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Ruthy Sher

Disordered thinking on eating disorders

This week marks 2010 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. One of the three goals of the week is to “reduc[e] the stigma surrounding eating disorders” by properly informing people that “eating disorders are serious, life-threatening illnesses—not choices—and it’s important to recognize the pressures, attitudes and behaviors that shape the disorder.”

This week marks 2010 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. One of the three goals of the week is to “reduc[e] the stigma surrounding eating disorders” by properly informing people that “eating disorders are serious, life-threatening illnesses—not choices—and it’s important to recognize the pressures, attitudes and behaviors that shape the disorder.”

Macbeth Meets The Simpsons In Rick Miller’s MacHomer

Classic drama and modern television would seem to make an unlikely pair. However, in Rick Miller’s innovative one-man performance of MacHomer, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth using the voices of over 50 Simpsons characters, the line between traditional theater and contemporary pop culture is heavily blurred.

Classic drama and modern television would seem to make an unlikely pair. However, in Rick Miller’s innovative one-man performance of MacHomer, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth using the voices of over 50 Simpsons characters, the line between traditional theater and contemporary pop culture is heavily blurred.

Columbia’s Club Scene Non-Existent for Television

Some of the best student clubs at Columbia aren’t clubs at all. You can find entire floors of dorms huddled up on a weekly basis to watch episodes of LOST or The Office. Yet of the 500 or so official clubs and organizations Columbia University has to offer, none of them involves TV shows at all.

Some of the best student clubs at Columbia aren’t clubs at all. You can find entire floors of dorms huddled up on a weekly basis to watch episodes of LOST or The Office. Yet of the 500 or so official clubs and organizations Columbia University has to offer, none of them involves TV shows at all.

Spin-offs That Rival or Surpass Their Predecessors

There are two golden rules of television: when it’s not broken, don’t fix it, and when it’s performing well in the ratings, make a spin-off.

There are two golden rules of television: when it’s not broken, don’t fix it, and when it’s performing well in the ratings, make a spin-off.