20080719
Project: Catfight!
Meow!
The bitter, bitter fight over Project Runway has begun. As you may be aware after this sixth season of the hit program finishes it will also mark the end of the series run on cable network Bravo before the move to Lifetime for season 7. Bravo is pretty bitter about losing what is one of the most successful cable television shows of the past few years.
The gloves have come off!
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The bitter, bitter fight over Project Runway has begun. As you may be aware after this sixth season of the hit program finishes it will also mark the end of the series run on cable network Bravo before the move to Lifetime for season 7. Bravo is pretty bitter about losing what is one of the most successful cable television shows of the past few years.
The gloves have come off!
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9021-Oh!
Sooo they've brought back that stupid bitch Brenda! Yup! Shannon Doherty has been confirmed to return to the new 90210 on the CW. As many of you may or may not know, Shannon Doherty is a huge cunt who nobody can work with and who always ends up leaving her hit television shows because nobody will put up with her but the shows continue to be successful long after her departure because everyone knows she brought nothing to the programs anyway.
And as you may or may not remember Brenda left for London to study acting and apparently the storyline is that Brends became a successful theatre actress (gag) and ended up spilitting her time between London and New York as a director. Beverly Hills High has apparently asked her back as a guest director for their musical.
LAAAAME! And fucking sanctamoneous Shannon Doherty of course has to come back as some fucking famous stage director; buuuuuullshit! Does anyone actually care? Is this to create the illusion that Shannon Doherty could ever act, or had any sort of career whatsoever?
But fuck it! I'm calling for the return of 90210's real, true-bad ass.
VALERIE! VALERIE! VALERIE!
BRING BACK VALERIE!
And as you may or may not remember Brenda left for London to study acting and apparently the storyline is that Brends became a successful theatre actress (gag) and ended up spilitting her time between London and New York as a director. Beverly Hills High has apparently asked her back as a guest director for their musical.
LAAAAME! And fucking sanctamoneous Shannon Doherty of course has to come back as some fucking famous stage director; buuuuuullshit! Does anyone actually care? Is this to create the illusion that Shannon Doherty could ever act, or had any sort of career whatsoever?
But fuck it! I'm calling for the return of 90210's real, true-bad ass.
VALERIE! VALERIE! VALERIE!
BRING BACK VALERIE!
Cindersister
So I think it's tremendous that Disney is finally making an animated film with a black Princess, I mean it's surely about time, but I think it's a bit sad the amount of pressure one film must go under before it's even finished; again, those self-appointed spokepeople for the African-American community had problems with everything from the title, to the race of the Prince, etc. I just can't help but think, if you make it too difficult to easily make a film that includes minorities then they will continue to be a rarity- we need to ease up on the racist card, and the homophobic card. Everybody needs to lighten up. Still, I think it's important this film is getting made, no matter what changes from here until release... well, as long as that race of the Princess doesn't.
Disney's 'subservient' black princess animates film critics!!
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20080718
X Marks the Spot: 7 Days!
Well it's officially 7 days to go until the long-awaited second film in The X-Files franchise. With little time to spare, and the studio's horribly exectued marketing plan (if there even is one) I've decided to celebrate the return of two of television's greatest characters, Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, in The X-Files: I Want to Believe with fun video clips from throughout the history of the show.
Today, enjoy this vintage Gillian Anderson interview!
I want to believe.
Today, enjoy this vintage Gillian Anderson interview!
I want to believe.
Bravo! Encore!
So Bravo (US version only) enjoyed having the 2 best reality programs on television today, and possibly 2 of the greatest produced reality programs of all time, on their schedule last night before one of them (Runway) jumps ship and heads to Lifetime for season 6.
Now, you may have heard all the clucking about the odd (or lack there of) marketing plan that Bravo has 'implemented' for this, their final season on the network.
Some people like to refer to it less as marketing and more sabotage but Runway still managed to pull numbers just as strong as last season's overtly promoted premiere. And, as always, Kathy 'God' Griffin remains to be effortlessly entertaining, however I will comment that something about this 4th season is feeling a little tired and a wee bit forced; but still better than 90% of anything else on television Thursday nights.
You didn't get these from me...
Now, you may have heard all the clucking about the odd (or lack there of) marketing plan that Bravo has 'implemented' for this, their final season on the network.
Some people like to refer to it less as marketing and more sabotage but Runway still managed to pull numbers just as strong as last season's overtly promoted premiere. And, as always, Kathy 'God' Griffin remains to be effortlessly entertaining, however I will comment that something about this 4th season is feeling a little tired and a wee bit forced; but still better than 90% of anything else on television Thursday nights.
You didn't get these from me...
Sequels Much?
I don't follow either franchise, but I understand and appreciate how important these films are, and they both look very good thus far (however HBP looks a little sloppy, but I'm thinking that has more to do with the surprsingly ineffectively edited trailer).
But, They Have to Be Acrylic!
I already posted about the press rehearsal for 9 to 5 the new musical based upon the classic 1980 film of the same name, but I hadn't yet seen the video footage on Broadway.com's website. Dolly Parton wrote the music and lyrics, plus the original screenwriter also wrote the book. And the amazing Allison Janney is in it too! (Plus, if you've already heard Dolly's kick ass new record, Backwoods Barbie, take note that the title track is a song from the score, sung by Doralee, the character Dolly played in the film.)
