Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled April 24, 2024And there's a written version! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/24/zionism-seder-protest-new-york-gaza-israel [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled April 24, 2024Naomi Klein on how Zionism has become a false idol. https://youtu.be/U75KcMUjMyI?si=uZuV_UNZkWXNFYG3&t=198
- Untitled April 24, 2024The Leader of All Manhood has issued his ruling: It's gay for men to love sex with women. Guys: If you hate sex with women, you can do it and be straight. But if you love sex with women, that's gay. If you want to be straight, fuck men instead. Sorry, but that's the rule.
- Untitled April 23, 2024Aaargh it's midnight and I was tired and thinking of going to bed and then I read something that pissed me off because I am stupid.
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Category Archives: Popular (and unpopular) culture
Ten movies (or more) I’ve seen ten (or more) times
David Neiwert created this meme on Facebook, and it seemed like a good way to waste time to me. :-) 1. City Of Lost Children (1995) 2. Duck Soup (1933) 3. Passion Fish (1992, an obscure gem) 4. Mulan (1998) … Continue reading
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What’s Sexist About The Faces In Disney’s Frozen
Animation student Gianna has blogged an excellent essay critiquing the identical faces of the protagonist sisters in Disney’s Frozen. Disney has already proven that that they can easily design female characters who don’t have the Exact Same Face. Then they … Continue reading
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If Only More Oppressed People Were White Cis Ex-Models In Their Twenties
Watching the trailer for “Divergent,” I just can’t help but imagine a bunch of Hollywood types sitting around a conference table and complaining that “Civil rights struggle stories are cool. If only they were about gorgeous thin straight white people, … Continue reading
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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary
I don’t know who created this animation, but it’s lovely. I keep finding myself focusing on the nose shape morphing. So: The 50th anniversary special. What did you think?
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Race and Sex on American Network TV, and in the Real-Life US
Alyssa Rosenberg counted up the race and sex of the main characters on scripted prime-time network TV. I thought it would be interesting to present Alyssa’s count side-by-side with the US’s demographics.
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Just Saw “Rear Window” For The First Time
Just saw “Rear Window” for the first time. What a stunning, amazing movie! Actually – hard as this is to believe – as of a few days ago I had never seen any of Hitchcock’s movies. Now I’ve seen “A … Continue reading
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Star Trek: Into Darkness. It’s a White Man’s Universe, Spock.
I’m seeing a lot about the sexism in Star Trek, Into Darkness. Mostly about the gratuitous scene of Carol Marcus stripping. And I agree, that was annoying and sexist and just plain cheesy and really badly written, to boot. But … Continue reading
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Over a hundred thousand sign petition against Disney’s Merida Makeover
To celebrate Merida of the Pixar film Brave “officially” joining the Disney Princess line, Disney released some new illustrations of her. In the new illustrations, Merida is even thinner than her already-thin movie version (as Alyssa put it, “what appears … Continue reading
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I’m still not buying it. The Imperials wouldn’t just lie to us.
Regarding the title, “Luke’s Change,” remember that there’s a well-known truther documentary named “Loose Change.” Also, the title of this post isn’t mine, it’s a YouTube comment, read via Andrew Sullivan.
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