Rule number eleventy billion, subparagraph A on why one should never enter into a discussion of any vaguely academic topic with someone who's 3 sheets to the wind already, but if you do not know that the principle feminist chronological subdivisions are commonly known as "waves," and your beef with the feminist movement is with women who use their ( Read more... )

I may not really understand what precisely happens on Fandom Wank 85.7% of the time*, but praise Jebus for such a consistently hilarious timesuck.

* other than a general impression that FANDOM IS TERRIFYING.

And thank Jehosa for its offshoot, jurisimprudence, where I was able to find Stormfreak's Law, which applies to a really silly (and, ( Read more... )

Fellow nerdlingers with good memories for media quotations may recognize the above quote as the punchline to the joke Special Agent Dale Cooper tells to Annie Blackburn as part of his dorky seduction routine (hereafter known as mysterious and silly Twin Peaks hard right plot turn #1).Being first and foremost a Barbara Gordon fan, I have extremely ( Read more... )

I mean, clearly Bitch magazine was designed specifically with me in mind. "A Feminist Response to Pop Culture" could not actually be more pointed toward two of the interests near and dear to my heart.

And yet -- and yet --

From the first time I picked up a copy, I found that Bitch in fact falls into that category of consumer-targeted pop ( Read more... )

My stepmother sent me the following from the New York Times op-ed section yesterday:

( Male Pride and Female Prejudice )

Man, I was so jazzed when I tuned in to WRNR on my way home from work on Friday. Even if the DJ kept calling it WOMB and I was all, this has to be a joke, but then she played Aretha, Elastica, PJ Harvey, Nancy Sinatra...

I actually heard "Bright Yellow Gun" on the radio. Radio never plays 10 year-old Throwing Muses songs ( Read more... )

Just screw it. The thrill is gone. I used to love it so. Like the day that Matt called me a "postmodern canary," which was mildly insulting on its face, but meant with affection.

What I can't take is this postmodern couture. Or, as the NYT calls it: bobo style.

We do not need to be giving David Brooks more attention. BoBos in Paradise is a ( Read more... )

I'm super disturbed by LA Weight Loss Centers. One of the women giving her testimonial in their ads is all, "My kids tell everyone they have a sexy new mom." Or something similar ( Read more... )

I am a compulsive list-maker. Little scraps of paper make me so happy. Honestly, I don't know where I'd be without my lists -- places I want to go, things to do, bars and restaurants to try, books to read and movies to watch. I just checked a load of stuff off my books list today. There are no words to describe how much I love the library ( Read more... )

Brainy women face handicap in marriage stakes: British survey

The study found the likelihood of marriage increased by 35-percent for boys for each 16-point increase in IQ.

But for girls, there is a 40-percent drop for each 16-point rise, according to the survey by the universities of Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Seriously. What. the ( Read more... )