This is a must see; watch some of the press rehearsals and hear the amazing group rendition of the classic theme song!
This is going to rock.
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This is a must see; watch some of the press rehearsals and hear the amazing group rendition of the classic theme song!
This is going to rock.
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PAY UP JACKSON, PAY UP!
As my rant yesterday stated I have had enough of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton speaking on behalf of the African-American community when nobody elected them representatives and just because nobody else stands up to speak. These men can no longer be allowed to infiltrate our media with their hypocritical messages of bigotry. And I'm glad to see I'm not the only one... enjoy!
Laugh Factory owner: Jackson should pay for N-word
When Michael Richards stunned a nightclub audience two years ago by shouting the N-word at a black patron, Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada was quick to join the Rev. Jesse Jackson in calling for a ban on the word's use.
Now that Jackson has let the word slip out, Masada says he wants the civil rights leader to do what comics do every time they say the word on a Laugh Factory stage -- pay a fine.
"Unfortunately, Jesse Jackson has broken his own principles," Masada told The Associated Press on Thursday. "Jesse embraced the notion of fining talent for using such a word and he should be held to his own standards."
Fox News confirmed Thursday that Jackson used the word during a break in a TV interview when he criticized Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Jackson, who is traveling in Spain, apologized in a statement Wednesday for "hurtful words" but didn't offer specifics.
Masada said he fines comics $50 for every time they use the word in their act, and he wants Jackson to pay the same amount, to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.
Masada banned use of the word at his nightclubs shortly after Richards' outburst, and although he said several comics still use it in their act, he added that they are quick to pay the fines to charity.
The Associated Press
Laugh Factory owner: Jackson should pay for N-word
When Michael Richards stunned a nightclub audience two years ago by shouting the N-word at a black patron, Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada was quick to join the Rev. Jesse Jackson in calling for a ban on the word's use.
Now that Jackson has let the word slip out, Masada says he wants the civil rights leader to do what comics do every time they say the word on a Laugh Factory stage -- pay a fine.
"Unfortunately, Jesse Jackson has broken his own principles," Masada told The Associated Press on Thursday. "Jesse embraced the notion of fining talent for using such a word and he should be held to his own standards."
Fox News confirmed Thursday that Jackson used the word during a break in a TV interview when he criticized Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Jackson, who is traveling in Spain, apologized in a statement Wednesday for "hurtful words" but didn't offer specifics.
Masada said he fines comics $50 for every time they use the word in their act, and he wants Jackson to pay the same amount, to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.
Masada banned use of the word at his nightclubs shortly after Richards' outburst, and although he said several comics still use it in their act, he added that they are quick to pay the fines to charity.
The Associated Press
Like Butta!
I still remember "When I Get You Alone" and that stank hair, riding down the street on that bicycle, back when he used to only go by the name Thicke.
Thank God he found his Robin because, ooh baby, this has got more soul wrapped around it than Back to Black did last year.
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Thank God he found his Robin because, ooh baby, this has got more soul wrapped around it than Back to Black did last year.
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20080717
Harry Shearer
"This post is not about me, or complaining about what happened to me. I'm doing fine. This post is just another snapshot of life in this nutty country."
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(Everything) Good is Bad/Bad is Good
Alright, I watched this happen live this morning as I sat in my office at the computer; as it was happening I kept looking at my desktop trying to decide if I should immediately start commenting on this on the blog?
Well it turns out I needed to let it digest. Perhaps good does come from bad because thanks to Jesse Jackson his negative actions lead to this act of goodness this morning live on The View between Elisabeth and "The Crazy Liberal", who is currently being portrayed on the show by Academy-Award winner Whoopi Goldberg.
Say what you will about The View, it still remains to be the important hot bed it was transformed into thanks to Rosie O'Donnell and will continue to be no matter who sits at the little half-circle, wooden table of Death from now until the end of eternity.
Whoever wants to be on my mixed-gender, mostly comedians, late-night version drop me a line; I'm trying to make it happen everyday.
Well it turns out I needed to let it digest. Perhaps good does come from bad because thanks to Jesse Jackson his negative actions lead to this act of goodness this morning live on The View between Elisabeth and "The Crazy Liberal", who is currently being portrayed on the show by Academy-Award winner Whoopi Goldberg.
Say what you will about The View, it still remains to be the important hot bed it was transformed into thanks to Rosie O'Donnell and will continue to be no matter who sits at the little half-circle, wooden table of Death from now until the end of eternity.
Whoever wants to be on my mixed-gender, mostly comedians, late-night version drop me a line; I'm trying to make it happen everyday.
Cut Off My Faggot Balls, Reverend!
This man makes me sick, him and that asshole Al Sharpton. These men are bigots and hypocrites. Who the hell elected these bigots to be the voice of the African-American community; why when the African-American community has been 'scorned' or persecuted' why the hell is it always these two Mork & Mindy lookin' motherfuckers who are there waving the morality flag.
MORALITY?! You want to talk about morality with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? Well, you picked the wrong Angels of Satan to try and converse with because true equality and morality has never been exuded by either of these 'gentlemen'.
