by Calpernia Addams | May 21, 2010 | Favorites, Featured, Rant, Writing
Do you decide who is “really a man” or “really a woman”? (See 1m33s) Part of being a public figure is attracting criticism. The praise is plentiful and frequent, but those who feel motivated to reach out and express their displeasure at some...
by Calpernia Addams | Feb 24, 2010 | Commentary, Rant
Tonight I watched “September Issue”, the documentary about the creation of Vogue magazine’s legendary annual coffee-table buster of an issue in 2007, usually made up of 500-700 pages of fashion and advertising. Of course, it featured legendary...
by Calpernia Addams | Aug 31, 2009 | Commentary, Favorites, Film & TV Reviews, Rant, Writing
Preface: Some Context I am not a humorless “Social Justice Warrior”. I hope for fair, compassionate treatment of other human beings, but I have little in common with some of the new generation of perpetually offended professional victims who have overtaken...
by Calpernia Addams | Apr 21, 2009 | Diary, Rant
Today I recieved the following comment on a light hearted article I wrote on “beer goggles”, of all things: But have you forgotten him or will you ever stand up fright for what happend to him i am sure he is happy you turned out the way you have but i look...
by Calpernia Addams | Mar 25, 2009 | Diary, Horrifying, Rant, Reviews
I rarely write bad reviews of people, places or things. The only ones I can think of off the top of my head are my reviews of the horrendous customer service of the Rathbone Hotel in London and Christian Siriano. And I’ve been blogging for well over six years...
by Calpernia Addams | Nov 4, 2008 | Activist, Commentary, Favorites, Original Writing, Rant, Writing
(Originally published on Calpernia’s Psychology Today blog) For most of my life, when I looked at the people passing by in my daily activities, on some subconscious level I felt like I was one of them. Beneath whatever surface tensions, we were all part of the...
