‘Mad Men’s’ Sally Draper: A Child Will Lead Us
Filed under: Woman UpSensitive little Sally survives an emotionally unavailable mother and an equally distracted dad. Her life can only get better. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Charlie Rangel: A Relevant Question, At Last
Filed under: House, Democrats, Chaos Theory, Congress, EthicsMSM smackdown Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
‘Mad Men’ and Me: Growing Up in the Advertising Age
Filed under: CultureSunday’s premiere of the new “Mad Men” season prompts memories of Madison Avenue in the 1960s and qualms about a life dedicated to hawking mouthwash. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |&...
Bulletin: Cigarettes Remain Dangerous to Your Health
Filed under: Woman Up, MedicineBeginning Tuesday, the government will prohibit cigarette makers from using "low tar" or "mild" to suggest that such cigarettes are less harmful. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |...
When ‘Mad Men’ Are Gay
Part of the joy of watching "Mad Men," the acclaimed AMC series, is realizing how far we've come since the '60s. That's especially true for the sexually repressed Salvatore Romano, a gay character played by Bryan Batt, who is also gay.
‘Mad Men’s’ Don Draper is Cool, but Roger Sterling Steals Your Heart
Filed under: Woman Up, Culture
Late last night, reasonable, grown women chatted back and forth - online, of course - about a television show. Or is it an obsession? The chatter among Woman Up posters continued into early the next day. I'm guessing from our informal poll that viewers have strong feelings...
Top 10 Best and Worst Reality TV Shows
The flurry of posts by my female colleagues on TV shows has gone Right. Over. My. Head.
I have never heard of this Julie-whatever show they are debating. What's the big whoop? And although I've seen a couple episodes of "Mad Men," I think the show...
Boys Will Be Boys in ‘Mad Men’
Filed under: Woman Up
Mary, I see what you see in John Slattery, and by extension, his character, Roger Sterling, the party boy and privileged scion of a pedigreed WASP family. Last season Roger traded in his wife for a young secretary after surviving a heart attack in the midst of a...
Mad Men: I Want to Be All of Them
Filed under: Woman Up
It's "Mad Men" season again, and my Woman Up colleagues and I are all aflutter about this almost self-indulgent plunge into another era.
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