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Happy Birthday?

I missed my blogiversary! Shows you how much I was paying attention…. Turns out, it was December 22nd! Now you know, and believe me, next year I expect gifts.

Total Posts: 373

Most Commonly Used Tags: gender, body image, politics, Chicago, books, Hollywood, television, Good Men Project, advertising (Sounds about right, eh?)

Categories: Given that this is ostensibly a blog devoted to the Venn diagram of Sex/Gender, Media, and Politics, I’m pretty pleased with these stats:

  • 45% of posts were categorized as “Media”
  • 38% of posts were categorized as “Gender”
  • 24% of posts were categorized as “Politics”
  • 26% of posts were categorized as “Sex”
  • (math should make this obvious, but posts can be in more than one category)

Best Commenters (who receive all the thanks in the world): Sharon, Stephanie, Kim, Lynnette, A Morning Grouch 

Guest Posters (for whom I am eternally grateful):

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Google Searches Speak Volumes

I wish I could take credit for this particular observation, but credit goes to my Twitter bud Anna. Earlier this week, she tweeted this:

Google Image “CEO”. Now look me in the eyes and tell me we’ve reached gender equality.

And I felt compelled to accept her challenge. Here’s what you get:

Carol Bartz (former Yahoo CEO who has not behaved particularly well…) and CEO Barbie. This is what we get. Had google existed 20 years ago, this search panel would probably have looked about the same. Except Barbie would have been rocking some serious shoulder pads. In twenty years, who wants to put money on it looking much better?

Just for kicks, here’s page one of search results for “Senator”:

Kind of reminds me of that time we played with predictive google searches. Wasn’t that fun?

Related Post: Whitney Johnson has some tips. Speak up, and know your shit.

Related Post: Maybe Elizabeth Warren will help address that second issue.

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Food Blogger for a Day

I’m branching out. No sex talk, media spin, advertising criticism, Hollywood gossip, gender wars or body love that you’ve come to expect. Today, it’s all about food. I’m guest-blogging at what, in my mind, is a baby Smitten Kitchen called The Nom Blog. Anna, someone I knew a long time ago and I hope to know again (now that she’s moving to Chicago) is the brains of the operation. She’s awesome and generous for loaning me her foodie platform.

I’ve never written a real recipe before, nor is food photography really my expertise. But every now and then, it’s nice to get out of my wheelhouse. So if you want to see me get my Rachael Ray on (or Ina Garten, if you prefer) go check out The Nom Blog.

Related Post: I attempt to make iced coffee.

Related Post: These butcher ladies are inspirational.

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