About Melissa Lafsky

Spencer, Ironically, I really never paid much attention to Wonkette until I left the Washington area and moved to New York. I guess it was growing up in the D.C. private school system, surrounded by the children of ambitious senators … Read More

Spencer, It’s Thanksgiving, we all need to start basting our 12-pound organically-grown oven stuffer turkeys, so I’ll keep it brief (though the internet rests for no oven timer, particularly when celebrity gossip blogs are on the table). Ah Perez Hilton … Read More

Spencer, In response to your question of whether I think some of Feministing’s images and links should receive further discussion, I’d say my answer can be summed up in one of the superfluous Latin phrases I picked up back in … Read More

Spencer, I’ve always respected Feministing. As I’ve said before, times are rough for anything calling itself “feminist” these days. From images of the "[un]shaved girl burning her bra, standing on campus screaming at everybody" to invocations of the women’s movement … Read More

[Movable Snipe is a Daily Shvitz feature wherein two writers spend a reading a handful of blogs and offering constructive (or savage) criticism in epistolary form. This week's Snipers: Spencer Ackerman and Melissa Lafsky.] Spencer, Well, as they say, if … Read More

Spencer, And who wouldn’t be won over by Ed’s winsome top-of-the-page illustration? The lithe right-winger with her tousled locks, titillating glasses and Lara Croft body bent forward just so to deliver saucy, left-hammering punchlines. Not to mention her goateed counterpart, … Read More