Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. July 17, 2008. The Beltway press has become dysfunctional, failing to see news when it happens and hyping non-stories that require no real reporting.
Susan J. Douglas, In These Times. July 8, 2008. Our culture's conflicted attitudes toward femininity (too much is weak) versus feminism (too assertive) leaves women with no place to stand.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. July 7, 2008. While journalists should view Wikileaks with some skepticism, it cannot be ignored. Welcome to the brave new world of investigative reporting.
Joyce McFadden, Huffington Post. July 4, 2008. Most representations of sexuality in pop culture are not sexy or sexual, erotic or arousing; they're shallow and laughable.
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. July 2, 2008. After 9 long years, it's time to move on. One final thought: don't ever stop ruthlessly criticizing everything that exists.
Heather Wood, Sirens Magazine. June 30, 2008. The temptations and hype surrounding the Brazilian wax turn into a case of buyer's remorse for this author.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. June 27, 2008. Three books tackle issues rarely explored by the media: McCain's flip-flopping, America's political divide and the real story behind globalization.
Lisa Witter, Newsday. June 27, 2008. The media bring us the most important issues of election 2008: which candidate's wife bakes, cleans and most closely resembles Jackie-O.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. June 26, 2008. Carlin gave voice to dissident perspectives that have been almost entirely blocked from mainstream media.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 26, 2008. Unlike the media's Brokaws and Blitzers, real journalists don't have cozy relationships with the powerful. Real journalists are feared.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. June 25, 2008. If Iraq's main product had been video games, the media might have been quicker to ask tough questions about the war's effects on our kids' lives.
Jennifer Armstrong, Sirens Magazine. June 24, 2008. Rich people, their plastic surgeons and the always-scrupulous mass media are foisting more body issues on women.
Megan Garber, Columbia Journalism Review. June 21, 2008. The media is pushing hard on the boundaries between being a life partner and being a political partner.
Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. June 21, 2008. A growing breed of young women are claiming the nerd label for themselves, challenging the notion of what a geek should look like.
