Modern Family the new Normal Family

Reality TV has dominated televising air ways for far too long. Modern Family, a new series on ABC is a show everyone must watch! A contemporary depiction of an ordinary American family. Based on three family's one of which are a gay couple with an adopted baby; the families are related and show one another unconditional acceptance. Its non prosaic atmosphere makes the show humorous and realistic. The characters are not overacting their roles but merely identifying with them. Prime time TV veteran Ed O'Neill whom you may recognize from the hit 1980's series Married with Children leads the cast with his comedic essence. The gay couple are moderately stereotyped but also convey normalcy. Other shows tend to make a mockery of homosexuals by casting persons for overly flamboyant roles. Modern Family focuses on normal family matters using the "new" normal family. You can watch the show on ABC wednesday nights at 9:00pm do not miss it!

Has MTV gone too Far?

MTV is known for..well not its music videos these days but its sizable amount of hit tv shows. Room Raiders, The Hills, and My Super Sweet 16 are just a few sires on MTV's show schedule. Currently the channel has added another show. "Gone Too Far" the recently added show reveals drug addicted youngsters and there quest for sobriety starting the late DJ AM as the host.
If an A-lister was in search of DJ, DJ AM was on the list of top party spinners in the industry. He was in a group called Crazytown who's song "Butterfly" went number 1 the top 40 charts in April 2001. Others may remember him from his high profile romances with Nicole Riche and Mandy Moore. DJ Am drawbacks consisted of but not limited to his drug addiction and a long battle with obesity. In his early 20's he was using cocaine and became heavily addicted shortly after. At age 30 he underwent gastric bypass surgery which controlled his weight. One would imagine after kicking his drug and eating habit he would be on top of the world. And on top he was! Until his death on August 28, 2009 from an accidental drug overdose.
MTV has officially GONE TOO FAR. DJ AM's show is now on the air, after considerable evidence proving the host relapsed from drug overdose. What message is the channel sending to adolescence teenagers as they glue themselves to the show. The irony is too apparent for people not to consider the release of the television show disturbing. The actual footage of Amy (addict of the first episode) injecting heroin was too much for the DJ to deal with. When filming he had to reconnect to his own faulty past, evidently his incentive to help backfired tremendously. Did MTV really need air the new show "Gone Too Far", and is this ethical?

Joyce Stevens, written for Women's Liberation Broadsheet, International Woman's Day, 1975.

Because a woman's work is never done.
and is underpaid, or unpaid, or boring, or repetitious,
and we're the first to get fired,
and what we look like is more important than what we do.
And if we get raped its our fault
and if we get beaten we must have provoked it
and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches
and if we enjoy sex we're nymphos
and if we don't we're frigid
and if we love women it's because we can't get a real man
and if we ask our doctor too many questions we're neurotic or pushy
and if we expect childcare we're selfish
and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and un-feminine
and if we don't we're typical weak females
and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man
and if we don't we're unnatural
and because we still can't get an adequate, safe contraceptive, but men
can walk on the moon
and if we can't cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty
about abortion
and for lots and lots of other reasons
we are part of the women's liberation movement...
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Hard Times at Harvard?

RECESSION, RECESSION, RECESSION! The masses are tired of repetitive discussions about what horrible shape the economy is in. Everyone is going through financial sets backs during these tuff times however some more than others. Colleges are starting to notice cut backs on campuses. For example the New York Times wrote an article about Harvard hard times, apparently Harvard is suffering minor finical hardship on there campuses. The article focuses on different types of cuts at the Ivy league, for example the student body is unhappy that hot breakfast will no longer be available in the dorms. I cannot speak for all but when I lived in the college dorms I do not recollect the luxury of hot breakfast available a few feet from where I slept. The facility is complaining about the cookies they well no longer have at staff meetings. Poor "HARVARD", these lost amenities sound detrimental to the academic success of the students bright futures. I understand that their tuition is a great deal of money ($48,868 to be exact) but is it necessary to whimper about such minuscule perks. The students should take their current experience and coalesce with one another. Endowments have dropped from $36.9 billion to $26 billion in just one year. That is a significant drop for a college that prides itself on donations from wealthy Alumni. Times are difficult but maybe it would be best if those who are not suffering a great deal should keep their howl's about hot breakfast, and cookies to a minimum because as we all know things could be worse....