Do you even know these men's history? Nothing angers me more than when hypocrites are dagger throwers; people who've done wrong all their life and continue to do wrong but mask it now behind sanctimonious bullshit about they're holier than thou reinvention.
And it makes me even more mad because the African-American community already has so few people who will stand up and speak... it shouldn't be Jackson and Sharpton just because they're the most narcissistic ones to do it; leaders who appoint themselves DO NOT speak for their people!
These men do not speak for me.
These men do not speak for the African-American community I know.
These men do not speak for America.
Go to hell gentlemen; George W will save you a seat on the bus!
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20080716
You're Just a Step on the Boss Man's Ladder
I've been waiting years and years for this to finally come to fruition (now all that's left if that fucking stage adaptation of The First Wives Club I was promised eons ago!).
With the amazing Allison Janney in Lily Tomlin's role and Dolly Parton directly involved and responsible for the musical numbers, it's sure to be one hell of a show community theatre's and high school's across North America will likely butcher for decades to come!
And here's a little camp for your supper... (I apologize for the horrid impersonator snaps that litter this clip).
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1 Rhythm Nation, Under 1 Jackson God
I am literally finding it impossible to maintain composure as the wait for the new episode of Randy Jackson's America's Best Dance Crew tomorrow night. I don't follow the shows as they air, I catch it (and So You Think You Can Dance) on reruns which air irratically and incessently on MuchMusic on the weekends. But I'm definetly watching tomorrow night as the dancers pay homage to Ms. Janet Nasty Jackson. I think she's even appearing and/or performing, but don't quote me on that!
But what I'm most excited about is the opening group number, perfectly paired with the classic Rhythm Nation.
Below is a clip from MTV.com from the intense rehearsals.
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But what I'm most excited about is the opening group number, perfectly paired with the classic Rhythm Nation.
Below is a clip from MTV.com from the intense rehearsals.
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The Last Supper of the Sluts
I was having lunch this weekend with a friend and we got to talking about another taboo topic- the invisible lines being drawn between young people, in what I like to affectionately think of as The War Between Prudes and Whores.
You know what I am talking about, when you're at lunch with some friends, all in your 20's (or sometimes a completely different age... you know how I loathe ageism!) and suddenly, through the topic of conversation, you realize that one of your lunchmates is a virgin! You're shocked; I would be shocked! They look just like everyone else (unless they're mormon or live in one of those farmland, secluded religious communes).
And suddenly, because of your obvious shock at discovering a 22-year-old virgin (They do exist!) you slowly come to realize that you're at an entire table of 20-something virgins! Alright, the majority of them have all probabley had a dick in their mouths and a finger in their pussy but they're virgins. And now the amazing part, what truly amazes me is the almost instantaeous shift you, as a seasoned slut, go from being a confident, healthy, sexually liberated young man or woman to suddenly realizing that you've become the big fat whore at the table.
"You mean you've never had a dick inside your pussy... ever?"
"B-but I've had like... ohmygod, I've had like 10 dicks in my pussy. Maybe 15! I'm such a whore!"
Most former virgins I've met aren't normally ashamed of the fact that they've gone to town a few times, other than the usual regrets we often have from time to tme- not that we had sex but who we had sex with.
It's amazing the power the Prudes have over us Whores just by the guilt we heave upon ourselves; we start to question ourself, our morality and the choices we've made. 10 minutes ago someone could've stopped us on the street for one of those random consumer report surveys (that I personally feel are used by some unknown government organization) and the first question could've been "Are you a virgin?". A simple "Ha!" followed by a resounding "No, I'm not!" is the norm, and delivered with the utmost confidence in your decision to have come to the darkside and take your rightful place at the Last Supper of the Sluts.
I'm sure this is exactly the same for an unknowing Prude who is lunching with a table full of Whores and suddenly realize that there are probabley more spider-webs in their pussy than there are nerves- but then again it's been so long since I subscribed to Prude Weekly I don't even know what that feels like... it doesn't feel as good as the many benefits and inscentives that a membership to Sluts R' Us does, I can bet on that!
Guilt is a useless emotion- so is shame and regret. We've all made the choices in our lives ourselves, sometimes with the help of a puhsy, horny boyfriend back in the 10th Grade, but albeit ourselves. We've got to take ownership of our life choices and embrace them. You can be a Prude or you can be a Whore... whatever Life Team you've signed up to play for be proud of your team and wave your jersey high in the sky.
Because no matter what table I sit at, at whichever restaurant, and no matter who I may be dining with- (teammates or rivals) one thing is for certain- I play for the Whores and I always will. And ain't no 20-year old Monica-Lewinsky-wanabe-son-of-a-bitch gonna make me feel guilty for playing on my team!
Behind Closed Church Doors
Christine Wicker's blog today speaks colors and gave me goosebumps. It's a must read for anyone with a brain (or following the US election).
Don't believe everything you read in the papers. Didn't your mama tell you that?
I'm going to give you one more reason to listen to her.
One out of four Americans says he or she is an evangelical.
In the next four months, you're going to see that number cited in countless political stories. It will invariably be paired with the idea that evangelicals are a Republican bloc that John McCain must placate and Barack Obama has scant chance of winning.
