Archive for January, 2008
I Ain't No Hollaback Girl . . . & God is Brazilian.
Ok, I know that Gwen Stefani is not everyone’s role model, but she is mine right now, because I ain’t no hollaback girl. Right now, I’m in Rio de Janeiro, conducting thesis research, and there’s so much to see, do, and understand beyond the issue of the postcards with pictures of girls’ butts on them. Same [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2008 under God, beg, beggar, brazil, catholic, child, cristo rendator, girl, gwen stefani, hollaback, hollaback girl, hostel, inequality, jewish, omnipotent, omnivorous, pagan, religion, rio de janeiro, social inequality, thesis.
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Good God!: Religious Violence, Imperialist Violence, Violent-Violence.
As the New York Times pointed out recently, U.S. Iraq War Veterans have been killing people. I mean, not just people from another place, but people in our country. Flabbergasting, isn’t it? We train people to kill non-US citizens, and then they kill US citizens. You’d think all people were created equal or something. So [...]
Posted: January 13th, 2008 under Bush, George W. BUsh, God, Hugo Chavez, Jesus, Pat Robertson, administration, aid, anarchists, atheist, atheistveganarchist, bronx, christ, christian, christians, church, crime, death, donkey, homicide, hurricane, hypocrite, iraq, jesus christ, jorge martin, katrina, killing, mr. danger, poor, the church, u.s., vegan, veteran, veterans, war.
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"I Am A Consumer Whore! And How!": Don Hertzfeld's Offbeat Humor
There’s something really awesome about parodies of our commercial culture, like the Don Hertzfeld video “Rejection” after the jump (nod, Nadia). Maybe it’s because it makes it easier to laugh at the consumerism and materialism that chronically infect up our lives, or because we get so many messages that assume that we’re consumer whores that [...]
Posted: January 12th, 2008 under ad, ads, advertisement, big business, campaign, commerce, commercial, consumer, consumer whore, consumerism, culture, dinosaur comics, don hertzfeld, get your war on, humor, materialism, offbeat, product, rejection, toothpaste for dinner, whore.
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Are We Having Sex Yet?: Greta Christina & Sex Positivity
So I just stumbled across this wonderful post by Greta Christina, who speaks the truth that this generation grapples with everyday: we don’t know what sex is, or at least we don’t know how to define it. Is oral sex sex? Greta Christina’s answer rocks the boat. Check it out, y’all.
Posted: January 12th, 2008 under are we having sex yet, are we there yet, christina, greta, oral sex, sex, sex positive, sex positivity.
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Take A Shot Every Time You Hate Fox News: Drinking Politically
If you have political opinions and drink alcohol, read on. Today’s informative post deals with that most cherished of pastimes: the drinking game. Feministing has made their own, called the Privileged Political Pundit, which includes such caveats as “Take a healthy gulp every time someone describes Obama as “clean” or “articulate,” ” and a warning: [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2008 under alcholism, alcohol, alcohol poisoning, alcoholic, amnesiac, barack, chris matthews, drink, drinking, drinks, fox, game, liberal, obama, politics, privilege, rule, shot, shots, state of the union.
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