so the WaPo can be self-aware with the best of them!

I don't usually say nice things about the WaPo, so here's a link to an article about the new TLC show "DC Cupcakes", based on the Georgetown Cupcake store. I can't help but love this article. Here, from the lead:

"D.C. Cupcakes," which premieres Friday night on TLC, joins a growing number of manic-bakery shows (some with dwarves, some without) and follows the day-to-day operations of Georgetown Cupcake.

Who can quibble with the intoxicating allure of the $2.75 Georgetown Cupcake? Who can articulate a discomfort with the subliminally retro Betty Crocker ideals about femininity (the gyno/Easy-Bake Oven connection!) or ponder the limited entrepreneurial choices for women, even in 2010, when your mouth is full of chocolate ganache?

How great is the tone in this article already? It goes on to snark at some aspects of the show and about our desire for cupcakes, doing a rah-rah from a gender and cultural studies perspective. Despite the lack of real conclusions, it's a tantalizing set of questions and a fun sarcastic read. And hey, maybe some Gender Studies major will actually write a thesis on this stuff and I'll have something fun to read next spring.