Reader beware.
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Whodunit?
When I was a very young boy there was a board game that sat atop the staircase of my Grandparent's farmhouse in rural Nova Scotia in the late 1980's. On it's cover was a cast of characters most menacing and intriguing; I always wanted to know more of the box that said Clue however my Mother always told me that I was too young to play. Well, curiosity eventually killed the cat (in the library, with the lead pipe) and my love affair for what I think is the greatest and campiest board game of all time transformed into an obsession.
My knowledge of Clue, it's history and it's many incarnations is mind-boggling; why would someone want to know so much about a board game?!
Well, because it's fabulous! I've got three different versions from three different decades; a special, over-priced anniversary edition; the rarely seen and since discontinued sequel Clue: The Grest Museum Caper (which is actually light years better than the original game); my beloved Scholastic Clue book series that I lovingly ordered all through elementary school; four different PC games from the 90's; the cult movie with Tim Curry and Christopher Lloyd; plus the fact that I've been in both the play and the musical (yes, there are both!).
But, I had yet to have the good fortune of seeing it's many incarnations as a game show across the UK and Europe. Well, I've managed to find an episode, entitled Cluedo (what the game and all incarnations are called everywhere other than North America) and best of all it stars Joanna Lumley, who played Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.
I've included an epsidoe below; stick with it, at least until you get to part 2 and the actual game show aspect takes over.
I've officially decided I'm reinventing this format and I'm hosting the first Canadian version of this show on CBC. Granted, CBC doesn't know yet, but if they think people want to watch How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? then people will watch this!
Enjoy, if just to see Joanna Lumley play Mrs. Peacock to camp perfection than nothing else.
My knowledge of Clue, it's history and it's many incarnations is mind-boggling; why would someone want to know so much about a board game?!
Well, because it's fabulous! I've got three different versions from three different decades; a special, over-priced anniversary edition; the rarely seen and since discontinued sequel Clue: The Grest Museum Caper (which is actually light years better than the original game); my beloved Scholastic Clue book series that I lovingly ordered all through elementary school; four different PC games from the 90's; the cult movie with Tim Curry and Christopher Lloyd; plus the fact that I've been in both the play and the musical (yes, there are both!).
But, I had yet to have the good fortune of seeing it's many incarnations as a game show across the UK and Europe. Well, I've managed to find an episode, entitled Cluedo (what the game and all incarnations are called everywhere other than North America) and best of all it stars Joanna Lumley, who played Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.
I've included an epsidoe below; stick with it, at least until you get to part 2 and the actual game show aspect takes over.
I've officially decided I'm reinventing this format and I'm hosting the first Canadian version of this show on CBC. Granted, CBC doesn't know yet, but if they think people want to watch How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? then people will watch this!
Enjoy, if just to see Joanna Lumley play Mrs. Peacock to camp perfection than nothing else.
20080715
Gay Man's Inhumanity to Gay Man
I was recently commissioned to write a play by a psychologist/feminist who is a dear friend of mine. She did not have a storyline or a concept, just an issue, an alarming issue that has become so utterly commonplace in our society that I didn't even realize this was a problem until I finally accepted it and realized how self-destructive woman actually are to one another.
This is a very, very taboo topic that upsets many women who take offense at the accusation that no, womanhood has not become this united force to be reckoned with that the feminist movement of our Mothers and Grandmothers fought and hoped for. As a matter of fact women of late have done the exact opposite and subconsciously turned on their own kind in that classic womanly way- indirect aggression.
My friend wanted this topic, this epidemic in my opinion, to be opened for discussion via a play. Right now I am just researching further, although I've come to realize that my knowledge and first-hand experience of woman's inhumanity to woman is already pretty fruitful.
I'm currently reading a book, one of many she gave me to read, aptly titled "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman" by Phyllis Chesler. Despite the fact that I think this book should be mandatory reading for any woman, of any age or stage of life is indifferent.
What truly struck me almost instantly was something else that isn't really being acknowledged and is just sort of accepted as commonplace behavior, despite the fact that it is self-destructive and toxic, and that is gay man's inhumanity to gay man. It's always perplexed me and I'll be perfectly honest it's the main reason I don't socialize with gay men in my private life.
Well, that may be a stretch.
I have gay acquaintances whom I don't mind at all and care for on a strictly I-Say-Hello-&-How-Are-You-When-I-See-You-Once-A-Year level. I also date and am always open to a relationship when not in one, but other than a romantic involvement I rarely, rarely meet a gay man I have the desire to be friends with. Is this because I would rather fuck every gay man I meet rather than just go see a movie... no, not at all. In fact I'd rather not fuck the majority of gay men that I meet, trust me. These days celibacy sounds like a smarter choice everyday, or at least easier. I choose not to 'hang out' or be close friends with gay men simply because of gay man's inability to be mature, civil, supportive or unified with one another. They're all out to get each other, as are women, and I refuse to place myself in that toxic environment. However, I don't seem to mind placing myself constantly into the female version of all this; perhaps that's because no matter how gay I am or how close to another woman I become I'm still an outsider to woman's inhumanity to woman because I'll never actually be a woman whereas with gay man's inhumanity to gay man I somehow feel shameful because I am indirectly part of all this, no matter how few gay men I actually interact with or how far I distance myself from that toxic way of thinking and behaving. There isn't anything I could ever do that wouldn't make me a gay man (sorry all you Christians) and in turn will never completely remove me from the problem, therein I feel guilt.
