Betty Dodson: Envelope-Pusher Supreme
March 19, 2012
After Betty Dodson spoke to the Yale Political Union, she was kind enough to agree to an interview before heading back home. Broad Recognition caught up with her at her hotel. She was as frank …
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Twenty-Eight Hours: Transgender People, Police Brutality, and State Violence
March 13, 2012
On February 2, Jezebel reported that on January 12, Temmie Breslauer, a transgender woman living in New York City, was arrested for illegally using a discount subway card that belonged to her father. …
Who’s Afraid of Big Bad Rush?
March 1o, 2012
Apart from the uncontroversial observation that his Viagra-fueled penis is all that distinguishes him from a sun-baked heap of horse dung, what can we say about Rush Limbaugh?
Sandra Fluke wasn’t his first victim—though victim is …
Not Buying the Traditional Values: Ellen DeGeneres and JC Penney
March 8, 2012
In April 1997, Ellen DeGeneres made television history when she came out as a lesbian on an episode of her sitcom. From her iconic Time Magazine cover to her recent marriage, DeGeneres …
Where Rush Gets it Wrong
By JULIA CALAGIOVANNI March 7, 2012
Rush Limbaugh is wrong, Rush Limbaugh is wrong, Rush Limbaugh is wrong. Rush Limbaugh is wrong—we’re all tired of saying it. He’s wrong not only in his hypocrisy and his misogyny but also his facts. …
The Good News: Spring Break Edition
By SAMUEL HUBER
March 6, 2012
Perhaps the most surprising news of the past week is that Rush Limbaugh is still able to surprise us with his tastelessness — Limbaugh hit a new low when he called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke …
Cultural Synthesis: Today’s Women in Electronica
By ISABEL ORTIZ March 4, 2012
There’s something inherently problematic about writing an article about “female synth musicians” despite the fact that most of these women would probably deny having much in common with each other beyond the fact that they …
Don’t Mess with Texas (Women)
March 1, 2012
It seems that while the Obama administration can’t mess with Texas, Texas can mess with Texas—Texan women, that is. On Feb. 23, the Texas Health and Human Services commissioner signed into law a rule that …
Pop, Plastic, and The Lana del Rey Effect
By ISABEL ORTIZ
February 29, 2012
By now, the Internet has become well acquainted with the Lana Del Rey universe. Wafting through a world of interminable highways, faded tinsel and pleasingly dilapidated motel signs, her self proclaimed image as a “gangsta …