Links & Bits: 3/16/12

I have to agree with Jill on this one. Persuading the FCC to boot Limbaugh off the air  is opening a huge, huge can of worms.

I'm obsessed with The A.V. Club's Drag Race recaps.

Rich from fourfour wrote about his Twitter encounter with an ANTM judge.

From The Childless by Choice Project: Do Our Favorite Toys Suggest an Inclination Toward Voluntary Childlessness?  Interesting. I never played "mommy," but neither did any of my friends, and some of those girls did eventually grow up to become mothers.

Links & Bits: 3/3/12

Adrienne K. from Native Appropriations  weighs in on ANTM's Pocahontas controversy.

Thanu Yakupitiyage discusses  M.I.A.'s "Bad Girls" video.

Quote of the week goes to Melissa McEwan: "America's rightwing now fully believes that if you're not a straight white cis man who espouses conservative views, you're suspect."

It won't be out for a few months, but here's a peak at the title track from Rufus Wainwright's new album, Out of the Game:

Links & Bits: 12/8/11

Rich's post on the America's Next Top Model All-Star controversy . I spent an inordinate amount of time yesterday reading about this, and his one of the most lucid takes on the whole mess.

s.e. smith talks about failing at NaNoWriMo -- and why it was a good thing.

Epic Jez thread: What Ridiculous Things Did Your Believe In When You Were a Kid? I'm only a part-time Jezzie these days (I think I aged out of their demographic years ago), but every once in a while they hit on something that will entertain you for an entire afternoon (or three).