Lots of talk on the political stage these days via Mitt Romney whether it’s ENVY or plain old outrage over greed and unfairness bubbling up in Americans today. What do you think?
http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/12/news/economy/romney_envy/
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ENVY & POLITICS
Friday, January 13th, 2012Driven to Distraction
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Women in Saudi Arabia just won the right to vote, but are threatened with whip lashings if they attempt to drive to the polls to exercise that right.
Why do women there face such an uphill battle to get behind the wheel?
Is it ENVY of women that fuels this continuing injustice? What do you think?
As tweeted by Christiane Amanpour of ABC News,
‘A story from Absurdistan.’
‘The Writer’s Disease’
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
Cool post on ambition & ENVY from Douglas Eby. Lots of insights, including mention of a title from the 90’s we haven’t yet explored but will — Bonnie Friedman’s Writing Past Dark: ENVY, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer’s Life.
Friedman calls ENVY ‘the writer’s disease.’ Yup. 🙂
Thanks to Kim Carlson, who posted Eby’s work on Facebook.
Homophobia & ENVY
Friday, June 24th, 2011In honor of Gay Pride Week, we’ve been wondering: how much of the zeal to keep gay people from full equal rights is somehow rooted in ENVY? Are vitriolic homophobes perhaps envious of others’ ability to live free and honestly? Kinda makes you think.
Then we came across this post from Christian writer Jerry Maneker who has asked the same questions. What say you?
http://christianglbtrights.blogspot.com/2010/12/homophobia-and-envy.html
Photo by Barbara Rick
The Art of the Humblebrag
Thursday, May 5th, 2011Funny, laser-like observations here from Harris Wittels — standup comedian & writer on NBC’s Parks & Recreation. He’s got a Twitter page that follows those guilty of the humble brag: silly, whiny complaints masking a major brag.
“What I hate about a humble brag is that people try to come off like they aren’t bragging. It’s people not being honest about their intention. Just tell us you are at an exclusive party. Don’t hide it behind a complaint about your dress not fitting.”
Are the folks that do this deliberately stoking ENVY? Wittels thinks so: “I have realized that people do most things so they can tell other people about it. It’s all validation.”
Thanks to @lskonech for the tip on this WSJ.com piece!!
‘Ugh. I just pocket dialed spokesperson for Pentagon.’ —Greta Van Susteren
Gwyneth #ENVY ??
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
She’s blonde. Thin. Rich. Married to a rock star. Charmed-life liver. What’s not to ENVY about G.P.? The envied one talks candidly about her haters.
http://www.popeater.com/2011/04/14/gwyneth- paltrow-cookbook-magazine-glee-album/
Do you agree that ‘hard work’ makes a person’s luck?
Jon Stewart on ENVY
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Amazing humor and spot-on insights on the myriad ways ENVY is playing out in the financial crisis unfolding nationwide, with unions in a starring role as punching bag. Big money pitting worker against worker. Nice.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/01/jon-stewart-critiques-wis_n_829618.html
Accepting the award for this ENVY sighting, our brilliant grant writer, Joanna Rabiger. 🙂
Wisconsin and the Politics of ENVY by Mike Lux
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011Great article from HuffPo and the author of The Progressive Revolution: How the Best in America Came to Be
Mike Lux writes:
“Conservatives love to write off progressive populism as “the politics of envy,” saying we envy the rich instead of recognizing them for being the hardworking entrepreneurs they are. Given that, the current conservative exercise of attacking public employees for getting pensions, decent health care coverage, and occasional salary increases is irony on a scale rarely seen. Republicans and conservatives’ basic argument is that since private-sector workers have been so thoroughly screwed on wages, health care, and retirement plans in recent decades, those same workers should be mad that teachers and cops and social workers have gotten a little more economic security than they have. If that ain’t the politics of envy, I don’t know what is.”
Read the full post here
Godard Truffaut Feud: ENVY fueled?
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
We closely follow @ebertchicago on Twitter. This morning, he posted this:
Godard and Truffaut were best friends in 1949. Ten years later they were creating the New Wave. But then…
We wonder if ENVY reared its head here. So many friendships have been poisoned — suddenly & irrevocably — by ENVY. Has this ever happened to you?
Facebook ENVY
Thursday, January 27th, 2011On a lazy Saturday morning a few months ago, I posted something like this as my Facebook status: ‘Enjoying my big mug of coffee with a teaspoon of ENVY.’
Does the endless barrage of smiling good cheer on Facebook make us sad? That’s the question posed in this Slate article— we found it via old friend Terry Baker — on, you guessed it, Facebook.
Some interesting angles in the discussion of Facebook ENVY here. Check it out.
http://www.slate.com/id/2282620/
