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With wit: What feminism means to Lucy Mangan

rebecca — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:42:06 +0000

Caution, don’t read this column today by Lucy Mangan unless you’re intelligent and have a sense of humor (“What feminism means to me” The Guardian, Sept 19, 2009).

Excerpt teaser:

I wish my own feminism had been a matter of careful thought and formulation, underpinned by the kind of muscular theorising that could make it stand firm against the many blows that any attempt to assert one’s belief that women are, uh, equal to men…

Laughs along the U.S. Presidential campaign trail (III)

rebecca — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:54:51 +0000

Les Misbarack (One more day):

Laughs along the U.S. Presidential campaign trail (II) here.

Laughs along the U.S. Presidential campaign trail (II)

rebecca — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:02:17 +0000

It’s been a a few decades since the Smothers Brothers starred in their own television show, a weekly satirical skewering of, among other things, politics and politicians. Earlier this month, the duo appeared on a late night comedy show hosted by Craig Ferguson:

See Laughs along the U.S. Presidential campaign trail (I) here.