Emmy

I agree that apocalyptic imagery has figured prominently in the public imagination in 2011 in part as a result of the anxieties of this moment in time. Nowhere has this been more evident than in songs about love, in which said love is either a distraction from or metaphor for the end times. First, let's take a look at Aussie singer, Lenka's "At the End of the World (lyrics here): 

 

Ugh. Family Guy. It’s a terrible, terrible show in my opinion. I still watch it regularly, out of long-held habit. But it’s just. It’s lazy, it’s aesthetically not pleasing. It’s not very funny. And it’s offensive on an consistent, regular basis.

But for some reason, folks really like it, and Seth MacFarlane, its creator, seems particularly proud of it. It’s currently in the midst of an Emmy campaign, and it is promoting itself by mocking Precious:



This is racist on more than one axis.

The word bitch is a controversial one for many people. We love it (surprise!) but many find it to be problematic to say the least. Well, the folks at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences must be bitch lovers because they awarded it an Emmy! Well, OK, they awarded a news segment on the word with the Emmy, but still! YAY bitch! And as an added bonus, Bitch contributor/blogger/friend Veronica Arreola is the segment expert! Check it: