by snarly | Feb 11, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies
Because today is Tom Hiddleston’s birthday (I’M NOT A STALKER SHUT UP) here is a slumber party video in which he apologizes for hitting his host with a pillow after being told to hit his host with a pillow. It is a lovely apology. He is so unnecessarily...
by snarly | Feb 10, 2014 | Corporate Apologies
Tim Armstrong, the chief executive who most looks like he should play an evil CEO in a futuristic technothriller, made an unpopular announcement last week. He made employees’ 401(K) packages much less favorable, then blamed that decision on $7.1 million in...
by sumac | Feb 10, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Political Apologies
I was shocked and sorry when I read that captured members of Pussy Riot had apologized in court. I was worried for them. Apologies made by captives are as suspect as confessions from prisoners covered with bruises. Then I read the apology. Pussy Riot is a Russian...
by snarly | Feb 7, 2014 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies
Very smart essay by Alexander Chee in Dame Magazine that seems somehow…RELEVANT right now. The first lines: When I began writing this essay, I was thinking this might be about public apologies, for there had been many. “Mistakes were made,” as recent scandal...
by snarly | Feb 6, 2014 | Corporate Apologies
In which SorryWatch winds up bleeding and blinking on the mat, staring up at the sneering face of the New York Times business section, barely remembering its own name! Here’s what happened. On Tuesday, the @nytimes Twitter account asked for crowdsourcing help...