theSpleen — a rupture of culture & politics

MAD MENUS: YOU SAY POTATO, I SAY GRATIN
by John Idstrom
“…pure culinary decadence and precious little nutritional value…”

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WHAT THE GARMENT INDUSTRY IGNORES ABOUT THE GARMENT INDUSTRY
by Lauren Lightningstorm
“. . . [T]he one enduring fact about fashion is that it does — most definitely — kill quite a lot of people.”

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MAD MEN, SEASON SIX/EPISODE 7: I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S NOT BETTER
by E.C. Fish
It’s not nice to fool Mad Men fans.

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MAD MENUS: YOU SAY POTATO, I SAY GRATIN

by John Idstrom May 18, 2013

“…pure culinary decadence and precious little nutritional value…”

by Lauren Lightningstorm May 17, 2013

“. . . [T]he one enduring fact about fashion is that it does — most definitely — kill quite a lot of people.”

by E.C. Fish May 17, 2013

It’s not nice to fool Mad Men fans.

by Claire Moshenberg May 11, 2013

Guys, remember when we all really liked Mad Men?

by E.C. Fish May 3, 2013

Mad Men and racial politics are a bad combination.

by John Idstrom April 27, 2013

“It just gets weirder if, like me, you can’t think of it without recollecting the image of the jowly ‘rock star’ of the same name.”

by Claire Moshenberg April 26, 2013

“…[U]nlike Matthew Weiner, I’m not super-fond of making the exact same point every week.”

by John Idstrom April 20, 2013

“What are you hungry for when you don’t know what you’re hungry for?”