About Spencer Ackerman

Melissa, Since Sunday I've cooked 35 pounds of turkey. I'm tired. But it's the hatred that keeps me moving forward — hatred for these blogs. It's no accident that my culinary efforts were limited to lunch on Wednesday, since I … Read More

Melissa, Speaking of humor, let's move on to our next blog, Perez Hilton, one of the innumerable celebrity blogs devoted to Lindsay Lohan's lack of underwear or Tara Reid's botched plastic surgery. Actually, let's pause a moment to savor the … Read More

Melissa, Apropos of Feministing's Buffy clip, allow me to say that it's not my revolution if I can't stake to it. Is there a single feminist out there who doesn't love Buffy? A single sentient, Buffy-experienced human being? I am … 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.] Melissa, Now that we've dispensed with … Read More

Hey Melissa, Have you ever read Captain's Quarter's? I haven't either. But, perhaps unlike you, I have seen it referenced a million times by the brighter lights — and I mean this purely figuratively — of the conservative blogosphere, like … Read More