It has now become one of my life missions to stop, or at least bring awareness to this under discussed and often ignored problem in both heterosexual women and homosexual men.
Below I am including passages from Ms. Chesler's book, however I have changed every "woman" to "gay man" as a testament and example. If you are a woman, imagine every "gay man" actually saying "woman", as it was originally written or everyone can read it like it is. What amazes me is that I can actually remove the word "woman" and it still makes perfect sense and has complete fluidity in the context of a "gay man".
Please read this with an open mind and see this as merely a very, very small tip of a much larger ice berg. Reading may not always be fun (even though it really is) but please, if you are a woman or a gay man go to the library or the book store and please, please, please pick up a copy of "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman" by Phyllis Chesler; read it as a woman, read it in the context of a gay man, read it for everyone you know and help bring this issue into the light.
Because I won't be shutting up about this anytime soon, and I'd much rather you join me in the discussion then feel left out. Wouldn't you?
Ignorance does not make a revolution; by ignoring this advice, you're ignorant.
"Recent studies and crime statistics confirm that heterosexual men are aggressive in direct and dramatic ways. Although most gay men are not directly or physically violent, gay men are highly aggressive, but in indirect ways. The targets of such gay male aggression are not heterosexual men- but other gay man."
"Have you ever heard a gay man berate and bully another gay male, but then as soon as that person is around they are a different, nicer person. Or when a gay salesperson who, within the same hour, exudes charm toward his heterosexual male customers, but is irritable, short-tempered and just plain bitchy with fellow gay male customers. Most gay men shrug these indignities off or minimize them. They do not allow them to enter consciousness."
"Because heterosexual male aggression is both so visible and so deadly, it tends to obscure our view of gay male violence and aggression, which is more often subtle, less visible, but chronic. Gay male-gay male violence has, erroneously, been deemed unimportant; it is unlikely to result in someone's immediate death or serious physical injury."
"As most gay men know, another gay man can make life hell, on a moment-by-moment basis, for any other gay man whom he envies, fears, or with whom he must compete for resources.
Gay male rivalries tend to support, not disrupt, the status quo. Thus, in order to survive or to improve their own lot, most gay men, like heterosexual men, collude in the subordination of gay men as a class."
"I believe that gay men psychologically tame other gay men into conformity by threatening to withdraw their considerable capacity for emotional intimacy for any gay man whose growth or change of circumstance threatens the status quo"
PLEASE NOTE: In the above post I have made many, many "politically incorrect" generalizations about woman and men, of both sexualities. As I have long been a feminist, gay rights activist, and proud supporter of minorities of any kind I do realize that I am relying heavily on stereotypes to draw my conclusions and I do understand that anything I speak of, in any context, does not always pertain to every single member of that particular community or group. However, I also feel our fear of stereotypes, which society now teaches are unjustly derived, is what holds us back from acknowledging things like woman and gay man's inhumanity towards one another. I will often refer to stereotypical assumptions about any given group or community now and forever until I have been proven without a doubt that stereotypes are not accurate, because despite how taboo it is, I believe 90% of all stereotypes are accurate- the majority of woman treat each other like shit, the majority of heterosexual men cannot keep their dick in their pants, the majority of black people in this world are less educated and less financially stable than I as a white man will ever be, and the majority of gay men do fuck around way too much and hate each other. No, not all, but most. And that is the problem! Do I think that's right? No, I like black people more then I've ever liked any white person, including myself, so I would much rather see their community prosperous and educated to the extent of those ungrateful white assholes, but that isn't the truth! If you personally have a problem with the belief that 90% of all stereotypes are true, then I wouldn't read my blog again, because I feel otherwise and will not censor these feelings on this site anytime soon.
NOTE: I, Justin Meisner, did not receive permission from Phyllis Chesler or Nation Books to reprint experts from the book "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman", nor did I receive permission to replace the word "woman" in the excerpts with "gay man/men". This was merely an exercise to prove a point and most importantly to bring awareness to this book in an attempt to get more people to read it. You can sue me if you want. The statements and opinions expressed on this website and the above blog are those solely of it's author and webmaster, Justin Meisner, and do not reflect the opinions or beliefs of Phyllis Chesler or Nation Books.
This is a very, very taboo topic that upsets many women who take offense at the accusation that no, womanhood has not become this united force to be reckoned with that the feminist movement of our Mothers and Grandmothers fought and hoped for. As a matter of fact women of late have done the exact opposite and subconsciously turned on their own kind in that classic womanly way- indirect aggression.
My friend wanted this topic, this epidemic in my opinion, to be opened for discussion via a play. Right now I am just researching further, although I've come to realize that my knowledge and first-hand experience of woman's inhumanity to woman is already pretty fruitful.
I'm currently reading a book, one of many she gave me to read, aptly titled "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman" by Phyllis Chesler. Despite the fact that I think this book should be mandatory reading for any woman, of any age or stage of life is indifferent.
