Signs of the Apocalypse: Pajama Jeans and Jumpin’ Jammer’z

I can tell if the existence of such awful things as Pajama Jeans and Jumpin’ Jammer’z are evidence that men should never be allowed to choose their own clothes, or if they are evidence that no one (their wives) should be allowed to choose clothes for them. Below, videographic evidence to assist which side you …

Franzenfreude Redux, or how my writing career will fail

Some months back I wrote a post about how the frenzied reaction to Jonathan Franzen’s book, Freedom, had been interpreted by some as sexist. I felt there was some merit to the notion that Franzen’s work is interpreted as serious literature because he is a man, and a comparable novel by a female writer would …