1. I believe Heather Havrilesky's main insight of the show Mad Men is one of an almost disdain; not entirely towards the show its self, but I think more on the ideas the show accentuates. In her opening statement she makes it very clear that the american search for upgrades has become a "sickness that's infused in our blood..." The show very cleverly portrays that reinforcement of needing to have the next best thing, but also, though it may be lost sometimes in the glorification of the main characters, that having the best doesn't actually fulfill the void we want it to. As Heather continues on she really covers almost every main character's struggle with keeping up with the appearances of the relation of happiness and objectivity, and their true struggles to maintain such a facade.
2. Havrilesky establishes her authority to write about the show in her first few paragraphs by summarizing the similarities between the show, and our real lives, emphasizing our ridiculous need to never be satisfied with what we have.
3. When Havrilesky wrote "...millions of aspiring 3-year-old princesses hum "someday my prince will come!" to themselves, turning their backs on the sweetness of the day at hand." it really tugs at our heart strings, because many of us young girls have seen the glorification of princesses sitting around and waiting for their prince to arrive instead of going out and living our lives, maybe even meeting him on the way.
4. I have seen Mad Men before, and actually quite enjoy it, and I do think this is a very accurate description of the show, and the points she's made in her article are definitely ones that have occurred to me and have impacted me while watching the show.
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