Lady, Do You Want It?
February 12, 2009 - 12:00amDear Valentine,
I just wanted to take this opportunity, in case I haven’t said it enough lately, to emphasize how glad I am that we’re together. I love you so so much!
I also want you to know that I booked us in for dinner tonight at your favorite restaurant. But leave your wallet at home, sugar. Because, given how things are, I’ll be picking up the tab!
xo,
Katie
OK. You caught me. I don’t exactly have a Valentine to celebrate with this year. And, truth be told, I have a nagging suspicion that I could end up spending my Feb. 14 curled up in a warm and sensuous embrace with none other than my senior honors thesis.
McCain Threatened by Airway Obstruction
October 15, 2008 - 11:00pmLast week, presidential candidate John McCain choked on a big fat Viagra pill. From the comfort of my own home, I watched in horror as the dear old geezer coughed and stuttered, his cheeks flushed and his doe eyes brimming with confusion and panic.
They say the greatest sign of insanity is when you repeat an action over and over, expecting different outcomes. Once again, (this time during the second presidential debate), McCain was asked to account for his tacit approval of health insurance companies who cover Viagra for men but not birth control for women.
He’s made the mistake before. But maybe he figured that blabbering like an idiot … again … when asked the question would make the big bad journalists go away for good.
MAVERICK. MAVERICK.
Come a Courtin'
September 30, 2008 - 11:00pmIt’s 11:00 on a Tuesday night. Ensconced in the velour of my most comfortable robe, I lounge about my sofa, soothed by Burt Bacharach’s mellow tenor. Scented candles bathe my room in muted light and aromas of French vanilla. My roommate is at his girlfriend’s, and I have the place all to myself. The mood is perfect for my date with myself.
Failin’ to Understand Palin
September 18, 2008 - 11:00pm“How dare they!” shouted Rudy Guiliani, “How dare they question whether Palin will have enough time to spend with her children while vice president? When do they ever ask a man that question?”
Hip-hoppin' Domestic Violence
Questioning the right response to singer Rihanna's abuse by Chris Brown
March 23, 2009 - 11:00pmOn Saturday of spring break, I got called a “real sista” for the feminist righteousness that I was schooled in: a righteousness that I have since come to second-guess. I shared a cab ride from Wegman’s with a voracious, obviously drunk, alcoholic black woman around my mother’s age. This woman, whose name I didn’t catch throughout our impromptu friendship, and I bonded over our respective family traditions and had the cab stop by Northside to buy some fifths and a tabloid (against some good-natured suggestions from the straight-edge cab driver). On the cover was Rihanna’s face and a headline proclaiming that she had taken back “No Air” crooner Chris Brown (her assailant-cum-boyfriend).