by snarly | Aug 27, 2015 | Corporate Apologies
We’re late to this one, but Susan is in the desert, presumably with no pants on. So it’s my fault that we haven’t weighed in on the group of women (10 Black, one white) who were kicked off Napa Valley’s Wine Train for laughing too loudly. Slate...
by snarly | Aug 20, 2015 | Celebrity Apologies
A Duggar, or a murmuration of Duggars, or some amateurish PR pals of Duggar, apologized on the Duggar web site for a Duggar’s use of the cheating site Ashley Madison. The apology kept being edited after it was posted. Gawker has tracked all the revisions. Go...
by snarly | Aug 19, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Musical Apologies
The music festival Rototom Sunsplash apologized today for disinviting the American Jewish singer Matisyahu from performing. The apology was…not so good. Backstory: Under pressure from the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction Israel) movement, the festival had...
by snarly | Aug 13, 2015 | Corporate Apologies
A social-media celebration of International Women’s Day from Bic South Africa did not go over so well. Caroline Criado Perez, author of Do It Like A Woman…and change the world, added in a separate tweet: *stabs eyes out with Bic pen* — which is...
by snarly | Aug 10, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Religious Apologies
As you may have heard, a romance novel between a Jewish prisoner and an SS Commander, set in a concentration camp during World War II, is stirring up some mishegas. It came to a head when an author and critic, Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, shared her...