Why We’re Still Peeking Upstairs and Downstairs with the BBC
I've got a post today over at The Thoughtful Christian about the enduring popularity of British class melodramas (Upstairs, Downstairs; Downton Abbey; Read the full post here »
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Live Blogging the Royal Wedding
3:37 a.m. Aaaaugh! Insomnia again. Well, at least there's something interesting to watch on TV. Forget about my plans to TiVo the royal wedding and see it tonight. Now I will be watching with millions...
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9:41: Hey, good news! Apparently it's not just British women who can carry off great hats. Carrie from Ohio has a little red top hat. Ohio women like me have all been rehabilitated. Everyone, drink...
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10:40: Settling in to eggs, toast, and pilfered Easter candy. Oh, NOW the dog wakes up. 10:48: Not only does the queen look wonderful in yellow, but it seems a symbolic choice, like she has high hopes...
View ArticleOur Monsters, Ourselves: Great Halloween Reading
I'm not much of a horror film aficionado, but of course I enjoy some of the darker sci fi, like the feminist fairy tale that was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So I was intrigued to pick up the new book...
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The Moral of “Colonial House”: Academics Like Me Are Entirely Useless
As part of our family’s homeschooling in American history, I’ve been revisiting the old PBS series Colonial House, in which about two dozen contemporary people recreate New England of 1628 by living...
View ArticleMasada’s Women: A Review of Alice Hoffman’s “The Dovekeepers”
When I was nineteen years old I traveled for a month in Israel as part of a college Wintersession experience. Israel is always a contentious place, but especially at that time during the height of the...
View ArticleA Joel Osteen Reality Show . . . Seriously?
Today on Twitter a notice flashed by about a Joel Osteen reality show, and I thought it was a joke. It's actually not. Or if it is, it's not intended to be. Entertainment Weekly reports that Osteen,...
View ArticleHow American is “All-American Muslim”?: Not Enough
The news is filled today with reports that Lowe's and other major corporations have pulled advertising from the new TLC series All-American Muslim, caving to the demands of the right-wing Florida...
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CFP for New Book on Joss Whedon and Theology!
Friends, over at Theofantastique is a CFP for a proposed volume on Joss Whedon &...Read the full post here »
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