Letterman Extortion Focus Ignores His Sexual Misconduct

I know this is apparently the biggest news story of the year, but is it really such the crime against humanity as it’s been implied? David Letterman was allegedly approached by the ex-boyfriend of one of his staffers who demanded $2M to keep silent about his past sexual relationship with her. So Letterman “revealed” that [...]

Polanski, Phillips, Kelly and Other Would-Be Predators

Well this is interesting. Director Roman Polanski has been detained by the Swiss gov’t after he flew there to attend a film festival. The United States will possibly seek his extradition after he fled the country during his rape trial in the 1970′s. This is one case that has always “baffled” me. I always felt [...]

Mackenzie Phillips Follow-Up Interview on Oprah: Responses From Bijou & Michelle Phillips

After much public scrutiny and some serious blowback from family members, Mac returns to Oprah to defend herself. Who’d expect everyone to be happy with the public airing of such foul behavior? We cannot discount the fact that she has a story to tell even if it’s one of such unpleasant details. Apparently it will [...]

Street Harassment Is Part Of The DBR War Against Women

Since many seem to be confused about why it is WRONG for a man to approach or speak to a woman he doesn’t know in public spaces here’s a primer: Street Harassment refers to disrespect women receive daily in public spaces: streets, busses, and parks. Acts of street harassment can include lewd sexual comments and [...]

Michael Jackson, Lil Wayne, R. Kelly & Roman Polanski: Media Coverage Vs. Perception

I was reading this essay last night. Oh, I feel a headache coming on as I’m writing this but it’s the big giant pink elephant in the room. Depending on what you believe, what you’ve been led to believe, actual court proceedings or a refusal to accept reality we could made a wide arc and [...]

SpongeBob SquarePants & Baby Got Back = FAIL!

Well it seems it’s taking a multi-racial coalition in the form of the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood to bring this the attention it deserves. In case you’ve missed it there’s a disgusting commercial that combines the one hit wonder Sir Mix A Lot’s song with Burger King and has gyrating square butts (attached [...]