Pony rides

Matt Labash, a/k/a America’s Greatest National Treasure, on why modern women love Mad Men:

Remember the episode from Season 1, in which Roger rides one of those redheaded twins around his office like a pony? Horrifying, right? You almost had to avert your gaze. But maybe good, God-fearing, liberal feminist third-wavers are making Sunday nights on AMC appointment television for a reason that is much more elementary than can be provided by all the over-analysis of the show. Maybe they’re sick of gender wars. Maybe they’re sick of having their emotions governed by the courts and turgid, abstract theory. Maybe they just want something simple and primal and gratifying. Maybe they want a pony ride. [emp. mine]

Oof. I can’t wait to see the hate mail he gets for that (brilliant and insightful) line.