http://objectifythis.com (the radical notion that people are people) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:41:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm writing this post with this header image in the hopes that it will not appear to be an advertisement for sex. This is not usually a problem I have; most of the things that I blog about are not nearly this much fun. That's why I am boldly persevering, ... http://objectifythis.com/2008/09/sex-is-fun-the-twin-problems-of-ignorance-and-boom/ My fellow Americans, it is an honor to address the Democratic National Convention at this defining moment in history. We stand at a crossroads at a pivot point, near a fork in the road on the edge of a precipice in the midst of the most consequential election since last ... http://objectifythis.com/2008/08/speak-to-me-david-brooks-speech-to-the-delegates/ There's something fishy going on. Tonight, at dinner, through a mouthful of fried fish, my host brother Julio Cesar said that he was surprised that a Black man had gotten so far in elections in the United States. Julio tried to throw it off casually, but the remark perfectly ... http://objectifythis.com/2008/08/take-some-theory-and-call-me-in-the-morning-obama-vs-foucault/ Welp, bro-hemes, it's no news to most of us that Faux News is not all it's cracked up to be - for instance, a Google image search for 'faux news' turns up a lot of interesting variations on this graphic. Yet at the same time, a newer report on Faux's ... http://objectifythis.com/2008/08/faux-news-conservative-media-spin-vs-obamas-rick-roll/ I was recently driving around my city (and by recently, i mean two weeks ago, since I'm currently stationed in Colombia, South America, in a city that's anything but my own) and I saw one of those cars plastered with bumper stickers- coexist, hug a tree, my other car is ... http://objectifythis.com/2008/08/ill-be-postfeminist-in-the-postpatriarchy-a-bumper-sticker-dissection/ Instead of continuing to update this week, I'm going to take a bit of a break, because I'm not only a secretary to the spirit of feminism and egalitarianism everywhere- I'm also peacing out to Colombia... that is, if "peacing" is the right verb for travel to a place where ... http://objectifythis.com/2008/07/and-im-out/ Hat tip to Bust for their coverage of this well-heeled event in their August/September issue: there's a a new annual parage of feminist men who strut their stuff and walk the walk, literally. The "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes," which bills itself as an "International Men's March Against Rape, Sexual ... http://objectifythis.com/2008/07/a-mile-in-her-shoes-men-walk-the-walk-talk-the-talk/ I think that Americans are best represented by Obama for several reasons: 1. He does not support a continuation of the foreign policy that created the War Against Afghanistan or the War Against Iraq. 2. He does not, as McCain does, state that the military should be making foreign policy decisions ... http://objectifythis.com/2008/06/why-obama-volume-one-10000-year-war-fine-by-mccain/ As The Austrailian reports, "In his remarks, UN chief Ban Ki-moon stressed the world body was "profoundly committed to its zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation or abuse by our own personnel"." ""Violence against women has reached unspeakable and pandemic proportions in some societies attempting to recover from conflict," he said." The BBC ... http://objectifythis.com/2008/06/un-rules-that-rape-is-a-weapon-of-war-um-duh-now-what/ I've been listening to the London-based Simian Mobile Disco, a music production team who call themselves "Electro/ Psychadelic/ Alternative" on their Myspace page. They are composed of two guys named James (foreground, left) and claim to sound like "good, old-fashioned, analogue party music" (as their wacky Brit-ball spelling has it). Specifically, ... http://objectifythis.com/2008/06/thats-what-my-daddys-made-me-simian-mobile-discos-hustler-videos/