Quoting.
So two funny things in the WSN today.
Beth, a Tisch junior, received a strange request recently from her mother: Stop calling your brother. Well, when she’s drunk, that is.
In a particularly unique 21st-century parental reprimand, Beth’s mother told her to stop mixing her love of booze with her love for her brother - in today’s vernacular, she told her to stop “drunk dialing” him, or calling him while intoxicated and against perhaps her better judgement.
But Beth, whom WSN granted anonymity for her privacy, doesn’t plan to leave her phone at home the next time she goes out drinking. In fact, she loves conversations borne of the bottle. Whenever she is delightfully drunk, she cannot wait to spread the bliss.
“I want [my brother] to know I’m fucking cool enough to be drunk,” Beth said, adding that her family thinks this habit is annoying.
Wow, I haven't seen anything that incestual since Ed x Al. I mean, it's largely the way that's phrased, but damn, that's pretty sad/funny. And I, being a terrible person am going, "Well if her parents think the drunk dialing is annoying, how about that crazy drunken sex that takes place afterwards?" So bad. But how sad is it that she thinks that drinking makes her cool? I worry about my generation sometimes. But still, I snicker at the incest, which reminds me that I watched Harry Potter recently and the twins just kept making me think of "twincest" which is just fun to say. Heh.
The following contains disturbing morals, but I assure you, it is a story you have been told before. The story is of a popular, pretty 16-year-old girl. She comes from a loving family and has supportive friends. She loves to sing, and is admired by her local community for her talent and adventurous spirit. Despite all of this, she feels unfulfilled. She needs a man. An older man. A rich, powerful, sexy man to satisfy her and provide her with everything she has ever dreamed of. To get this man, she leaves her entire life behind. She relinquishes her power, her opinion and personality: She gives up her voice. The sacrifices are worth it, though. In the end, she marries this older man and lives a pampered life.
This story conveys a dangerous, influential lesson to young Americans about the role of women in society. So who could possibly allow such a story to be told? But you shouldn’t be surprised to hear that it’s straight from the “happiest place on earth” - Walt Disney enterprises. In “The Little Mermaid,” Ariel, a mermaid who loves to sing, goes mute for a wealthy prince whom she’s never met. Most of you reading this have been “under the sea” with Sebastian before and probably have fond memories of this movie. But were you, as an impressionable little kid, aware of the messages in Ariel’s story? Did you ever stop and say, “Mommy, this movie is creating an anti-feminist ethic providing me with perceptions of reality, gender issues and power relations that will guide my thoughts about woman?” Could you have even thought about such a thing? Absolutely not.
No wonder my dad cried at the end of that movie. Hahaha. Still, while not a feminist per se, or at all really, it still is odd thinking about that kind of image being perpetuated. Then again, fairy tales have always been fucked up eight shades of Thursdays, I mean come on, the Brothers Grimm?
And Penny Arcade had me cracking up today with the news post, talking about "The DouJinshi Code" and "so for all I know that one might be legitimate. Or - should I say - legintimate." Just made me giggle. Or it could be the four oversized sodas I had a dinner tonight. But it was good to see my Lily-kami-sama tonight. ^_^ It's been too long, le sigh. Would have loved to spent more time but it's to the books to me since I need to read two long ass plays, write a proposal for a ten page paper topic for my film class, and another proposal for my Romantics ten page paper. Le mew.
Beth, a Tisch junior, received a strange request recently from her mother: Stop calling your brother. Well, when she’s drunk, that is.
In a particularly unique 21st-century parental reprimand, Beth’s mother told her to stop mixing her love of booze with her love for her brother - in today’s vernacular, she told her to stop “drunk dialing” him, or calling him while intoxicated and against perhaps her better judgement.
But Beth, whom WSN granted anonymity for her privacy, doesn’t plan to leave her phone at home the next time she goes out drinking. In fact, she loves conversations borne of the bottle. Whenever she is delightfully drunk, she cannot wait to spread the bliss.
“I want [my brother] to know I’m fucking cool enough to be drunk,” Beth said, adding that her family thinks this habit is annoying.
Wow, I haven't seen anything that incestual since Ed x Al. I mean, it's largely the way that's phrased, but damn, that's pretty sad/funny. And I, being a terrible person am going, "Well if her parents think the drunk dialing is annoying, how about that crazy drunken sex that takes place afterwards?" So bad. But how sad is it that she thinks that drinking makes her cool? I worry about my generation sometimes. But still, I snicker at the incest, which reminds me that I watched Harry Potter recently and the twins just kept making me think of "twincest" which is just fun to say. Heh.
The following contains disturbing morals, but I assure you, it is a story you have been told before. The story is of a popular, pretty 16-year-old girl. She comes from a loving family and has supportive friends. She loves to sing, and is admired by her local community for her talent and adventurous spirit. Despite all of this, she feels unfulfilled. She needs a man. An older man. A rich, powerful, sexy man to satisfy her and provide her with everything she has ever dreamed of. To get this man, she leaves her entire life behind. She relinquishes her power, her opinion and personality: She gives up her voice. The sacrifices are worth it, though. In the end, she marries this older man and lives a pampered life.
This story conveys a dangerous, influential lesson to young Americans about the role of women in society. So who could possibly allow such a story to be told? But you shouldn’t be surprised to hear that it’s straight from the “happiest place on earth” - Walt Disney enterprises. In “The Little Mermaid,” Ariel, a mermaid who loves to sing, goes mute for a wealthy prince whom she’s never met. Most of you reading this have been “under the sea” with Sebastian before and probably have fond memories of this movie. But were you, as an impressionable little kid, aware of the messages in Ariel’s story? Did you ever stop and say, “Mommy, this movie is creating an anti-feminist ethic providing me with perceptions of reality, gender issues and power relations that will guide my thoughts about woman?” Could you have even thought about such a thing? Absolutely not.
No wonder my dad cried at the end of that movie. Hahaha. Still, while not a feminist per se, or at all really, it still is odd thinking about that kind of image being perpetuated. Then again, fairy tales have always been fucked up eight shades of Thursdays, I mean come on, the Brothers Grimm?
And Penny Arcade had me cracking up today with the news post, talking about "The DouJinshi Code" and "so for all I know that one might be legitimate. Or - should I say - legintimate." Just made me giggle. Or it could be the four oversized sodas I had a dinner tonight. But it was good to see my Lily-kami-sama tonight. ^_^ It's been too long, le sigh. Would have loved to spent more time but it's to the books to me since I need to read two long ass plays, write a proposal for a ten page paper topic for my film class, and another proposal for my Romantics ten page paper. Le mew.