Horse meat! And a thump on the head. We here at Woman Up are back on the “Mad Men” beat. An attractive, middle-aged widow from Roger Sterling’s past showed up at Sterling Cooper to 1) ask for help handling a public relations crisis at her dog-food company, and 2) cozy up to Roger to see [...]
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Mad Men: Atomic Secretaries & Feminine Mistakes
Posted in Pop Culture, tagged animal cruelty, feminine mystique, joan holloway, mad men, mad men season 3, roger sterling on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mad Men: His Right Foot
Posted in Pop Culture, tagged 1960s, advertising, amc, lose foot youtube, mad men, mad men season 3, matthew weiner, tv on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How very topical. Who knew the corporate mindset of squeezing pennies and demoralizing staff went back 50 years? The art of combining period detail with foreshadowing of current events has been perfected by “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner. Last week racial issues were just about to explode in AMC’s hit show (as noted by my [...]
Mad Men: I Want to Be All of Them
Posted in Pop Culture, tagged don draper, joan holloway, mad men, mad men season 1, mad men season 3 on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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. Not to mention the characters. I want to be all of them. I want to be Joan Holloway, with her red hair and smart clothes. I’ll take a few head bumps on [...]


