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DEBTOCRACY- A GREEK FILM WITH LESSONS FOR IRELAND
15 years ago
Friday, August 06, 2010
just a thought ...................... i want a president. ..............
“I want a president” by Zoe Leonard
via (this may be a few years old. the wording is not what i would choose, but man, it sure does speak volumes)
Thursday, August 05, 2010
i do watch mad men but
the spinster aunt REALLY nailed this!
Spinster aunt casts jaundiced eye at popular television show
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Hollywood has long been recognized by the Global Cabal of Spinster Aunts as Ground Zero for American misogyny. Like everything that gurgles forth from that foul city, this Mad Men sensation that’s sweeping the nation has many sicko antifeminist repercussions.
Never heard of Mad Men? It’s a “critically acclaimed” — which means that edgy dudes like it — American TV show set in the early pre-feminist 60’s, about handsome dudes in an ad agency and the hot women they screw. Its chief appeal is the sex they have in painstakingly authentic sets and period costumes.
Aside from the obvious thrill of enjoying without compunction a throwback fantasy Man’s World untainted by the unseemly Women’s Lib movement, Mad Men is problematic for another reason. Unsurprisingly, actual women are now being encouraged to emulate the “lovely ladies” of the show, on the subject of whose “kicking silhouettes” much ink has been spilled. From sheknows.com:
“January Jones told the British magazine Tatler, ‘[Series creator Matthew Weiner] would prefer we didn’t work out and that we eat really well, so we look like healthy women.’
Mad Men producers allegedly felt January Jones was too thin last year and it helped her embrace the healthy side of being fit. ‘It’s okay to have curves and be a woman,’ Jones advocated. ‘I wish more women would realize that’s what men like.’
Because what men like should always be at the heart of a woman’s personal health regimen. Particularly when those men are Hollywood producers.
And this:
“Kudos to Matthew Weiner for using the rocking bodies of January Jones, Christina Hendricks and Elisabeth Moss as an example for looking good the right way.”
Whoa there, Trigger. Did the author just say “kudos to some dude for using the bodies of some women”? Hey, author! The 60’s just called and they want their moron misogynist copywriter back!..............
pic is obviously a publicity still from the show. i don't know the credit though
i love you evil slutopia!
why? because they tell me just how easily i can be (and feel too) 'sexier' simply by reading COSMO AND taking ALL of the shite sage advice offered therein! after all we're NOTHING without being and feeling 'sexy' and of course if we don't have a MAN
by the way ALL THEIR COVERS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. HERE'S BUT ONE
Cosmo's 50 Quick Tricks to Feel Sexier Instantly
There's an article in the August issue of Cosmo called "Feel Sexier Instantly: 50 Quick Tricks".
No matter how amazing your life is, there are probably days when regardless of your best efforts to get into the groove, it seems as though someone's hijacked your mojo. And it's a damn crime for that to happen at the height of summer - the season when you should feel your absolute sexiest. Well, no longer. There are actually lots of little tweaks you can make that instantly amp up your hotness. We've rounded up 50 quick, easy, sexy energizers.Well, we hate a mojo hijacking as much as the next person, so we were very excited to read and comment on these tips. (We left out some of the boring ones.) We guarantee that you'll feel sexier just from reading the rest of this post, so let's get to it.
#1 We know it's sensible to wear flip-flops to and from work in the summer. But do your commute in real shoes a couple of times a week. A chick sauntering in 3-inchers is almost impossible to ignore, and collecting admiring looks is such an ego blast.This tip assumes that everyone works in New York City or another place where your commute to work involves a lot of walking. It also assumes a blissfully street harassment-free world. (Not to mention that high heels increase your chances of getting hurt during your commute.)............
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
i haven't had a chance to read the anthropology of coffee yet
but i PROMISE you i will. i live for the stuff. yes, i'm seriously addicted.
here's boing boing's posting (which links to it)
The anthropology of coffee
Maggie Koerth-Baker
bean pic: Image courtesy Flickr user jphilipg, via CC
other pic: via
here's boing boing's posting (which links to it)
The anthropology of coffee
Maggie Koerth-Baker
oh shite and horseshite
we don't need this. what we DO need is COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION.
do you really think teen grrrls are going to NOT have sex because a video game tells them not to? grow some brains
Taxpayers fund video game that teaches girls how not to score
Ever wish there were a video game where the point is to score as little as possible? If so, well, the Obama administration just may have several hundred thousand dollars for you.
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is one such beneficiary, with a weird idea for a game and a fresh wad of taxpayer cash to drive its creation.
Yes, thanks to the National Institutes of Health, which awarded UCF $434,800 to continue this project, a small number of teen girls will soon get to wear spandex suits and ping-pong balls all over their bodies while pretending they're telling boys to leave them alone.
The project's stated goal is to reduce pregnancy rates and sexually transmitted disease among the Latina community ... Through video games, apparently.............
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