What truly struck me almost instantly was something else that isn't really being acknowledged and is just sort of accepted as commonplace behavior, despite the fact that it is self-destructive and toxic, and that is gay man's inhumanity to gay man. It's always perplexed me and I'll be perfectly honest it's the main reason I don't socialize with gay men in my private life.
Well, that may be a stretch.
I have gay acquaintances whom I don't mind at all and care for on a strictly I-Say-Hello-&-How-Are-You-When-I-See-You-Once-A-Year level. I also date and am always open to a relationship when not in one, but other than a romantic involvement I rarely, rarely meet a gay man I have the desire to be friends with. Is this because I would rather fuck every gay man I meet rather than just go see a movie... no, not at all. In fact I'd rather not fuck the majority of gay men that I meet, trust me. These days celibacy sounds like a smarter choice everyday, or at least easier. I choose not to 'hang out' or be close friends with gay men simply because of gay man's inability to be mature, civil, supportive or unified with one another. They're all out to get each other, as are women, and I refuse to place myself in that toxic environment. However, I don't seem to mind placing myself constantly into the female version of all this; perhaps that's because no matter how gay I am or how close to another woman I become I'm still an outsider to woman's inhumanity to woman because I'll never actually be a woman whereas with gay man's inhumanity to gay man I somehow feel shameful because I am indirectly part of all this, no matter how few gay men I actually interact with or how far I distance myself from that toxic way of thinking and behaving. There isn't anything I could ever do that wouldn't make me a gay man (sorry all you Christians) and in turn will never completely remove me from the problem, therein I feel guilt.
It has now become one of my life missions to stop, or at least bring awareness to this under discussed and often ignored problem in both heterosexual women and homosexual men.
Below I am including passages from Ms. Chesler's book, however I have changed every "woman" to "gay man" as a testament and example. If you are a woman, imagine every "gay man" actually saying "woman", as it was originally written or everyone can read it like it is. What amazes me is that I can actually remove the word "woman" and it still makes perfect sense and has complete fluidity in the context of a "gay man".
Please read this with an open mind and see this as merely a very, very small tip of a much larger ice berg. Reading may not always be fun (even though it really is) but please, if you are a woman or a gay man go to the library or the book store and please, please, please pick up a copy of "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman" by Phyllis Chesler; read it as a woman, read it in the context of a gay man, read it for everyone you know and help bring this issue into the light.
Because I won't be shutting up about this anytime soon, and I'd much rather you join me in the discussion then feel left out. Wouldn't you?
Ignorance does not make a revolution; by ignoring this advice, you're ignorant.
"Recent studies and crime statistics confirm that heterosexual men are aggressive in direct and dramatic ways. Although most gay men are not directly or physically violent, gay men are highly aggressive, but in indirect ways. The targets of such gay male aggression are not heterosexual men- but other gay man."
"Have you ever heard a gay man berate and bully another gay male, but then as soon as that person is around they are a different, nicer person. Or when a gay salesperson who, within the same hour, exudes charm toward his heterosexual male customers, but is irritable, short-tempered and just plain bitchy with fellow gay male customers. Most gay men shrug these indignities off or minimize them. They do not allow them to enter consciousness."
"Because heterosexual male aggression is both so visible and so deadly, it tends to obscure our view of gay male violence and aggression, which is more often subtle, less visible, but chronic. Gay male-gay male violence has, erroneously, been deemed unimportant; it is unlikely to result in someone's immediate death or serious physical injury."
"As most gay men know, another gay man can make life hell, on a moment-by-moment basis, for any other gay man whom he envies, fears, or with whom he must compete for resources.
Gay male rivalries tend to support, not disrupt, the status quo. Thus, in order to survive or to improve their own lot, most gay men, like heterosexual men, collude in the subordination of gay men as a class."
"I believe that gay men psychologically tame other gay men into conformity by threatening to withdraw their considerable capacity for emotional intimacy for any gay man whose growth or change of circumstance threatens the status quo"
PLEASE NOTE: In the above post I have made many, many "politically incorrect" generalizations about woman and men, of both sexualities. As I have long been a feminist, gay rights activist, and proud supporter of minorities of any kind I do realize that I am relying heavily on stereotypes to draw my conclusions and I do understand that anything I speak of, in any context, does not always pertain to every single member of that particular community or group. However, I also feel our fear of stereotypes, which society now teaches are unjustly derived, is what holds us back from acknowledging things like woman and gay man's inhumanity towards one another. I will often refer to stereotypical assumptions about any given group or community now and forever until I have been proven without a doubt that stereotypes are not accurate, because despite how taboo it is, I believe 90% of all stereotypes are accurate- the majority of woman treat each other like shit, the majority of heterosexual men cannot keep their dick in their pants, the majority of black people in this world are less educated and less financially stable than I as a white man will ever be, and the majority of gay men do fuck around way too much and hate each other. No, not all, but most. And that is the problem! Do I think that's right? No, I like black people more then I've ever liked any white person, including myself, so I would much rather see their community prosperous and educated to the extent of those ungrateful white assholes, but that isn't the truth! If you personally have a problem with the belief that 90% of all stereotypes are true, then I wouldn't read my blog again, because I feel otherwise and will not censor these feelings on this site anytime soon.
