by snarly | Aug 5, 2018 | Musical Apologies, Youth apologizes
Snarly’s children had a flashback to their toddlerdom watching Yo Gabba Gabba on Nickelodeon, so we listened to a bunch of the show’s songs in the car. (Some highlights: The Roots loving their family, Eryka Badu offering strategies for when she feels...
by snarly | May 21, 2018 | Religious Apologies
Last week, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints had a meeting with leaders of the NAACP. Joyful word spread like wildfire on social media: The Church had apologized for its history of racism! Alas, it wasn’t true. Someone had set up a fake...
by snarly | May 18, 2018 | Corporate Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Hey, time for your periodic reminder about how to apologize well! A good apology uses the words “I’m sorry” or “I apologize.” It names the offense. It takes responsibility. It shows understanding of the effect — the impact —...
by snarly | May 7, 2018 | Celebrity Apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Media Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
It’s Amber Ruffin on Late Night with Seth Meyers, apologizing like a sexual harasser! To be fair, of course, we don’t know for sure that Seth didn’t ask Amber Ruffin to punch him in the face. And also to be fair, we haven’t heard from the many,...
by snarly | Apr 11, 2018 | Media Apologies, Political Apologies
This morning, Snarly was asked to write a piece for Tablet Magazine, where she is a contributing editor and columnist, about Mark Zuckerberg and apologies. One of Zuck’s talking points, as captured by a photographer in a pic of his notes, was “not who we...
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