Maitland McDonagh is a film critic and TV commentator who maintains her own Web site, MissFlickChick.com. She was the senior movies editor of TVGuide.com from 1995 to 2008. She is the author of Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento. 1: The Academy Awards this year did what some say was a long … More Maitland McDonagh on horror films and the dark dreams of Dario Argento
**SEE STORY UPDATE BELOW** Author Despina Stratigakos may not have won her campaign for Architect Barbie in Mattell’s “I Can Be” contest. But she is picking up some serious credit, including an appearance on Architect Magazine’s website, for her role in encouraging females to think of themselves as architect material. “Discussions about diversity in architecture … More "Architect Barbie" may have lost, but the campaign for women in architecture continues
Today’s post is by Heidi Swarts, assistant professor of political science at Rutgers University, Newark. She studies religion and social movements in American politics, with a focus on the politics of community organizing in American cities, and has published previously on ACORN and policy innovation and on congregation-based organizing and urban political opportunity and constraints. … More Long live ACORN: Flawed as it was, its closing—and the frequent attacks upon it—are the real tragedies.