NOTE: I, Justin Meisner, did not receive permission from Phyllis Chesler or Nation Books to reprint experts from the book "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman", nor did I receive permission to replace the word "woman" in the excerpts with "gay man/men". This was merely an exercise to prove a point and most importantly to bring awareness to this book in an attempt to get more people to read it. You can sue me if you want. The statements and opinions expressed on this website and the above blog are those solely of it's author and webmaster, Justin Meisner, and do not reflect the opinions or beliefs of Phyllis Chesler or Nation Books.
3's Company...
Some bitch, Suzanne and her underwear.
At least they were on because I wouldn't have been at all surprised to see Granny going commando.
(This is the most press she's gotten since her house burnt down; I wonder if she'll give Entertainment Tonight an exclusive interview about this, too!)
At least they were on because I wouldn't have been at all surprised to see Granny going commando.
(This is the most press she's gotten since her house burnt down; I wonder if she'll give Entertainment Tonight an exclusive interview about this, too!)
The Holy Word
Kathy Griffin in my God.
Kathy Griffin is going to be in Montreal this week, hosting Just For Laughs.
Kathy Griffin is going to be guest-hosting Larry King Live on July 25th.
Brooke Hogan cancelled her appearance on Larry King upon learning that Kathy would be hosting.
Consider for a moment what comedian and actress Kathy Griffin has accomplished in her career as of late - or, perhaps even more important, how she accomplished it.
Griffin - who will be hosting a Just for Laughs gala Thursday night at Montreal's Théâtre St. Denis - has taken her seemingly innate ability to take the piss out of celebrities, blended it with her own self-mockery of her standing in Hollywood, and has managed to transform herself into a bona-fide star. (If you need proof, consider that the latest season of her reality show My Life on the D-List recently scored the highest-ever ratings for the Bravo! cable channel in the United States.)
Griffin, 47, said her recently burgeoning success and that of her show are directly linked to our simultaneous obsession and revulsion with celebrity culture.
"I think most people identify with me more than they do with Nicole Kidman. Even though most women would want to be Nicole Kidman, certainly more than they'd want to be me - in fact, I'd rather be Nicole Kidman," Griffin said during a recent phone interview. "However, we look at these celebrities, we read everything about them, we see them behaving badly and going to jail and walking out of their cars without their panties - most people couldn't get away with that. I'm certainly at a level where I couldn't get away with any of that s-t!
"And so I think the reason more people come to my shows now more than ever is because while we're obsessed with celebrity culture, I think we're getting appalled by the way most celebrities are above the law."
Griffin recounts a telling anecdote about contacting People following her performance for U.S. troops in Afghanistan and offering her own photos to the magazine if it was interested in running a story about her experiences abroad. While the magazine expressed great interest, Griffin said: "The article ended up being a quarter of a page - and the entire rest of the page was about Jessica Simpson's favourite handbags!
"That's when I realized I was on the D-List - when people would rather read about Jessica Simpson's handbags then about me performing in a combat zone. But that's the truth: we have become much more obsessed with articles in magazines like that, or "What Nicole Richie's Baby Is Wearing!"
However, while her own celebrity has grown exponentially, there appears to be little risk that Griffin will become the type of tabloid fodder she revels in eviscerating in her comedy - not that she would mind that.
For example, when I bring up recent gossip-page headlines about her purported relationship with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Griffin replies: "That's because I call them! It's not because the paparazzi are jumping out of my bushes, it's because I have their phone numbers. I call them and say, 'Guess what? Kathy Griffin was seen with Steve Wozniak last night!' And half the time they say, 'Oh, not you again,' and sometimes they print it.
"And by the way, that's what the A-listers do, too. You think everybody just happens to know when Britney Spears is going to be at a gas station in bare feet. Come on, somebody dropped a dime!"
Griffin had some reassuring words for fans who worry that her newfound fame might also tempt her to dull the devastating attacks on her fellow celebs.
"Trust me, I want to be that person. I would like to lose my edge. I would love to go mainstream. But I am my own worst enemy - I can't keep my fu-ig mouth shut! It's a complete lack of self-control. Believe me, I didn't want to get banned from (ABC talk-show) The View. I liked going on The View - it was fun! But when Barbara Walters starts talking to me about using Astroglide, I have to put that in one of my specials. It's the law."
That inability to self-censor could make for some interesting moments on Thursday when Griffin hosts a Just for Laughs galas, usually the safest and most mainstream of shows at the festival.
"I'm supposed to take that into consideration, and I just want you to know that in my heart of hearts, I'd love to go there and put on a family show," Griffin said. "I'm just telling you that the chances of that are pretty slim. But damn it, I'm going to try. I'm really going to try not to say 'f-kballs,' but I can't promise it."
And while she doesn't want to give away too much, Griffin is promising some culturally specific material in her opening number at the gala, which is being written by multiple-award winning composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman, who is tailoring the lyrics specifically for a Montreal crowd - which isn't always a piece of cake, Griffin said.
"We're still trying to figure out what rhymes with 'René Angelil.' ''
Kathy Griffin hosts the Vidéotron Just for Laughs Gala at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Théâtre St. Denis. Tickets start at $39.50. For tickets and information, go to boxoffice.hahaha.com or call 514-845-2322 or 1-888-244-3155.
