Category: The Internet
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It’s a Good Life
Everything we do is to make our audiences feel like they’re the most important person in the whole world. And that’s a real good thing.
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Homophobish
A year-old prose fart on Slate perfectly illustrates the difference between marriage equality and “gay marriage,” and exactly why it’s an important distinction.
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The Party of the First Part
The tragic hilarity that results when people take the term “social contract” too literally
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Ms. Representation
An objection to Strong Female Characters reveals how well-intentioned discussions of gender politics invariably become divisive and unproductive.
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Pity the Poor Oppressed Majority
How do you separate the art from the artist when the artist is such a flatulating asshole? Also: why the hypocrisy that makes me so angry might actually be a harbinger of oncoming poetic justice.
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My Problem with The Big Bang Theory
An analysis of inequities of power, income, social status, and issues of representation in the popular media. “Holy shit, get a life”
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All The President’s Bad Dudes
My opinions about the “enthusiast press,” the relationship between game journalist and game developers, and a muddled blog post based on a faulty premise.
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A Thousand Points of Light
Distraction-free entertainment is totally L7 to the max, Daddy-o! The kidz are all about the texting these days and you just have to get on board with the program!
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Being Katniss Everdeen
If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention! The internet’s preeminent Hunger Games fan and the bold battle against real racism.
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Winter is Coming! Direct to your home! For a new low, low price!
Even making generous guesses at the amount of revenue available from switching from a subscription model to an a la carte one, the numbers still don’t add up.
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NOW how much would you pay?
How to stick it to The Man. Step 1: Display a complete ignorance of how media companies work.