Anyone (especially outside LA and NYC) wanna look silly answering Hunger Games questions in my Cultural Osmosis column?
Interested?
Famous on the Internet: Chuck Testa
The debut of my new tiny New York Times Magazine column “Famous on the Internet.” First up: Chuck Testa!
New York Times Magazine: The 6th Floor Blog: The Cultural Osmosis Pop Quiz: ‘Twilight’ Edition
I wrote this! For anyone who likes, or…knows nothing about Twilight.
New York Times Magazine: The Cultural Osmosis Pop Quiz: Harry Potter Edition
I wrote this little interview in the New York Times Magazine, quizzing someone who knows nothing about Harry Potter about Harry Potter trivia. It’s HILARIOUS.
One ex: She thinks Harry Potter takes place in space. IN. SPACE.
“Neighbors’ comments about the girl, which we reported in the story, seemed to reflect concern about what they saw as a lack of supervision that may have left her at risk,” said Danielle Rhoades Ha, a spokeswoman for the paper.
Nope, New York Times. Still wrong. Her clothing didn’t leave her at risk. Her choice to hang out with older kids didn’t leave her at risk. Why are we just accepting, in print, in one of the world’s most highly-regarded papers, that rape is going to happen to a child????
THE ONLY PEOPLE AT FAULT HERE ARE THE MEN WHO CHOSE TO RAPE AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL.
The factors as to why she was raped are singular as such: Men decided to rape her.
And maybe articles like this that continue to ask what the victim did wrong. THE ANSWER IS NOTHING. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS NOTHING.
The point that should be addressed is, why do we live in a culture where a group of men can decide to rape an 11 year old? A sick thought that shouldn’t even be crossing their minds, let alone acted upon?
That’s the real tragic mystery. Not what a child did to invite her own rape.
M.I.A. pointing to what many believe is the organ she uses the least.
I have such mixed feelings on the artist who calls herself “M.I.A.” For one, I am a slave to a good beat and the woman provides those in spades (seriously, ‘Come Around’ is a JAM) and I freaking love her fashion sense.
But as I’ve stated before on this blog, I find her political shpiel “asinine and trite” (to quote a friend who once used those two words together when describing Robert Downey Jr.’s movies).
On the other hand, I sincerely LOVE a good journalistic ass-kicking and one is delivered here by New York Times reporter Lynn Hirshberg.
Doesn’t help M.I.A.’s case that her only response has been to leak Hirshberg’s cell phone number on Twitter in juvenile retaliation.
Personally, I prefer Pharrell Williams’ reaction of immediately dubbing Hirshberg an ‘O.G.’
