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Intellectual Eye Candy Alert

30 January 2008, 4:00 pm No Comments

I have to admit that I regularly turn my television to the Tucker-Hardball-Countdown-Abrams lineup on MSNBC. Part of this is because I want to know what my mother is talking about when she goes on a rant about the latest politician who makes her angry. And part of this is because of my rather large crush on Rachel Maddow, a political analyst who has a radio show and appears on MSNBC all the time. Ms. Maddow has a Ph.D. in politics from Oxford, is an HIV/AIDS and gay marriage activist, and is ridiculously smart. Oh, and she’s also hot.

The crush reached a new level this week when I learned that my mother also adores Ms. Maddow, who just so happens to live a few towns over from where I used to live in Massachusetts. Today my mother found out that Ms. Maddow attends Northampton Pride, which set her aflutter.

I think that this has opened up new territory between me and my mother — my mother knows and loves lots of homos, but I’m pretty sure this is the first time she has a girl crush. Does anyone else out there share gay crushes with their parents?

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Zack said:

My mom, who is straight and married to my father, developed such a large girl crush on TV actress Amy Brenneman that my sisters and I unofficially changed the name of her show from “Judging Amy” to “Hugging Amy.”

30 January 2008 at 4:00 pm

Jess said:

Amy, thanks for spreading the word on Maddow! Rachel Maddow’s lesbian following here in DC is very much alive and well.

If you haven’t already seen these, check out Rachel Maddow Campaign Asylum YouTube videos. Pure genius: http://www.youtube.com/user/LayerCakeProductions

30 January 2008 at 4:55 pm

Dan said:

I love Rachel in a way only a gay man can love a lesbian. I used to listen to her on Unfiltered with Lizz Winstead and Chuck D until that show imploded. She’s such a reasonable voice for the perceived ‘radical’ left.

24 March 2008 at 8:58 pm

Anonymous said:

I guess I’m glad to see that Rachel’s imaginary paramours are almost inumerable and include, straight and gay men and women alike! But, alas, I guess that means that I wouldn’t be the only one throwing myself into her arms in the event of our elevator stalling/chance subway encounter/bumping elbows at Henrietta Hudsons…Jk:-) I almost feel guilty for the passion she elicits…I mean, I LOVE the brain, but — did anyone catch the meow yesterday (re Obama’s New Hampshire comment)? I Swooned!!

17 October 2008 at 10:23 pm