals I read, the more angry I become. Word to all you are, 2nd wave… but there’s still so much you’re not. An Open Letter to Gloria Steinem … Continue reading →

Jack & Jill Politics on Hillary Clinton’s crediting the Civil Rights Movement to LBJ.

Still bothered by Gloria Steinem’s apparent dismissal of feminists not voting Hillary Clinton, I was thinking harder today about Hillary. I mean, this is a woman whose reign in the ’90s I was going to write a book about, back … Continue reading →