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Shani Hilton

Shani Hilton is associate editor of Campus Progress. You can find her blogging here.

Recent Articles

Doing a Disservice to "Western Mothers."

Shani HiltonJan 12, 2011

Mikhail Zinshteyn, a writer at Campus Progress (and a former TAP intern) has an interesting take on controversy around Amy Chua's "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" piece:

The Cable Will Be Alright.

Shani HiltonJan 12, 2011

New York magazine reports that Conan O'Brien's new show on TBS is the top late-night show for viewers under 50...with a catch:

TBS's numbers are so-called "live plus seven" figures, which mean they counts folks who catch up on Coco within a week of each show's broadcast. Late-night shows historically haven't bragged about getting huge bumps from DVRs, but Conan seems to be an exception. [The] show seems to be adding up to 20 percent more viewership via time-shifting.

The Death of a Ladyblog.

Shani HiltonJan 11, 2011

Salon has closed its woman-focused site Broadsheet, which is probably one of the longest-running news blogs targeting women; it was started in 2005. Salon editor-in-chief, Kerry Lauerman, writes:

For much of the last year, Broadsheet has been a one-woman show performed by Tracy Clark-Flory. She's done a terrific job, but it's time for her to move on to focus her attention on stories that she's most interested in -- analyses and reporting on sex, love and relationships -- and stop running Broadsheet. 

The Mathematics of (White) Beauty.

Shani HiltonJan 11, 2011

Dating site OkCupid has released its latest user study -- which appear periodically on the site's blog -- this time focusing on beauty and women. After promising to get to the male users at some point, author Christian Rudder dives into the data, which apparently reveals:

[W]hen some men think you're ugly, other men are more likely to message you. And when some men think you're cute, other men become less interested. Why would this happen? Perhaps a little game theory can explain:

A National Online Password?

Shani HiltonJan 10, 2011

Well, this is interesting:

President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today.

It's "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said.

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