I don’t like to get off-track with posting, but today I’m delighted to have such a fulfilling excuse. For an … More
Tag: wonder woman
Things I’m Verbing: False feminists, bad business and a very good cucumber
I’m working on deadline today, so this is going to be quick — but in a short and sweet kind of way, rest easy. They’re all good stories, Brent.
Things I’m Verbing: Indiana Man, Alabama Man and Florida Man
Today is one of those days where I want to opt out of the news cycle entirely. Any partisan take on shooting up a congressional GOP baseball team’s early morning practice is awful by default, yet I can’t help feeling that it will be become a bludgeon by the end of the day, not least from the president, despite his hopes and prayers.
Things I’m Verbing: War heroes, late capitalism and the City of Lions
D-Day has a hashtag this year: #DDay73. Meanwhile, last night I finally saw Wonder Woman, taking on a different world war, and it’s spawned a cascade of hot takes ranging from “Is it really feminist?” to “You sheeple don’t realize this film is propaganda!” What a time to be alive.
Things I’m Verbing: Brave geeks, inland farming and Zac Efron’s abs
It’s been an otherwise stupid week for speech; the furor about comedian Kathy Griffin’s Judith-and-Holofernes portrait of herself with the severed head of the president is an exercise in one-sided performative outrage, which the left has self-abasingly internalized from the right.
Things I’m Verbing: Lilohan, Macedon and Diana of Themyscira
It’s the Friday before Election Day! We’re almost there, if we don’t all expire of wrath and exhaustion first. Things … More
