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Juliana Tringali

guest blogger: TV

Who I am:

I live in Oakland with my boyfriend and our two cats (Spader and Disaster). We all love to watch TV together and then share our insights. (Discussions between Spader and Disaster can get especially heated.)
I believe that great TV can be every bit as challenging and provocative as a great book, and that bad TV can be every bit as informative as a good documentary.

What I'm reading:

Anna Karenina

What I'm listening to:

Annie, Crystal Castles, Dirty Projectors, Huey Lewis and the News, La Roux, Ladyhawke, OMD, Roxette, YACHT.

What I'm watching:

Currently Following: Gossip Girl, Melrose Place, How I Met Your Mother, Glee, The Office, 30 Rock, Community, Project Runway, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Dollhouse, Mad Men, South Park, Home Movies, King of Queens, Jeopardy.
Watching on DVD: Beverly Hills, 90210 (Season 9!), the original Melrose Place (Season 4).
Anxiously anticipating: Lost.
Bemoaning the cancellation of: The Beautiful Life: TBL.
Favorite Shows of Yesteryear: Veronica Mars, Twin Peaks, The OC, Buffy/Angel, Arrested Development, Degrassi: The Next Generation (but only up to Season 5).

What blogs I like:

Go Fug Yourself

Love Guns, Tight Pants, and Big Sticks

Who Put the Cock in Rock?

Article by Juliana Tringali, Illustrated by Nicholas Brawley, appeared in issue Masculinity; published in 2005; filed under Music; tagged beauty standards, groupies, hair bands, heavy metal, masculinity, misogyny, rock, Rolling Stone, women in rock.

cock rock: To some, the term conjures up images of rock gods in white jumpsuits, long hair haloed by a rainbow of lights, fans waving their Bics in unison as an immaculate guitar solo screams out from a tower of amps. To others, it evokes backstage legends of drugs and debauchery, the triumph of malecentric hedonism over social conscience, the unapologetic celebration of sleaze. To still others, it’s shorthand for memorable riffs with a backbeat that makes you want to throw some devil horns and bang your head.

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Beauty and the Feast

The Cosmetic Industry's Female Feeding Frenzy

Article by Juliana Tringali, Illustrated by Carrie Christian, appeared in issue Taste & Appetite; published in 2004; filed under Consumer culture; tagged advertising, appetite, beauty, beauty products, craving, diet, eating, food, guilt, hunger, skin care.

The first thing you see is food. a breastlike dome of cake towers at the top of the ad, frosted pink with a raspberry on top. “It’s like dessert for your legs,” declares the text, and just in case this copy wasn’t clear, below it a pair of cellulite-free gams balances a bottle of Skintimate After-Shave Gel in lieu of icing.

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