Up until recently I despised people with poor taste. I’d ask them, “What shows do you like?” then snicker when they replied “Deal or No Deal.” I’d call them morons for watching the latest M. Night Shyamalan flick.  And if Jay Leno cracked them up, I’d make a hand-job gesture behind their back. Yes, I judged these people.

The historical drama Mad Men presents women of the 1960s as intricately disguised people. Lauren Cheal argues that while the reasons behind the disguises may have changed, we may not be as far removed from this time as we think.

Steve Dominey provides a Fall TV preview… of sorts.

Erin Jennings addresses the contemporary fascination with the grotesque body in visual culture, and the seemingly contradictory urge to limit possibilities for representing female corporeality.  

When Steve Dominey bought a PVR, he thought it was going to make his life easier. Boy was he wrong.