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Rapping Republicans? 6 Hilarious Moments When Conservatives Tried -- and Failed -- to Be Cool

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. May 23, 2012.

Right-wingers often try to shoehorn themselves into pop culture. They almost always fail -- and America collectively cringes.

5 Infuriating Copycat TV Shows

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. March 30, 2012.

Why do television writers insist on blatantly ripping off our favorite shows, and foisting inferior versions down our throats?

How Will 'Mad Men' Tackle Politics, Counterculture of the Late Sixties?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. March 23, 2012.

Here are a few possible ways "Mad Men" might grapple with the world-changing late-1960s.

8 Obnoxious Cliches about Men, Women and Sex in Otherwise Good TV Shows

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. November 24, 2011.

As television becomes more daring, there are still many basic feminist ideas that read as taboo on the small screen.

The 7 Worst Men of Mad Men: Do They Have to Be Such Jerks?

Don Hazen, AlterNet. August 28, 2010.

Profiling seven of the cruel, insensitive, retrograde jerks from one of TV's hottest shows, and asking the question: Is 'Mad Men' feminist?

"Mad Men" Gets Abortion Right

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. August 18, 2010.

We're closer to 1965 than we care to admit, where women with resources still have access to abortions, but women without face a gauntlet of obstacles.

Here Comes Season 4 of Mad Men -- What Will Don Draper Do Without His Wedding Ring?

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. July 24, 2010.

AMC's 'Mad Men' starts this weekend. Will Don Draper finally pursue the kind of relationship that makes him happy, and what about Betty Draper's remarriage?

4 TV Series That Should Not Be Missed

Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. October 16, 2009.

Serial TV is the best way to get a mini-escape into another land, another life, another person’s head -- here are four shows that will help you understand where the country is.

'Mad Men's' Don Draper: TV's Latest Sex Icon

Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. August 14, 2009.

He's an outlaw. He can be cruel. And surprisingly, his part is written by women.

The Soul-Crushing Malaise of the 1950s Killed the American Dream

Michael Bader, AlterNet. January 31, 2009.

Barren suburban yards, drunk dads, dowdy moms, strained frivolity, deep depression -- let's hope the '50s don't make a comeback.

AMC's 'Mad Men': Sexism and the '60s

Marcia G. Yerman, AlterNet. December 3, 2007.

Matthew Weiner's show Mad Men provides a window for today's young women to learn about the conditions that shaped previous generations of feminists, from whom they often feel estranged.

New "Mad Men" TV Show Uses the Past to Reveal Racism and Sexism of Today

Bernie Heidkamp, PopPolitics.com. August 24, 2007.

AMC's new TV show Mad Men uses the overtly sexist and racist atmosphere of a 1960 New York advertising office to talk about persisting issues that we're too "polite" to talk about openly.