OK, guys, Now we have the issue of food sorted, we need women who will document the history and culture of our New World. Who do you pick? My choices: 1. Dr. Temperence ‘Bones’ Brennan. Because that women can work out anything from a pile of, well, bones. She’ll cover the anthropological side of things. 2. Colonel Samantha Carter from Stargate: SG1. Is there any [...]

Reader Ara asks: Every semester the intro psych classes get asked “who is the modern-day June Cleaver?” We never have an answer– and the psych professor doesn’t have one either; he doesn’t think his students’ generation has a quick easy TV stereotype for that kind of Perfect Mother. The closest any class has come is “women in commercials” and we then discussed the implications for [...]

I meant to say this last week: what is up with Dean’s jacket? He already HAD a leather jacket, and one with character. It was worn and rugged and tough. Yeah, yeah, it was from the old days, before they retconned John completely into Bad Father so Bobby could be Good Father. Harumph. There was a lot going on this episode, but I thought it [...]

Just got this message from J&D: J&D Contributors, We did it. You may not remember, but in a message I sent all of you back in November/December, I said that J&D was aiming to reach 300 students this year. With your help, we did just that–315, to be exact. This is a thank you message, plain and simple. Thank you for contributing to J&D. Your [...]

This article is by guest writer and regular commenter, Amy McCabe. Amy alerted us recently to the radio show in which the radio “personality” announced that he would murder his wife and dispose of her body by putting it in a suitcase in the basement if she was still breastfeeding a child when it was three years old. She is passionate about the topic of [...]

I don’t even know what’s HAPPENING here! This isn’t my fave Rihanna cover, but I love pianos, so. Basically, I think the Rihanna version sounds more desperate/despairing. I’m obsessed with this song! Related posts: A Thursday Interruption: Feminists are serious… A Thursday Interruption: Because it’s ALWAYS time for Africa. A Thursday Interruption: Rihanna!!!

Brief transcript: The scene: a nice, large home. An older (white) man sits at a table, working on a laptop. A (white) woman approximately the same age as the man enters the room with mail in her hand. She pauses and says, “Honey, your eyes.” The shot changes so we can see that the man’s pupils are completely black. He says, “It’s for our vacation. [...]

Alright, This week’s challenge: You’ve set sail (on a sailing ship or a spaceship, take your pick) to a Brave New World (which, oddly enough, always seems to resemble the US east cost or an amalgamation of Australia and New Zealand, ‘cos don’t y’all know they’re the same country) and you need (at least) three women that you know will get straight into cultivating this [...]

Had I been coherent enough to give an actual post on last week’s Fringe episode, I would have mentioned my suspicions about Jessica Holt. She was too calm and cool with the whole “gonna die” thing. I’m generally skeptical of TV people who can remain that calm. Perhaps it happens in real life, but I’d imagine that when people face imminent doom in a horrible [...]

You know, I still hate the Leviathan plot. I still think they’re a tad over the top and silly, but I have to say that the guy playing Dick Roman has that slimeball charm thing down pat. He’s creepy, yet oddly fascinating to watch. Or is it just me? Poor Kevin Tran. Are we really to believe they let his mom go just like that? [...]