Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - Posts
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Our own Emily has a fantastic and revealing Q & A with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg up on the New York Times
website today. Their conversation ranges from Roe v. Wade to summer
camp in the Adirondacks to Savana Redding to losing her shoe under the
bench ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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Jessica, I saw nothing cruel or exploitative
about allowing Paris Jackson to speak about her dad and I’m inclined to
believe the Jackson family didn’t force her to do so. According to
several news reports, Janet Jackson was slated to speak but let Paris
speak instead because she wanted to say something about her father. I
watched the whole thing and found the memorial to be tasteful and
well-executed, not the bizarre spectacle you describe ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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A guest post from Double X intern Margaret Johnson:
Sam, your post on Gen Y's educational entitlement
sounded eerily like a schpeel that plays through my mind every morning.
As you know, I am a grad student getting a master's degree in your
field. Government and private loans, check; no more earning potential
with my degree than without it, check; denial—not really. I went back
to school last fall for a specific purpose: to make up for what I, one
of those Gen Y strivers, didn't get out of my supposedly idyllic
undergraduate education ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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Obama 2012 watchers are all aflutter over yesterday’s news that the president’s approval rating in bellwether swing state Ohio has dipped to just 49%, down from 62% in May ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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Sorry Dana, but I’m with Jess on Paris. The contrasts contained in the moment of her speech, to be really eloquent about it, freaked me the eff out. Here’s a young girl, a daughter, having a genuine, raw moment of grief
and she’s surrounded by a bunch of… actors. Her authenticity was
matched in pitch only by the performativeness in the people surrounding
her ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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Jessica, though there were plenty of things to be creeped out by during the Michael Jackson memorial service yesterday, for me Paris Jackson’s short and tearful tribute to her father didn’t number among them. In fact (along with Brooke Shields’ speech and Jermaine Jackson’s
vocally unsure but heartbreaking performance of “Smile”), Paris'
appearance struck me as one of the day’s few uncreepy moments ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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So. That happened.
The bizarre spectacle of Michael Jackson's funeral was everywhere
yesterday, and the most talked-about moment was when Michael's
daughter, Paris Jackson, went up on stage and told the world,
"Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever
imagine. And I just wanted to say I love him so much." Her Aunt Janet
softly urged her forward and said, "speak up." Though I don't doubt
Paris's emotion was genuine, the thing felt creepily staged ... (Read more at DoubleX.com.)
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