Archive for March, 2008
monday monty python
well, duh!
presenting breaking news that any pro-choice person could have told you, but now that it’s on MSNBC it’s all official:
Comprehensive sex ed may cut teen birth rate.
i had a pretty nice personal laughing moment when i read that press stopping headline. (/snark)
nation*
an important date in American History is fast approaching. it is both a day of significance and celebration.
it is a day to toast w/ cheap champagne (not that sparkling crap from california, either) and remember a day that has impacted each and every one of you reading this post.
yes, 07 April is a wondrous day.
it is the day that brought you ouyang dan. twenty some odd years ago she made her world debut, and the world has never looked back.
there are still 8 good shopping days left (5 if you are shipping), and to assist you we have compiled a shameless materialistic list.
this should in no way be considered a complete and thorough list.
you could also consider emailing George Lucas and asking him if he would consider releasing Star Wars on Blu Ray for the occasion.
*Stephen Colbert, while being my other boyfriend, does not exactly endorse this message. i just really like this picture, and wanted to say “nation” while addressing you all.
but, Stephen, if you read this, in no way should you consider being invited to your show an ostentatious or show offey gift.
i have used up all of my spoons today. time for ear candy.
tell me i am not the only one who ever used to jump up and yell “you go, bee girl!”
i loved the bee girl.
hell…i felt like i was the bee girl for a good part of my life.
Feminism Goes Too Far?
cross posted at Shakesville!
Hi Shakers!!!1!!one!
I suffer from insomnia, so when I was reading the news last night instead of staring at the ceiling I came across an article in the Detroit Free Press online (I still keep up w/ news in my home state from 6000 miles away), freep.com, and while I was bleary eyed and trying to write a coherent response to it, I decided that maybe someone better should do it, w/ more readership, and I emailed the link to Liss.
She was so not going to let me off the hook. Instead, she asked if I was interested in guest blogging at Shakesville, which honestly hadn’t occurred to me. The idea made me *squee* so hard that I almost wet myself. Then I looked at my post, and thought “Crap, someone might actually read this”. So I toiled a little more, hoping to bring to Shakers something worthy of the reputation that Shakesville so deserves. To say I am feeling pretty special and lucky right now is not accurate.
So, here goes.
no, my roommate doesn’t give that kind of massage, you sick fuck.
she will not “help you out” if you get an erection during the massage.
the fact that she is giving you a massage does not, in any way, give you the right to put your fucking hands on her. at. all.
that is assault, FYI, and she assures me you have been notated as not allowed to receive services at that school any longer.
if you really need to get off that badly i suggest you find a nice quiet bathroom and get personal w/ someone who is willing to have sex w/ you.
yourself.
sincerely,
ouyang dan
i can read!
Your family wants to thank you
For your martyrdom.
After all, without you
No real work would get done.
While Hubby challenges the world
His wonders to perform
You cook his meals, clean his home
And keep his bedside warm.
Your children are your challenge,
In them your dreams are sown.
You’ve given up your own life
And live for them alone.
Now look upon your daughter
Will she too be enslaved
To a man, a home, a family
Or can she still be saved?
This is your real challenge–
Renounce your martyrdom!
Become a liberated mother
A woman, not a “mom.”
“Mother’s Day Incantation”– by WITCH
from The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women.
thursday blogwhoring
i don’t know why i picked thursday for blog round-ups. i know that i don’t think i have seen anyone else to it on thursdays.
so be it.
lots of good discussion going on around the blogosphere today. here are some of the things i have been reading this week…
drop your “proud of” moments or good reads in the comments.
the Queen’s away, the kids will play. chang’e on swearing. and Wonder on the differences b/t WJC and HRC (here’s a hint, one was a president, one is currently running for president).
of course, there is My Gayest Looks. so big it is it’s own thing now.
guest blogger, and fellow Shaker, Em, writes a great piece on women’s sports.
my best friend is finally standing up and telling everyone that she is “done”, “fucking done”.
and i don’t need to tell you how proud i am to read that.
Tobes gives us two pieces that really deserve reading, on women’s safety, and on the politics of sexual assault. if you think that women are equal after all, you really need to think again.
if you out there have anything else, i would love to see it. my way of giving back for the kindness of all the blogwhoring, blogrolls, and links to my posts.
the incredible and fabulous Liss at Shakesville (a site about which i can not say enough good things) has started a compilation of “gayest looks” for Jay Leno. it has really taken off…w/ quite the response, and is all over the blogosphere. i am proud to say you will find yours truly showing Leno’s homophobic ass my “gayest look”…and if you are so inclined, i would encourage you to send yours to Liss as well.
UPDATE! even the LOLcats have caught on! so very much awesomeness!
UPDATED UPDATE! you can now see all the gayest looks you like here!
Ouyang Dan
The Guy
random babbling from readerland