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castusalbuscor and I went shopping yesterday. First, I shopped a lot at Shopper's because they were having one of those 20x Optimum points sales, and then we walked to the Halifax Shopping Center (yes, all the way! with a stop at my place to drop off my stuff) to get him some heels. I still can't believe we hit the jackpot for him so quickly! A shoe that fits AND is comfy AND actually looks decent! I nearly bought a pair of red pumps because, frankly, I have no red shoes, and that is starting to look like a wardrobe deficit. We also stopped by Ecco where we both swooned over a pair of gender-neutral shoes that looks classy enough to wear out, but casual enough to wear to the club, and were comfy to boot. We also liked the sales associate. He looked very uncomfy and maybe overeager but he was way cute.
Anyway, I want to review the SATC movie which I went to see with Alicia sometime two weeks ago, and talk abut Stonehaven, but I also want to take things easy today and do laundry instead, so here're a few awesome linkes instead:
Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon reviewing SATC. I'd been waiting for her to do so for a while now.
An Open Letter to Certain White Women Who are Threatening to Withhold Support From Barack Obama in November, an article which I feel adequately confronts white-female privilege and the ridiculous silliness sprouting all over the place from HRC supporters whining about HRC's loss and how some of them are actually saying they'd rather vote McCain. MCCAIN!! WTF?
An article about Distinguished Schmucks who feel it's okay to ignore women in academia or any other SRS PROFESSION and what should be done about them. It usually involves the men in the situation to actually do something other than stand there feeling uncomfortable.
Hoyden About Town's Anti-Feminist Bingo!! Another of her neat anti-feminist bingo cards can be found here. They made me laff - I hope they will amuse some of my feminist LJ friends too!
Renegade Evolution posts about "Vanilla Privilege" which SHOULD be an entirely new idea to me, but as a person who actually enjoys BDSM, talks openly about it and has people either going all "Ooookay, what-eve floats your boat" or somehow or another has them entitled to ask me all sorts of stupid, personal, kinda-invasive questions about shit - I just felt much better that RenEv discussed it.
Because RenEv is awesome, she also has this great post on everyday sexism which she doesn't even try to theorize anything - just points out some everyday shit that she, as a woman, dealt with that very day, which men probably will never have to.
Also, apparently the next Transformers movie will have a female bot. Hopefully this time around there will be actually more robots than humans. However, like many of my over-sensitive, something-wrong-with-us, overly-critical, can't-get-over-ourselves [read:feminist] peers, I also wonder why she needs child-bearing hips, boobies, and a fugly fuschia. Okay, I don't hate the fuschia that much, but still, it's a silly colour for a robot. Why not silver? And why a FEMALE bot? Aren't bots androgynous? Do they have sex? If they're going to have both male and female bots, I better see some bot-sex in the next movie. Otherwise, that's a waste of my ten dollars!
The F-Word, a UK feminist blog, has a pretty good article on being a male ally of feminists, and drives in what makes a good ally, what doesn't, how and why, and why it's important that men, too, espouse feminist ideas. It's one of those things some people I know (like my exes) should read, but I get the sinking feeling they never will. Well, maybe Sean will.
Cara at the Curvature continues to point out just how FUCKING CRAZY AND DANGEROUS THE WORLD IS TO WOMEN DESPITE ANYTHING THE ANTI-FEMINISTS SAY. Trigger warning. Read and be outraged. I know I am.
Okay, have fun!
castusalbuscor and I went shopping yesterday. First, I shopped a lot at Shopper's because they were having one of those 20x Optimum points sales, and then we walked to the Halifax Shopping Center (yes, all the way! with a stop at my place to drop off my stuff) to get him some heels. I still can't believe we hit the jackpot for him so quickly! A shoe that fits AND is comfy AND actually looks decent! I nearly bought a pair of red pumps because, frankly, I have no red shoes, and that is starting to look like a wardrobe deficit. We also stopped by Ecco where we both swooned over a pair of gender-neutral shoes that looks classy enough to wear out, but casual enough to wear to the club, and were comfy to boot. We also liked the sales associate. He looked very uncomfy and maybe overeager but he was way cute.Anyway, I want to review the SATC movie which I went to see with Alicia sometime two weeks ago, and talk abut Stonehaven, but I also want to take things easy today and do laundry instead, so here're a few awesome linkes instead:
Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon reviewing SATC. I'd been waiting for her to do so for a while now.
An Open Letter to Certain White Women Who are Threatening to Withhold Support From Barack Obama in November, an article which I feel adequately confronts white-female privilege and the ridiculous silliness sprouting all over the place from HRC supporters whining about HRC's loss and how some of them are actually saying they'd rather vote McCain. MCCAIN!! WTF?
An article about Distinguished Schmucks who feel it's okay to ignore women in academia or any other SRS PROFESSION and what should be done about them. It usually involves the men in the situation to actually do something other than stand there feeling uncomfortable.
Hoyden About Town's Anti-Feminist Bingo!! Another of her neat anti-feminist bingo cards can be found here. They made me laff - I hope they will amuse some of my feminist LJ friends too!
Renegade Evolution posts about "Vanilla Privilege" which SHOULD be an entirely new idea to me, but as a person who actually enjoys BDSM, talks openly about it and has people either going all "Ooookay, what-eve floats your boat" or somehow or another has them entitled to ask me all sorts of stupid, personal, kinda-invasive questions about shit - I just felt much better that RenEv discussed it.
Because RenEv is awesome, she also has this great post on everyday sexism which she doesn't even try to theorize anything - just points out some everyday shit that she, as a woman, dealt with that very day, which men probably will never have to.
Also, apparently the next Transformers movie will have a female bot. Hopefully this time around there will be actually more robots than humans. However, like many of my over-sensitive, something-wrong-with-us, overly-critical, can't-get-over-ourselves [read:feminist] peers, I also wonder why she needs child-bearing hips, boobies, and a fugly fuschia. Okay, I don't hate the fuschia that much, but still, it's a silly colour for a robot. Why not silver? And why a FEMALE bot? Aren't bots androgynous? Do they have sex? If they're going to have both male and female bots, I better see some bot-sex in the next movie. Otherwise, that's a waste of my ten dollars!
The F-Word, a UK feminist blog, has a pretty good article on being a male ally of feminists, and drives in what makes a good ally, what doesn't, how and why, and why it's important that men, too, espouse feminist ideas. It's one of those things some people I know (like my exes) should read, but I get the sinking feeling they never will. Well, maybe Sean will.
Cara at the Curvature continues to point out just how FUCKING CRAZY AND DANGEROUS THE WORLD IS TO WOMEN DESPITE ANYTHING THE ANTI-FEMINISTS SAY. Trigger warning. Read and be outraged. I know I am.
Okay, have fun!
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Date: 2008-06-16 12:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-16 06:04 pm (UTC)Furthermore, I saw the first Transformers movie. I honestly don't see how it's appropriate for kids AT ALL. Puh-leaze. The two teens are making out ON BUMBLEBEE at the end of the movie.
Also, there weren't any gendered robots in the first movie to keep things simple, and I fail to see how having such a visually gendered robot makes anything better. There's suspension of disbelief, and then there's keeping it real. 'Scuse me if I happen to have different standards than you.