Happy Monday folks!
Happy Monday folks!
I have to work today, busily recruiting new subscribers (only $10!) and donors (every little bit helps!) to the magazine so our upcoming issue (soon!) can get into the world without a hitch. Hanging out with my laptop, I can daydream about a lazy sunday. (For some reason, this video never gets old for me. Also, I kind of thought this was the hotness.)
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Thanks Stacey May and Mir for reminding me that national cinema doesn’t have to be cringe-inducing.
What does Richard Condie’s The Big Snit have to do with feminism? Nothing in particular. Except that it contributed greatly to the personal development of this particular feminist, at least.
Every time I play Scrabble I try to spell CARROST. If anyone actually succeeds in doing this, I will award them like eleventy million points, for life.
Happy Canada Day!
Oh, Sarah Haskins. I crush on you.
Because sometimes what we all need on a Friday is a good laugh.
According to US Weekly, Tila Tequila (of Shot at Love fame) believes that Gays can now marry in California all thanks to her:
MTV reality queen Tila Tequila says she played a part in California recently dropping its ban on gay marriage.“It is because of me — I definitely think [my show] has helped the movement,” she told Usmagazine.com at the Hollywood premiere of The Love Guru on Wednesday.
“Before it came out, everyone was still a little apprehensive about [same sex relationships],” she said. “Then they realized, ‘Wow, everyone is really into this stuff, and it is fine.’ The next thing you know, [gay marriage] is legal.”
I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself.
While I’m here, I’d just like to congratulate all of the Californians who’ve made their marriages legal since June 16th, and say a big ol’ F you to McCain for endorsing the ballot initiative that seeks to ban same-sex marriage. (Too bad Obama’s not much better.)
Whether Tila takes credit or Obama endorses it, it is a victory and I’m happy to celebrate it. Regardless of your views on marriage, I think we can all appreciate how important it is that we’re all granted equal rights under the law.
Happy Friday!
Hat tip to
I had to post this take on the “women’s vote,” given how accurate Sarah Haskins has been about yogurt and weddings.
There is something truly absurd about watching US presidential candidates talk about how we’re all waiting to see what happens on season two of Army Wives…
It’s not new, but it’s still fantastic.
Ok, so some might claim I’m just fishing for excuses to post this ridiculous video, but I swear, there’s something feminist about this one.
On a Cincinnati news show the weather reporter Bob Herzog throws a dance party every Friday morning that there are no traffic accidents. From the Globe and Mail:
The concept is simple: When there’s no traffic news on Friday morning – which happens regularly in Cincinnati, population 332,000 – it’s dance-party time in front of the traffic map…The phenomenon started last year when a friend showed Mr. Herzog a funny YouTube clip of high-school kids celebrating a “Dance Party Friday.”
“I thought, ‘I should do that once,’” Mr. Herzog said, quickly adding, “Don’t get me wrong – I can’t dance. At all. I’m bad – I’m really bad.”
…And thus, Dance Party Friday was born. There are ground rules, which Mr. Herzog discussed with his boss at the start: He dances only when there are no tragic stories in the news and no accidents on the road.
If you’re having trouble picturing this:
For me, a big part of why this video is funny is because it’s grown men in suits dancing badly. They’re so cheerfully making fools of themselves and in a sense, rejecting the expectations of seriousness, and taciturn professionalism, that we normally associate with grown men in suits.
And to me this video isn’t just funny, it’s also kind of exhilarating. Because who hasn’t wanted to shake their booty (or scream, or throw something heavy and possibly flaming…) in the face of workplace demands - demands which often include dehumanising ourselves, and following stringent gender guidelines on how to behave.
Do you hear distant cries of revolution? No? Ok, well at least enjoy the video. And if you want more, go here.
Miranda July teaches you how to make buttons.
Try it the next time you’re at a button factory.
Plus: Does Sex Ed teach us what we really need to know? Also: Sook-Yin Lee gets direct, the scoop on sororities, and becoming a feminist man.
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