offensive remark of the week

Offensive Remark of the Week

by Cara July 14, 2007

The Offensive Remark comes a little early this week, courtesy of John Travolta. And he certainly earned it. In talking about playing his female character in Hairspray, he didn’t stop at griping about the “risks” and potential embarrassment of playing a woman, or at talking about the struggle to not look “grotesque” as an overweight [...]

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Offensive Everything of the Week

by Cara July 10, 2007

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Offensive Remark of the Week

by Cara July 4, 2007

I was wrong. And that’s certainly something that Isaiah Washington doesn’t know how to say. As a fan of Grey’s Anatomy (no spoilers; I haven’t seen Season 3), I was happy to criticize Isaiah Washington after he used the word “faggot,” but reluctant to call for his firing. I mean, he’s Dr. Burke! But Washington’s [...]

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Offensive Remarks of the Week

by Cara June 19, 2007

That’s right, this week’s Offensive Remark is actually a set of Offensive Remarks. A whole offensive discussion for your reading repulsion! On the June 17 edition of the Chris Matthews Show, Chris Matthews, classy as always, asked his panelists: “Do Americans want to return to the Hillary model of first lady, or do they like [...]

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Offensive Remark of the Week

by Cara June 12, 2007

Does this look tarty to you? After a brief hiatus, the Offensive Remark makes a comeback. Dan Rather, in talking about his news anchor successor Katie Couric, said (emphasis mine): “the mistake was to try to bring the ‘Today’ show ethos to the ‘Evening News,’ and to dumb it down, tart it up in hopes [...]

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Offensive Remark of the Week

by Cara May 20, 2007

This week’s offensive remark is a bit more scary/serious than usual. I was sent an article about the debate over condoms and HIV prevention in Uganda. To me, it really doesn’t seem like much of a debate at all, but you know how the media likes to frame “debates.” Uganda managed to drop their HIV [...]

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Offensive Remark of the Week

by Cara May 8, 2007

Yesterday, everyone’s favorite washed-up right wing ideologue Rush Limbaugh had this to say about the fact that Barack Obama has been given Secret Service protection– the earliest any presidential candidate has every been given such security: If I were to think about Barack Obama being in any trouble — needing Secret Service — I would [...]

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Offensive Remark of the Week (4/29)

by Cara April 30, 2007

Anyone remember the name Bernard McGuirk? No? Before he was fired, he was Don Imus’ sidekick, the one who started the whole “nappy headed hoes” incident by originally calling the Rutgers team “some hard-core hoes.” This week, he appeared on Hannity and Colmes and when asked about the incident, and the fact that racism and [...]

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