What Women See When They See Hillary What Women See When They See Hillary
Some of the same feminists who loved Hillary as First Lady are now fiercely opposing her bid for the White House.
Jun 14, 2007 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Shawskank Redemption Shawskank Redemption
First she name-dropped "the men and women serving our country in Iraq," and then moved on to God. With that kind of rhetoric, you'd think Ms. Hilton was running for offic...
Jun 12, 2007 / The Notion / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Ivy Leaguers R White Like Us Ivy Leaguers R White Like Us
Imagine looking out your cozy Harvard dorm room only to see a bunch of black folks whoopin' and hollerin' in the Quad. What's an Ivy Leaguer to do except call campus security. So t...
May 21, 2007 / The Notion / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Georgie Feels the Love Georgie Feels the Love
"I'm startin' to get on board with the impeachment folks" "The rule of law has just been thrown out the window. I agree that impeachment is in order." "R...
May 17, 2007 / The Notion / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Oh, Those Skinny Clavicles! Oh, Those Skinny Clavicles!
The New York Times' Style section is always good for a laugh -- nothing lights up my day like a breathlessly earnest piece on the new fanny pack masquerading as serious journalism....
May 11, 2007 / The Notion / Lakshmi Chaudhry
BBC Bashing BBC Bashing
What's more surprising about Robin Aitken's diatribe Can We Trust the BBC? is that it's taken this long for some disgruntled ex-BBC type to write a apoplectic rant tarring his form...
May 9, 2007 / The Notion / Lakshmi Chaudhry
The Supergirl Syndrome The Supergirl Syndrome
The marketing-driven message of the perfect girl--smart, skinny, pretty, athletic and loved by all--is a model of perfection that's hard to live up to. Can't girls just be free to ...
May 1, 2007 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Soft-Core Sexism Soft-Core Sexism
If movies reflect our shared consensus about right and wrong, Black Snake Moan speaks volumes about twenty-first-century America.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Mirror, Mirror On the Web Mirror, Mirror On the Web
Web 2.0's greatest success capitalizes on our need to feel significant, admired and, above all, seen.
Jan 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Rage Against the MSMachine Rage Against the MSMachine
The Yearly Kos Convention revealed a blogosphere whose media critique is hampered by its political ambitions. Why can't progressives repair the press, not dismantle it?
Jul 14, 2006 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry