by snarly | Nov 18, 2013 | Media Apologies, Other Apologies, Personal Apologies
We were overdue. Kari Wagner-Peck, who blogs at Not a Typical Mom, has a child with Down Syndrome. Earlier this month, she published an open letter to writer Chuck Klosterman on her blog. It’s worth reading in its entirety. But if you’re short on time, her...
by snarly | Nov 14, 2013 | Celebrity Apologies, Personal Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Comic Franchesca Ramsey (aka Chescaleigh) is best known for her video “Sh*t White Girls Say…to Black Girls” (SWGSTBG). But this video is serious-serious rather than funny-serious; it’s about how to respond when someone is offended by your offensiveness. I like...
by snarly | Nov 13, 2013 | Bropology, Corporate Apologies
We tried to relegate Lululemon’s last dimwitted apology to our Facebook page (feel free to “like” it to enjoy apologies we do not deign to cover at length here) but Lululemon, like a bunny-boiling anti-feminist icon, will not be ignored. When last we...
by snarly | Nov 11, 2013 | Corporate Apologies, Other Apologies
Home Depot, oy. Last Thursday, at 12:24PM EST, Harvard Law student Jonathan Wall grabbed a screen shot of a horrifyingly racist, bizarre tweet from Home Depot. At 3:30 PM EST, Home Depot tweeted him back: “We have zero tolerance for anything so stupid and...
by snarly | Nov 7, 2013 | Political Apologies
Look, it’s not like we’re gonna be funnier than Stephen Colbert. Please enjoy this footage of the gentleman from South Carolina parodying Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s apology for smoking crack. (Sorry about the autoplay, and sorry you have to sit through...
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