Slog - Comments on Two Damn Fine Book Reviews http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews This week's Stranger is coming online right about now, but I wanted to take this opportunity to point out two really great pieces that ran in the books section last week. The first is Erica C. Barnett's A Little Bit Doomed, which is ostensibly about a book called Little Green Purse, but is more about the new, stupid face of environmentalism. While picking at chalky slabs of salmon and overdressed salads, the women toss a volley of green-lifestyle questions at MacEachern. What kind of lipstick should I buy? Should I buy my daughter a new car? How do I... Copyright 2008 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:25:14 -0800 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:27:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by flamingbanjo But using re-usable canvas grocery bags will save the planet, right?

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000286 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000286 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:45:36 -0800 Comment by Jerod No. It's already destroyed remember.

]]> Jerod http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000298 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000298 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:54:21 -0800 Comment by tomcat98109 Key line from Erica's review: "I am completely out of touch with what upper-middle-class American women care about." No, you're completely out of touch with anyone, and anything, outside your narrow world view. We can only picture your barely concealed smug look of contempt for the women at this event.

]]> tomcat98109 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000300 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000300 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:55:30 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Sounds more like The Feminazi Manifesto to me.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000307 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000307 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:58:58 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant @4: Holy shit, did you just use the word Feminazi? You're out of my will.

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000314 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000314 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:03:52 -0800 Comment by elenchos I blogged this.

I still can't find a URL for the In The Hall column in the print version that says the opposite of the book review. Anybody?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000317 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000317 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:05:55 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty That's OK, Paul - you were never in my will in the first place. When I die, all my money's going to someone who really needs it: Dan Savage.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000321 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000321 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:12:35 -0800 Comment by Paul Constant But, seriously, though: Feminazi? Come on!

]]> Paul Constant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000325 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:21:38 -0800 Comment by PopTart You know, Paul, usually I agree with you about everything (it's part of the stalker manifesto) but this time, no way. The superlatives in your post were as annoying as the condescending claptrap that Megan and Erica passed off as book reviews.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000332 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000332 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:38:44 -0800 Comment by Stolia @3 I couldn't agree more.

And I could write a concise, eloquent rebuttal to Erica and Megan's obtuse, self-righteous reviews, but I'm too tired. Instead, I'm going to watch Sleepless in Seattle.

]]> Stolia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000336 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:46:09 -0800 Comment by Abby Paul, I'm with you. Feminazi? What the hell?

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000379 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000379 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:39:29 -0800 Comment by Irena Great reviews--thanks for pointing them out!

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1000417 Books Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:24:58 -0800 Comment by inkweary Little Green Purse makes me want to buy a cute little smart car so I can drive it onto the bus. I am going to write a letter to Metro to encourage them to remove some seats to increase the number of parking spaces on the buses, surely that will improve ridership.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1001089 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/two_damn_fine_book_reviews#c1001089 Books Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:27:29 -0800