My latest So Here’s The Thing column is up at the Washington Times Communities! This week I’m pondering the dearth of female superheroes and why the female superheroes that we do see are under-dressed: Anyway, I’ve been immersed in the…
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New Column: Are Legos for girls a big deal?
My latest So Here’s The Thing column is up at the Washington Times Communities page. This week I take on the forthcoming Leg playsets aimed at girls. I like that they’re less slutty than Bratz. Obviously, what the Lego people…
New Columns: Have a nice (holi)day
I have a new So Here’s The Thing column up at the Washington Times Communities site! This week I’m waxing profound (snort) about how I haven’t heard ANY kind of holiday greeting so far this year. I’m afraid the Politically…
New Column: Elf on the Shelf: Friend? Or jailhouse snitch?
I have a new column up over at the Washington Times Communities today! (Amazing that I’m doing any writing at all given that my son’s desire to be 6 inches from me at all times, including while I clean the…
New Column: Marriage is no fairy tale. Just ask Kim Kardashian.
Y’all knew I had t weigh in on the Kardashian divorce news. Today’s So Here’s the Thing column over at the Washington Times Communities is all about that weirdness and marriage in general. And let’s face it, folks: we didn’t…
New Column: Keep Halloween spooky. Not sexy.
My latest So Here’s The Thing column is up and running at the Washington Times Communities! I’m talking about skanktastic kids Halloween costumes. Sure, the girl’s section had the requisite witches, princesses, and superheroes but there were also “flirty” costumes…
New Column: The Westboro Baptist Church: Forcing parents to explain homophobia
Y’all! It’s that time of week again! My new So Here’s the Thing column is up and running at the Washington Times Communities site. This week I’m grouchy that the Westboro Baptist freaks make parents explain homophobia. I also talk…
New Column: Politics, Punditry, Palin, and Character
I have yet another So Here’s The Thing column up at the Washington Times Communities! I’m talking about the new Sarah Palin biography The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin by Joe McGinnis: Like, I say, I’m no Palin…
New Column: Mediocre Mothering
I have a new So Here’s The Thing column up over at the Washington Times Communities! I’m bagging on Kate Gosselin for bagging on people with “regular jobs”: Well. There you have it. Us regular-job types are falling short on…
New Column: Religions Halloween Candy: Treat? Or Trick?
My new So Here’s The Thing column is up over at the Washington Times Communities!It’s all about the “Jesus Harvest Seed” candy I saw last weekend. Never mind the mind-melting comic potential of a product called “Jesus Seeds”, the concept…
