jgh:
To add to Mo’s point, when I majored in gender studies in college, it was not to talk about how patriarchal our culture is or how the “man” is beating me down (I am looking at you, liberal feminists). Seriously, there are days when I am so SICK of the “I am a white middle class girl and you are demeaning my social position in the world” type of fucking rants that I am seriously sad and genuinely feel that something that used to make me feel like I wanted to make a difference in the world is being used for stupid arguments for any idiot with a computer.
Seriously, I am so fucking done with this dumb shit. Grow up, use your time better. Because these stupid little soapboxes are pointless. And for the record, I always considered myself a multicultural feminist. But honestly, if I never heard the F word again, I would be happy. This makes me sad, because I spent 5 years in college studying it and I used to love reading about it but not anymore. I will gladly stick to my 3rd wave “feminism is for me” mantra, because this ranting alienation shit isn’t helping any cause.
Is it not possible to care about multicultural feminism from a global perspective and rant about local gender standards? We’re capable of noticing sexism on all points of the spectrum, right? Why prioritize one effect of the same cause as “more important” or “more valuable” than the other? Is that not a dangerous rhetorical game? Personally, I think it’s important to validate people’s concerns about sexism on many different axes.
Good Lord…the solution to this seems fairly simple. Just fucking communicate like normal humans. Guys, if you have been raised to hold doors etc, then do so initially. Girls, if a guy doing this bothers you, tell them politely that you do not require such assistence. Guys, if you hear this from a girl, respect her point of view and stop. Some girls do like the chivalrous approach. Some guys actually do respect woman and do this, not to get into pants, but because its how the feel they show respect to a woman. But just talk and work it out. This isn;t a one answer fits all issue.
Bad Domain Names
All of these are companies that didn’t spend quite enough time considering how their online names might appear - and be misread…
- Who Represents is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is
www.whorepresents.com/- Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange Advice and views at
www.expertsexchange.com/- Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
www.penisland.net/- Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
www.therapistfinder.com/- There’s the Italian Power Generator company,
www.powergenitalia.com/- And don’t forget the Mole Station Native Nursery in New South Wales,
www.molestationnursery.com/- If you’re looking for IP computer software, there?s always
www.ipanywhere.com/- The First Cumming Methodist Church Web site is
www.cummingfirst.com/- And the designers at Speed of Art await you at their wacky Web site,
www.speedofart.com/(via ccc)
lmao
OMG - it took me two years working in PR to figure out the first one. Whenever I saw our account listed places I’d think “Who here has an account to ‘Whore Presents? More importantly, why are you buying prostitutes gifts?”
Natface
Is Dr. Manhattan even in the airplane verison? How did they work around him?
Seriously, I would think movies rated R would be excluded from being eligible for family friendly airplane trips.
You know the “retouch” version in IPhoto that you can use for little spots or whatever? It looks like they did that, all over his penital area, over and over. It’s kind of funny.
I also watched The Reader on the plane, and the amount of quick cutaway shots in that was quite high.
Yeah, they did that to the Wrestler too…apparently, there is something damaging about seeing a man puke while having a heart attack. Strangely, they left all the racist remarks from Clint Eastwood in “Gran Torino” completely intact.
Time warp
Anyone else have songs that, when you hear them, instantly transport you back in time due to some particular meaning they have to you? I heard the song that used to be my and my high school sweetheart’s song while getting coffee today and was right back in 1996 at Prom….wierd
Dudeeeee:”>:”>Estela this is your fault=))Can’t blame me for tripping over yooouuuu 8-> =))
Matt Moniz, the 11-year-old Boulderite who became the youngest person ever to summit Argentina’s 22,841-foot Cerro Aconcagua last December, has set his sights on a daunting new project.
Starting Friday, he and a group of family and friends will attempt to climb 14 of Colorado’s 14ers in 14 days to raise money for an ailing friend, Ian Hess.
So far, Moniz has raised about $14,000. Details of the climbing project are on Moniz’s Web site, www.climb7.com.
“Basically, he’s my best friend,” said Matt, who grew up next to Ian in Boulder Canyon.
Yes, please.
Guys?
Ash, are you trying to play Apples to Apples via Tumblr?
I’ll start…the adjective is surly
Reblog with your best noun
