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Published: 10/29/09

'Mad Men's' Lessons on Food Policy

By  Ria Misra - Politics Daily
'Mad Men's' Lessons on Food Policy

The heat-and-serve meals seen on "Mad Men" don't often inspire me to much food policy thought, but I did appreciate "Mad Men's" very own Soylent Green moment this week when, upon learning what brand of dog food his puppy was eating, a focus group attendee cried out, "Ponies! They make it out of ponies!" After which the dog food company executive calmly observed to the surrounding Sterling Cooper staff that horse meat seemed to have acquired a bit of a branding problem. Likewise, the meat we eat also suffers from a branding problem, namely that we don't think about it enough in terms of ...

Published: 10/27/09

'Mad Men': Atomic Secretaries and Feminine Mistakes

By  Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
'Mad Men': Atomic Secretaries and Feminine Mistakes

Horse meat! And a thump on the head. We here at Woman Up are back on the "Mad Men" beat. ...

Published: 09/21/09

'Mad Men': His Right Foot

By  Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
'Mad Men': His Right Foot

How very topical. Who knew the corporate mindset of squeezing pennies and demoralizing staff went back 50 years? ...

Published: 09/16/09

'Mad Men': Roger Sterling's Love Train

By  Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
'Mad Men': Roger Sterling's Love Train

I just watched Episode 4 of "Mad Men," and now I've got both feet on board the Roger love train. ...

Published: 08/31/09

Mad Men: We Married Joan

By  Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
Mad Men: We Married Joan

Well, we all wanted to when she sang a little French song with her little squeezebox – hey, that's what the AMC blog is calling Joan Holloway's gorgeous red-and-pearl accordion. Ooh-la-la indeed.AMC is offering an exclusive to iPhone users: A behind-the-scenes look at the singing and dancing on Episode 3 of Season 3 of "Mad Men," titled "My Old Kentucky Home." Perhaps this iPhone exclusive is a foreshadowing. Traditional media, with massive debt and plummeting ad revenues, is perplexed on how to become relevant again. One answer might be to offer subscribers something they can't get ...

Published: 08/25/09

Mad Men: I Want to Be All of Them

By  Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
Mad Men: I Want to Be All of Them

It's "Mad Men" season again, and my Woman Up colleagues and I are all aflutter about this almost self-indulgent plunge into another era. ...

Published: 08/17/09

'Mad Men' Era Sexist and Glamorous, and I Miss it

By  Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
'Mad Men' Era Sexist and Glamorous, and I Miss it

Is it wrong to miss the stewardess? The bellhop? The secretary?I know they're politically incorrect. But the hit show "Mad Men" on AMC – set in the early 1960s and arguably the best TV show since "The Sopranos" – has brought back dormant longings I didn't know I had. ...

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