Black Friday is not my thing. It involves a bunch of stuff I don’t like: Getting out of bed when it’s dark out… crowds… pants. But a lot of people enjoy it, despite my skepticisms, and there are even reasons that explain the brain chemistry of this pleasure. Far be it from me to deny…
This is my last column before Thanksgiving. And Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. It doesn’t require presents or cards or anything but food and gratitude. I am, of course, grateful to be alive, to have my son (the genius) and my brilliant new daughter-in-law, a doctor! But you, Constant Reader, don’t come here…
Now even Louis C. K. How far we have come in the one year after Trump was “elected” President, despite his boasts about being able to grab women by the pussy and being able to walk into the Miss Universe dressing rooms while contestants were changing. Women and queer people of all genders refuse to…
The hype was timed perfectly for this one. The new Marvel Studios movie, Thor: Ragnorak, was not going to be just another super-hero movie. It was directed by a respected indie director with comedy chops. The advertising wasn’t too heavy, nor did I feel like I had seen all the good stuff in the trailers….
This past weekend I had a truly multi-dimensional geek experience. I went to the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, which is the San Diego Comic-Con of fiber nerds. I went with two women I’ve known since we were in boarding school together. One is now a judge in appellate court, and the other…
So, a lot of us here enjoy discussions of diversity in comics (and, no, I don’t mean this schmuck). It’s an interesting subject to consider in light of popular culture, contemporary politics, and the meaning of life. It is also interesting in terms of marketing. When we talk about comics marketing, especially in terms of…
Although I have worked at an event he attended, I’ve never been sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein. There are several possible reasons for this: He was intimidated by my ferocious beauty and talent, He knew he had no power over me since I didn’t work in the film business He was too busy watching Nicole…
Hugh Hefner died last week. I have mixed feelings. Not about him personally. I didn’t know him. I didn’t know anyone who hung out with him, not for any significant amount of time. Since a lot of his business seemed to involve throwing parties at his home, I probably know people who went to a…
This week is Banned Book Week. Read a banned book. Luckily (I say sarcastically), more and more often, this means to read a comic book or graphic novel. I think this happens because, despite nearly three decades of graphic novels aimed at adults, comics are still perceived as a children’s medium. Almost all defenses of…
As I was watching the 2017 Emmy Awards last Sunday, I thought about how much the television industry has changed. It’s a cliché to say that this is the Golden Age of Television, but, in many ways, that is true. However, that is not what I want to talk about. Women and people of color…
It is more than a little likely that, as you read this, I am getting a root canal. Dentists terrify me. Not on purpose — they are not the stars of It — but, nonetheless, they fill me with dread. I’m sure that most people who go into dentistry as a career are motivated by…
News flash! Time passes! When I was a child, I was mesmerized by the very concept of time. How was it discovered? Why are units of time, like minutes and hours and days, all measured in multiples of 6? What was there before time? Could time ever end? If so, what would replace it? Eventually,…
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