Did you know… June 22, 2008

That the suits male divers wear are really really really tiny? Delicious. And I don’t usually covet things :cough:men:cough: I see on TV, either.

Anyway, things are going well here. Mom and I headed out to Spring Lake yesterday, which turned about to be a lovely afternoon with *perfect* weather. Spring Lake, for those who don’t know, is pretty much the most exclusive beach town in New Jersey, or at least in the top five. Really expensive houses and sixish real estate offices on one street selling homes “beachfront” (across the street from the beach) for $3.6 million. Yum. Gorgeous eye candy (houses, people!). Found the one I’d like for Christmas, btw, if anyone is shopping early. It’s a gorgeous, yellow Victorian with picture windows all over the place, one block from the beach. I think its on Brighton if you want to check it out, between Ocean and 1st Avenues. Anyway, they have the only boardwalk in NJ that isn’t commercial, which means no restaurants or junk food shacks, no arcade games, nothing. No Jenkinsons. No screaming children coveting cotton candy. Just people running and walking and standing about, looking at the ocean. Yum. And the town is spectacular! Really pretty and well kept and very boutique-y. Now if only they could replace the teenage sales girls who lack salesmanship and hospitality and replace them with someone who knows what she’s doing…

Ah well. Can’t have everything, can you?

So, work. Work is going well, I think. I’ve been doing a lot of researching/random things for Jennifer, but then I’m good at that. Plus whatever else needs to be done. In the last few weeks, we’ve accumulated two new peoples in the editorial-ish department, another intern from TCNJ and Lauren, who is working full time doing advertising/editorial. No comment on the mixing of business and editorial. I have many though, if you’d like to hear them privately.

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Plus one for Katie Couric. Minus ten for {insert name here} June 13, 2008

I’ve got another article for you, and it’s the other side of the coin from the one I posted several weeks back from The Post. This on is called “Media Critics Split Over Sexism in Clinton Coverage”, written by Katharine Q. Seelye for the NYT.

His views were echoed by other news media figures. “She got some tough coverage at times, but she brought that on herself, whether it was the Bosnian snipers or not conceding on the night of the final primaries,” said Rem Rieder, editor of American Journalism Review. “She had a long track record in public life as a serious person and a tough politician, and she was covered that way.”

But she brought that on herself? Critical coverage is always a good thing, always. When journalists ask the right questions and dig out truth in service to the American people, that’s a good thing. That’s there job. But how the —- did she bring sexist coverage on herself? Because she wore pant suits? Simply by being a woman? That’s like saying that a woman deserves to be raped because she wore a short skirt. And why not? She brought it on herself, didn’t she… Lets all go lie down and cover ourselves up and hide from the world. Then nothing can happen and everyone will be happy.

Edited to give you a second helping:

Cable television has come under the most criticism. Chris Matthews, a host on MSNBC, called Mrs. Clinton a “she-devil” and said she had gotten as far as she had only because her husband had “messed around.”

Mike Barnicle, a panelist on MSNBC, said that Mrs. Clinton was “looking like everyone’s first wife standing outside a probate court.” Tucker Carlson, also on MSNBC, said, “When she comes on television, I involuntarily cross my legs.”

The establishment news media were faulted too. The New York Times wrote about Mrs. Clinton’s “cackle” and The Washington Post wrote about her cleavage.

Ken Rudin, an editor at National Public Radio, appeared on CNN, where he equated Mrs. Clinton with the actress Glenn Close in “Fatal Attraction.” “She’s going to keep coming back, and they’re not going to stop her,” Mr. Rudin said. He later apologized.

Hello again! June 12, 2008

I know, I know. It’s been two weeks. This is me, holding my head in shame. Kind of.

Anyway, I have an article for you all in keeping with the political trend on the blog

“The Sex Speech”, an op-ed by Nicholas D. Kristof in the NYT:

One of the missed opportunities of the primary season was that Hillary Clinton never gave a speech about gender comparable to Barack Obama’s speech about race.

ant to be reduced to the “woman candidate.” But such a speech might have triggered a useful national conversation about women in leadership, and so, Mr. Obama, now it’s up to you: Why don’t you give that speech? I’m helpfully offering some talking points:

Racism is deeper, but sexism may be wider in America today. In polls, more Americans say they would be willing to vote for a black candidate for president than for a female candidate, and sexist put-downs are heard more publicly than racial ones.

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