Radical!...

Last night the Discovery Health Channel aired a special on “Radical Parenting,” as part of Baby Week. The schedule says, This one hour special explores several different families extreme forms of parenting. From attachment parenting to raising a child gender neutral to raising child without...

What Not to Watch...

I am a total fucking party girl, so Friday nights usually find me on the couch with the Dude.  Especially since we got cable for the first time in my adult life. Last Friday, we were ended up watching a mini-marathon of What Not to Wear.  What can I say, it is the black hole of cable television: ...

Selling to men by insulting women...

Masculinity is a fragile thing. Even something as seemingly innocuous as foamed milk is capable of destroying it. At least, that’s what many companies and advertisers believe, which is why they appeal to men by tearing down women and anything associated with women (including men who relate to...

Harpy Televisual Society: “Mad Men...

*SPOILER ALERT* Last night’s season finale gave us a lot to talk about. Don and Roger kissed and made up, Betty set her divorce into motion, and Sterling Cooper Draper Price was born. “Shut the door. Have a seat.” And let’s discuss. PhDork: Well, *that* was delicious. The start...

Harpy Televisual Society: Penultimate &#...

*SPOILER ALERT* This week we got the November 22, 1963 episode we’d all been waiting for. The theme seemed to be the “turning point.” On a seemingly normal Friday, something very bad happens in Dallas. Roger realizes he’s married a child-woman not so different from his spoiled-brat...

Why Do People Hate Betty?...

No, not this Betty. But speaking of her... Via cliff1066 @ Flickr.Now that we’ve decided to Talk About Mad Men here on Harpyness, I want to discuss Betty Draper a bit. Namely, how so many people seem to hate Betty more than any other character on the show. Most everyone will admit that...

Harpy Televisual Society: Mad Men...

PhDork: First of all: fuck yeah, Betty. Whenever she acts like an adult, I think she’s amazing. Unfortunately, that’s not been often this season. Last night, though, she was really mature. She demanded long-deserved answers. She listened but wasn’t a push-over. And she let didn’t...

An Ode to Roseanne...

Once upon a time – in an America not yet gripped with fat-phobia, before the small screen was dominated by Pretty People, before the everyday realities of blue-collar families were invisible – there lived Roseanne. Reruns of this fabulous show have been keeping me up past my bedtime for...