Mike Ragogna, 11.25.2009
music biz vet, entertainment writer
Beyoncé's I Am...Yours is a satisfying decade-and-then-some retrospective that reveals the artist's interesting back story with a personal warmth not always emphasized by our current cast of pop stars.
Steve Marmel, 11.11.2009
Marmel is a comedian, a writer and a TV producer. It's not as impressive as it sounds.
Carrie Prejean is having a bit of week, isn't she? I mean, one week you're the darling of the conservative movement, and the next thing you know, you're being called a hypocrite.
Rachel Sklar, 10.28.2009
Mediaite.com
Remember when the web used to be about following links to someone's cool blogspot site? Now it's all about the world of ultra-ultra-niche or the secret gems that the big sites troll daily for their unique takes.
Alexandra Sinderbrand, 10.23.2009
Alexandra Sinderbrand authors the blog Cheap JAP. She lives and thrifts in NYC.
Maybe some items on the runway can be adapted to real life; I'm just not sold on the idea that a real, live woman can expose the outlines of her hoo-ha and still feel good about herself.
Amy Siskind, 10.15.2009
President and Co-Founder of The New Agenda
Despite much talk of hope and change, President Obama seems largely tone-deaf to women and women's issues. Post-racial country -- yes. Post gender inequality -- not so much.
Adia Colar, 11.09.2009
Publicist, Freelance Writer
The fear of not fitting someone's ideal of beauty should not be a reason for people to continually alter who they are. As Atlanta housewife NeNe told fellow housewife Kim Zolciak, "You do you."
Mike Ragogna, 10.23.2009
music biz vet, entertainment writer
With the release of stereo and mono box sets, individual album reissues, and their own edition of Rock Band, The Beatles finally have stepped into the 21st century in a major way.
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International, 10.18.2009
Youth Radio/Youth Media International (YMI)
Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe.
By: Brandon McFarland
Chris Brown's first...
RJ Eskow, 09.13.2009
Consultant, Writer, Health Analyst
Domestic violence is a health policy issue. It adds to the cost of medical care while harming the public's health.
Tom McCaffrey, 08.27.2009
Every summer a song emerges as the song of that said season. Last summer it was 'I Kissed a Girl' by Katy Perry. Summer 2009's anthem is still up for grabs. Here is a contender.
David Wild, 06.17.2009
TV Writer, Rolling Stone Contributing Editor and author of "He Is . . . I Say"
Since I met Timberlake in 1998, I've had the pleasure of working with him a fair amount. To this day, he strikes me as a guy with remarkably good instincts.
Brooklyn Decker, 06.05.2009
When I found out I had been invited to the annual Met Ball, I was, well quite frankly, a little shocked.
Deborah King, 05.31.2009
Health & Wellness, attorney, author
What exactly was Megan McAllister thinking when she said, "I love my fiancé and will continue to support him throughout this legal process"? Or more ...
Deborah King, 05.16.2009
Health & Wellness, attorney, author
As upsetting and shocking as the circumstances of the child's death are, it doesn't mean Huckaby is crazy. Emotionally traumatized, with no functional way to release her pain and anger, yes.
Deborah King, 05.10.2009
Health & Wellness, attorney, author
Brown pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. Well, anyone with two eyes who saw the leaked photo of Rihanna after the "alleged incident" knows better.
Leslie Crocker Snyder, 05.08.2009
Rihanna has indicated that she will cooperate with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office's investigation. I hope this is the case. My heart goes out to her.
Patrick Sauer, 04.30.2009
Writerly type, patrickjsauer.com
I may not grasp the inner-working of the minds of teenage girls, but I know that the contortions required to link Chris Brown's cowardly rage to feminism makes even less sense than imprudent teen girls giving him a free pass in the first place.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen, 04.27.2009
Runs the health and fitness site The Great Fitness Experiment
Rihanna was recently victimized, both by her boyfriend and then by the press, and now she's sporting permanent guns, an overt symbol of power and violence.
Lee Stranahan, 04.25.2009
Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer
A growing chorus of an increasing number of a sizable majority of activists, Joe Six Packs, Soccer Moms, Regular Folks, Twitterati, Eurotrash, techonerds, Tweens and the Blogosphere expressed total outrage over some antics recently.
Monroe Anderson, 04.24.2009
I'm a Cyber Columnist and award-winning Veteran Chicago Journalist.
Citing "spare the rod, spoil the child," far too many Americans believe that when it comes to punishing children, that which doesn't kill them will make them stronger.
Deborah King, 04.20.2009
Health & Wellness, attorney, author
We think we've come a long way, baby. Not! Today's teens have shown that we're still living out patriarchal myths dating back at least five thousand y...