I must apologize for having completely disappeared from GHQ recently, but I’ve just begun to master the task of managing my time at the magical land known as the University at Buffalo. I really love it here, and it’s really satisfying to know that all the time I spent last year trying to figure […]

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My friend Shelby Knox created a Facebook group that I am now helping to organize called Sarah Palin is NOT Hillary Clinton. We are working with other organizers to help expose the truth about McCain’s patronizing Palin ploy. We aim to educate women about the true nature of McCain’s selection of Palin and spread the […]

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The media is reporting that McCain’s running mate will be Sarah Palin, the virulently anti-choice governor of Alaska. I smell a big foul pile of tokenization steaming and burning here. She is married to a native Eskimo, she is ten times younger than McCain, and she is a woman. I hope American voters will see […]

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There is a growing epidemic that has infected millions in our society. This illness has been termed “affluenza” by psychologists and social critics who argue that spending and consumption has become such a widespread part of social pathology that  the acts of possessing and spending (excessively) has become a national pastime. Moreover, this social pathology […]

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Paris Hilton recently released a response video to John McCain’s controversial “Celebrity Ad,” in which a female narrator refers to Barack Obama as “the biggest celebrity in the world” while alternating between clips of Obama and shots of Hilton and Britney Spears. Hilton’s video starts out with a male narrator speaking in an epic […]

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I have an op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor today about how masculinity has changed. Zac Efron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and President Reagan all get shout-outs (although, not in necessarily good ways). Check it out!
xoxo,
Liz

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I am addicted to what is called one of the best new shows on television. Mad Men, which airs on Sunday evenings at 10 p.m. on AMC is the saga of the members of the Sterling Cooper advertising agency and the lovely ladies that work there and are married to the men.
The show takes place […]

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So… it is pretty clear to me that many of us have a love/hate relationship with Barbie. Many Women’s Studies classes have led me to think about my relationship to Barbie on deeper levels than I care to even admit. “)
I think the right wing condemnation of the new biker Barbie is a bit much. […]

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So after finishing The Other Boleyn Girl last night, I began thinking as I fell asleep about the seemingly dozens of books that have been turned into movies as of late, including Phillipa Gregory’s tale of the Boleyn sisters.
I saw the movie back when it came out this spring and very much enjoyed it. It […]

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Today the news ticker on my AOL home page advertised “The Girls of Olive Garden on Playboy.com”. I thought it must be a joke; however it is [sadly] a true playboy feature.
This trinity of capitalism, objectification, and literal exploitation of female labor astounds me. I am not passing judgment on the people posing; however […]

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