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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Gloria Steinem On The Clinton-Obama Paradox
I’m too busy reading and writing my thesis and listening to Radiohead’s In Rainbows to write a whole post today. But you should consider reading Gloria Steinem’s piece, Women Are Never Front-Runners, in today’s New York Times’ Op-Ed section, in which she discusses the gender power dynamics being enacted by Democratic presidential candidates Obama (do [...]
Posted: January 9th, 2008 under Gloria Steinem, barack, clinton, emotion, emotionality, gender, gender power, gender roles, hillary, in rainbows, library books, nepotism, obama, paradox, power, radiohead, revolution from within, sex.
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Our Masculine Systems: Women's Inequality Under the U.S. Constitution
Back in the day, in 1776, when our Founding Father and future second president John Quincy Adams was helping to draft the constitution, his wife, (Founding Mother?), Abigail Adams, asked him to “Remember the ladies” in that august document. He replied, in a letter, “Depend upon it, We know better than to repeal our Masculine [...]
Posted: January 7th, 2008 under 14th, American, Congress, George W. BUsh, National Organization for Women, Senator, Supreme Court, Uncategorized, United States, Virginia Tech, abigail adams, abusive conduct, agency, amendment, american history, antonio morrison, bill clinton, bitch, campaign, candidate, christy brzonkala, commerce clause, condom, constitution, constitutional, court of appeals, culture, en banc, football players, founding father, founding mother, fourteenth amendment, fuck the shit out of them, george macon university, get girls drunk, government, grand jury, history, human rights, hurting, inequality, james crawford, joe biden, john quincy adams, judge rehnquist, liberty, life, masculine systems, masculinity, no, objectification, opinionatrix, personal safety, pretzel, pursuit of happiness, race, rape, rapist, religion, sex, sexual assault, sexual violence, state's rights, stds, strength, survivor, violence, violence against women, violence against women act, woman, women's center, women's liberation, women's rights.
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