Posts Tagged ‘mad men’

Sexist Beatdown: Mad Men, Child Rape, and the Problem With Sex Speculation

Was Kater Gordon fired following a gay lawnmower pee accident?
Last week, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner fired Emmy-winning writer Kater Gordon. The week before that, Late Night comedian David Letterman admitted to having sexual affairs with women on his staff. The week before that, film director Roman Polanski was finally detained after raping the 13-year-old [...]

Meet the Don Draper Who Doesn’t Cheat on His Wife

Like many people, I harbor a modest fascination with Mad Men's Don Draper and his charmingly misogynistic web of lies. I wonder what Don Draper would tweet about, if he lived in 2009?

Super boring shit, apparently! Oh yeah: And Don Draper would never be pathetic enough to stoop to social networking. This guy, however, looks [...]

A Very Special Edition of Sexist Beatdown

Man rape is funny and swiftly resolved: "Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead."
In this week's friendly neighborhood chat, Sady of Tiger Beatdown and I hang up our cardigans, lock the door so Mr. McFeely can't come in, and talk about something that's been on our mind for a while: those rapey filmmakers who rape you again, [...]

Nobody Wants to Eat Lunch With Patrick Duffy

Betty, as usual, is not invited.
The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, a nonprofit organization benefiting female filmmakers, has wrangled a host of celebrities into offering up a lunch date for auction on Ebay. Bidding starts at $500.
Notables include Mad Men star Jon Hamm (lunch for two with Don Draper currently runs $660), Paul Rudd (current bid: $985), [...]