Back in December, Whitney Mallet wrote a provocative piece reminding us that despite the mainstreaming of S&M kicked off by 50 Shades of Grey, we’re still threatened by the way it makes uneven power relations explicit. Seems particularly relevant amid this 50 Shades-branded media blitz, complete with black vibrators at Walmart, all pegged to its cinematic debut tonight.
Great, detailed piece on Ron Dermer, the guy at the center of the unprecedented US-Israel rift.
Chris Christie, hard-charging 2016 presidential candidate, has hit a historic polling low in his own state. His favorable rating is now down to 37% – down 7 points in the last two months. His approval number is at 42% – down six points since December. At this point he made need to start closing down bridges to raise his numbers.
From our 2012 TPM Interview with David Carr …
“The advice I always gave young reporters is congruence. Don’t be super friendly on the telephone then hang up and just nuke somebody. If it’s a hard story, you should communicate that. Congruence between the way you report and the way you write is important.”
Breaking news, the New York Times David Carr has died, aged 58 year.
Carr apparently collapsed at the Times’ offices.
Why the Social Security disability “crisis” the GOP is using to push for Social Security cuts might already be over.
It looks like Republicans may shut down the Department of Homeland Security after all.
The City of Paris has decided to sue Fox News for its bogus coverage of the Muslim “no-go” zones in the city.
Will Bobby Jindal be hauled in as an unindicted coconspirator?
Marcotte: Muslim student murders a wake-up call: Atheists are capable of intolerance/violence too.
I actually have some thoughts on this topic myself which I’ll return to later today.