Loading ...Perhaps I’m glad that I’ll maybe, just maybe, have the last say about 30 Rock, and politely disagree with Robert Bianco’s recent review of the show. OK, that’s ridiculous. I won’t have the last say, but at least I can respond to Bianco’s false USA Today-y opinion that 30 Rock is woefully on the decline. […]
Author Archives: C. Ryder - University of Kansas
Open Letter to Madonna: PLEASE Stop Already!
May 9, 2008 - 1:30 pm
Dear Madonna,
Unlike my other colleagues here at CollegeCandy, when I was just a wee lass (that’s what you probably say now, and in a faux English accent, right?), I used to love you. I did. I was a fan. I loved your bangles, your lacy short socks, your polka-dotted headbands, your frizzy half-bleached blond hair, […]
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Comments (3) Keith Gessen: Self-Important Ass? Or Literary Genius?
May 7, 2008 - 11:30 am
Keith Gessen’s novel, All the Sad Young Literary Men, was recently published. As a result, it stirred up scathing critiques as well as praiseworthy remarks. From the host of reviews I’ve found (both on the internet and elsewhere), no one has responded in a purely lukewarm manner. Nope. Mr. Gessen is either adored or reviled, […]
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Comments (1) What Would Freud Think?
May 6, 2008 - 9:30 am
In the classic tragedy of OEDIPUS, in which we find an incestuous relationship at its core, Oedipus marries his mother, Queen Jocasta, after killing his father, King Laius of Thebes. Their true identities are only known to the reader, making the story all the more gruesome to read. They unwittingly marry one another, unaware that […]
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Comments (1) Sloan Crosley: So Fresh and So Clean Among the Literary Elite
May 4, 2008 - 3:30 pm
Before writing about Keith Gessen, how Sloan Crosley’s cooler than him, and why I’m a bona fide loser, let’s back track a bit. (Oh, and please make note: this not a review of their works, as a colleague at CollegeCandy has already been kind enough to write about Crosley’s work. Moreover, I have yet to […]
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Comments (0) Social Networking Sites Prove Their Worth: “Twitter,” says student, “Got me out of jail”
April 26, 2008 - 10:30 am
Most of the time, social networking sites are only discussed when devious, nasty, and vicious things occur. For instance, many parents have decried places like YouTube, and its variants, to be “evil,” and an infernal, virtual breeding ground that prey on teens’ desire for instant “web-celebrity” status - a type of immediate stardom in which […]
Posted in Wired, news
Comments (0) CC Fiction: Chasing Chastity (Part V)
April 25, 2008 - 4:30 pm
[You can read the last installment of Chasing Chastity here]
“What’s going on?”
“Where are you, babe?” I crunched on a vodka-infused ice cube and sipped the remains of my tenth cocktail.
“I’m on my way home for lunch. I have about two hours between classes, so I thought I’d grab a quick bite. You wanna make me […]
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Comments (0) Who’s funnier? Tina Fey or Sarah Silverman
April 23, 2008 - 9:30 am
Tina Fey is far funnier than Sarah Silverman. While I applaud both women, Ms. Fey’s comedy is more polished, snarkier, and smarter. I like Sarah Silverman and was disappointed when Comedy Central stopped playing her show. I think if they’d given it some more time, I might think differently about Ms. Silverman’s abilities.
Don’t get me […]
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