Does the whole Simon Cowell poking at Paula Abdul (physically) thing bother anybody else but me? I realized last night that if I have to see Simon Cowell poking at Paula Abdul one more time, I’m going to fly to Hollywood and throttle him. When she stands up and starts hitting him and telling him […]
Oh my. Also, I should be reading Wiscon-appropriate material, yet here I am, frantically devouring Gone With the Wind… what’s the change, you may ask, as I’ve been trying to hammer through this book for months? Well, I finally got to the Seige of Atlanta. It is great.
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Steph: OMG that movie was awful. Me: I LOVE THAT FUCKING SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steph: OK, it WAS pretty cool when she killed that guy. Me: THAT WAS THE FUCKING BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steph: Really, it was horrible. Me: IT WAS THE BEST HYPER-MASCULINITY SHOW EVAH!!!! LOOK AT THE BLOOD!!!! “WE WILL FIGHT IN THE SHADE”!!!! LOOK AT THAT
“The debate rages over whether or not this image represents an artistic interpretation of a sexual fantasy, or if it just glorifies rape. As the fashion industry continues to push the envelope and strives to remain cutting edge the line between risque and offensive continues to blur.” We’re surrounded by images very like the one
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Season One of Carnivale — SPOILERS ::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: :::::::::: ::::::: Watched the episode of Carnivale the other night where Dora Mae, one of the dancers/part-time prostitutes is raped and killed in the mining town of Babylon (a violence done off screen, thankfully – I’ve been wacky with violence-against-women on screen since South Africa; it tends
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