#1. Laphraoig. I had some. #2. “But its very name implies that it will be difficult, nay, impossible, to obtain!” Even if you know that the rich vein of MacGuffin ore located in the planet is called “unobtainium” – which, yeah, not Cameron’s word, it’s a long-standing nerd joke, whatever – the first time Giovanni […]
Notorious rapist climbs stage, is met with applause and loving jokes about how he could beat folks up (for example, prior to and/or while raping them). Movie featuring notorious rapist, which is about the hilarity of roofies, hating women who don’t and/or do have sex, and Zach Galifianakis maybe being a registered sex offender (HA! […]
Ah, Gropetown. Once a mere settlement at the border of Sexual Assault City and the Rape Culture territories, it is now a thriving tourist destination, populated by thousands of happy citizens! Thousands of happy citizens who want to grab your ass for no reason while you’re on your way home, that is. My incomparable colleague […]
Thursday, January 14, 2010
[EDIT: I’m taking this down, because people started to play guessing games as to the identity of the person I wrote about, and in some (deleted!) comments, they got it right. I know, I know: barn door = closing, cattle = out, etc. All I can say is that I forget how many people read […]
Ah, Katie Roiphe. Always with the feminist controversies, that one! And, you know, I’m fond of feminist controversies: they typically open up some interesting issues, and make us talk to each other about things that are uncomfortable but important, and enrich the discOH MY GOD WHAT????? Okay, so: Roiphe posits that the problem with the […]
Thursday, January 7, 2010
So, Mary Daly died. Huh. Now, if you know about me, even a little, you will know I have a complicated relationship with the works of Mary Daly. At first, they were everything I embraced about feminism; then, they were everything I tried to reject. It seems selfish, when talking about a dead woman, to […]
Say! Do you know what I’ve been doing? I’ve been doing The Holidays, is what I’ve been doing. And do you know what The Holidays look like? Well, when I am conferring with my top-notch Gentleman Associate, they look like getting started with some breakfast burritos and Bloody Marys (a fine drink! And, on the […]
Please. Please. I am begging you. Please, for the love of God: MOVE YOUR FACE. No, not to a different location, Kristen Stewart! You can keep your face right where it is! Which is your head, I am assuming. No, Kristen Stewart: I am referring to the subtle movement of facial muscles, and more precisely […]