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Ali MacLean is a writer, actor, filmmaker, and radio personality. She has been on-air, written and produced for MTV, VH-1, ABC, Fox, Indie 103.1 FM radio, Little Radio, Vlaze TV and Sirius Radio.

Ali has appeared on HBO's Mr. Show, Current TV's Super News and VH1's Ill-Ustrated, and has written for several TV comedies, including Kathy Griffin's So Called Reality, MTV's Celebrity Death Match, MTV's Buzzkill and VH1's Random Play. Her award winning short film, Media Whore, was developed as a pilot by Saturday Night Live's Broadway Video.

Her musings on Hollywood are published in the book American Dream by Nation Books. For more of Ali's blogs and videos, you can follow her at www.aliontheair.wordpress.com.

Blog Entries by Ali MacLean

Ann Romney, Do You Really Love Us Women?

(43) Comments | Posted September 5, 2012 | 8:23 PM

You love us? Really? All of us?

Even the poor, the unmarried, the homosexual, the oversexed, and the overworked?

Do you love the women who get their birth control at Planned Parenthood?

Or the women who are seeing to it that women can have a safe abortion...

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Talking 'Bout a Revolution

(5) Comments | Posted July 18, 2012 | 7:54 PM

It was recently July 14, so I said to a guy, "Happy Bastille Day"! He sort of rolled his eyes and churlishly mumbled. "The fuck do I care about Bastille Day? And why the fuck do you? Why should we care in the U.S. about some dumb French holiday?"

All...

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Packing My Bags for Canada

(12) Comments | Posted June 29, 2012 | 6:47 PM

Goddamned Obama. Goddamned Supreme Court!

Who do they think they are forcing me to have health care when I don't want it? That's it. I'm packing my bags and moving to Canada. I'm really doing it this time too. I know I've said I would do it before, like...

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Digging for Gold

(1) Comments | Posted June 21, 2012 | 7:13 PM

Summer is here and I need to get the air conditioning on my '98 VW fixed. I think it is time this Class 'A' gold digger took a trip to a discount store to get a new pair of heels. It's hunting season! You see, I've been accused of being...

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Be a Man, or At Least Jon Hamm

(333) Comments | Posted June 13, 2012 | 10:30 AM

Mad Men's Don Draper is a bad husband. He constantly cheats. He cheats on the women he cheats with. He drinks his meals, and not in a Jamba Juice immunity boost kind of way, but a Bushmills for breakfast way. He will slap his woman around. He is a workaholic....

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Get Up Stand Up, Stand Up For the Stripes

(2) Comments | Posted June 1, 2012 | 6:41 PM

We stand to sing our national anthem because it is THE LAW (Ed: it is not a law). Standing for our anthem is tradition and it is to honor our flag and our country. We put our hand over our heart and it is a contract, just like putting our...

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Are You Cat Mom Enough?

(3) Comments | Posted May 21, 2012 | 12:28 PM

The times, they are a-changing. The traditional family is no longer so traditional. Marriage is being fought over on an international level, and yet it seems fewer and fewer people want to enter into that contract.

Many women find that while having a healthy career, they don't have time for...

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Say Yes to My Dress

(1) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 6:39 PM

Hi, babe!

Don't hang up! Look I know we're in a big fight right now and you need time to cool off, but I wanted to run something by you.

So I went and did a little shopping today. Yes, I know I don't need to be out...

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What to Expect if You're Expecting in Arizona

(14) Comments | Posted April 11, 2012 | 2:26 PM

Hey, everybody! I'm pregnant! But if you're a woman, so are you! That is, if you have a period and you live in Arizona. Sorry to the men out there who are reading this and don't want to get into all this icky female stuff, but it's official government news...

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My Life With Kitler

(1) Comments | Posted April 4, 2012 | 6:20 PM

For the record, I am not a crazy cat lady. No matter how many cat calendars, cat magnets or cat notebooks my mother gives me, or how many cute Lolcats people post on my Facebook wall... I'm really a dog person, I grew up with dogs. I'm not that into...

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Not Letting My Boyfriend Get In The Way Of Having The Perfect Valentines Day Date

(6) Comments | Posted February 14, 2012 | 5:08 PM

I spoke with Psychic to the Stars, Psychic Girl, aka Jusstine Kenzer about who would make the perfect date for me on Valentines Day.

ALI: I don't have a date for Valentines Day. I have a boyfriend. Yet, I'm still dateless on Valentines Day.

JUSSTINE: You have...

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Why Are You So Angry, Birds?

(2) Comments | Posted February 6, 2012 | 2:54 PM

My boyfriend has been brainwashed by these crazy militant activists and I fear I'm losing him. I hardly see him anymore. He's obsessed with these nuts. And even when he is sitting in front of me, he's not really "there." He's constantly checking his phone, seeing what his new flock...

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Stupid Cupid - A Workplace Dating Survey

(2) Comments | Posted January 27, 2012 | 2:41 PM

Ladies! The biggest day of the year is coming up. Don't let another year of a flower-free desk or chocolate-less, barren, empty life make you miserable. If you don't get a ring, a date, a kiss or even a hello come this 14th, you could be one step away from...

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Why My Boyfriend Has a Hook for a Hand

(1) Comments | Posted January 10, 2012 | 11:25 AM

So, when you meet Tim, just don't mention the, you know. I mean, time has passed but he's still a bit sensitive about it and all. It totally wasn't his fault.

See, he lives above an Olde English Pub, which was built a few thousand years ago and is more...

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I'm With Alec: American Has Baggage

(0) Comments | Posted January 8, 2012 | 5:37 PM

Okay, I was never good at math, but 60 pounds equals 60 pounds. Right? If you have 60 pounds in one bag, and then take 15 pounds out and put it in another bag and both of those bags are going on a plane you are still taking 60 pounds...

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Waking the Sleeping Tiger -- My Political PTSD

(4) Comments | Posted April 25, 2011 | 3:46 PM

Some time ago I was in a horrible crash. And I think I still have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Whenever I come near any sensation anything like it, I shut down, unable to deal with the emotions that rise up in me... I'm still not over the Republican take over.

...
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The Goddesses Must Be Crazy: An Application for Charlie Sheen

(11) Comments | Posted March 11, 2011 | 1:37 PM

Dear Charlie Sheen:

Recently it came to my attention that my followers on Twitter had, unbeknownst to me, recommended me to you for your open Goddess position at your Sober Valley Ranch. I have to admit that when I first heard about this, I thought I must have been overqualified...

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Hey, Have You Heard of That Horrible Show Called Fox News?

(7) Comments | Posted November 23, 2010 | 12:31 PM

Hey, have you heard of that horrible show called Fox News? Get this. They call themselves a news station. Well, they should really get some fact checkers. I was on my smart phone at Intelligentista, drinking my macchiato this morning, when I almost barfed on my Surface To Air hoodie....

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I Believe That Eddie Izzard Is Our Future

(35) Comments | Posted August 16, 2010 | 5:16 PM

Biopics are normally saved for the icons that are old and wrinkled octogenarians reflecting back on their life of accomplishments. But what if through sheer grit, determination, talent and an unyielding belief in yourself, you've managed to cram all that life and success into half a lifetime?

Sarah Townsend...

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KCRW Presents: Girls, Girls, Girls

(1) Comments | Posted July 27, 2010 | 11:01 AM

Hi. This is Jason Bentley, host of KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW's flagship music show that has been on the air for more than thirty years. This is also Jason Bentley music director for KCRW. I love Neko Case.

We here at KCRW provide our listeners with the cutting edge...

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