Source
Kathy Griffin is going to be in Montreal this week, hosting Just For Laughs.
Kathy Griffin is going to be guest-hosting Larry King Live on July 25th.
Brooke Hogan cancelled her appearance on Larry King upon learning that Kathy would be hosting.
Consider for a moment what comedian and actress Kathy Griffin has accomplished in her career as of late - or, perhaps even more important, how she accomplished it.
Griffin - who will be hosting a Just for Laughs gala Thursday night at Montreal's Théâtre St. Denis - has taken her seemingly innate ability to take the piss out of celebrities, blended it with her own self-mockery of her standing in Hollywood, and has managed to transform herself into a bona-fide star. (If you need proof, consider that the latest season of her reality show My Life on the D-List recently scored the highest-ever ratings for the Bravo! cable channel in the United States.)
Griffin, 47, said her recently burgeoning success and that of her show are directly linked to our simultaneous obsession and revulsion with celebrity culture.
"I think most people identify with me more than they do with Nicole Kidman. Even though most women would want to be Nicole Kidman, certainly more than they'd want to be me - in fact, I'd rather be Nicole Kidman," Griffin said during a recent phone interview. "However, we look at these celebrities, we read everything about them, we see them behaving badly and going to jail and walking out of their cars without their panties - most people couldn't get away with that. I'm certainly at a level where I couldn't get away with any of that s-t!
"And so I think the reason more people come to my shows now more than ever is because while we're obsessed with celebrity culture, I think we're getting appalled by the way most celebrities are above the law."
Griffin recounts a telling anecdote about contacting People following her performance for U.S. troops in Afghanistan and offering her own photos to the magazine if it was interested in running a story about her experiences abroad. While the magazine expressed great interest, Griffin said: "The article ended up being a quarter of a page - and the entire rest of the page was about Jessica Simpson's favourite handbags!
"That's when I realized I was on the D-List - when people would rather read about Jessica Simpson's handbags then about me performing in a combat zone. But that's the truth: we have become much more obsessed with articles in magazines like that, or "What Nicole Richie's Baby Is Wearing!"
However, while her own celebrity has grown exponentially, there appears to be little risk that Griffin will become the type of tabloid fodder she revels in eviscerating in her comedy - not that she would mind that.
For example, when I bring up recent gossip-page headlines about her purported relationship with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Griffin replies: "That's because I call them! It's not because the paparazzi are jumping out of my bushes, it's because I have their phone numbers. I call them and say, 'Guess what? Kathy Griffin was seen with Steve Wozniak last night!' And half the time they say, 'Oh, not you again,' and sometimes they print it.
"And by the way, that's what the A-listers do, too. You think everybody just happens to know when Britney Spears is going to be at a gas station in bare feet. Come on, somebody dropped a dime!"
Griffin had some reassuring words for fans who worry that her newfound fame might also tempt her to dull the devastating attacks on her fellow celebs.
"Trust me, I want to be that person. I would like to lose my edge. I would love to go mainstream. But I am my own worst enemy - I can't keep my fu-ig mouth shut! It's a complete lack of self-control. Believe me, I didn't want to get banned from (ABC talk-show) The View. I liked going on The View - it was fun! But when Barbara Walters starts talking to me about using Astroglide, I have to put that in one of my specials. It's the law."
That inability to self-censor could make for some interesting moments on Thursday when Griffin hosts a Just for Laughs galas, usually the safest and most mainstream of shows at the festival.
"I'm supposed to take that into consideration, and I just want you to know that in my heart of hearts, I'd love to go there and put on a family show," Griffin said. "I'm just telling you that the chances of that are pretty slim. But damn it, I'm going to try. I'm really going to try not to say 'f-kballs,' but I can't promise it."
And while she doesn't want to give away too much, Griffin is promising some culturally specific material in her opening number at the gala, which is being written by multiple-award winning composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman, who is tailoring the lyrics specifically for a Montreal crowd - which isn't always a piece of cake, Griffin said.
"We're still trying to figure out what rhymes with 'René Angelil.' ''
Kathy Griffin hosts the Vidéotron Just for Laughs Gala at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Théâtre St. Denis. Tickets start at $39.50. For tickets and information, go to boxoffice.hahaha.com or call 514-845-2322 or 1-888-244-3155.
Source
Cigarettes & Iranians
Because every morning should start with a cup of coffee, a fresh Parliament Light and a hysterical joke about killing Iranians.
Because jokes about killing anyone are hysterical, especially when it comes from a possible future leader of the Free World.
Because jokes about killing anyone are hysterical, especially when it comes from a possible future leader of the Free World.
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Heartbreak
Sarah Silverman & Jimmy Kimmel have confirmed officially that they're no longer together. This is, quite literally, the most devestating news I've heard all day; and we all know how many devestating things we hear in a day these days.
Well, perhaps now Sarah will be my non-sexual girlfriend.
Well, perhaps now Sarah will be my non-sexual girlfriend.
2 Wrongs Make 1 Big Right
My universal finger print knows me inside and out and somehow my joys and inspirations are sometimes aligned within the universe at just the right moment, at just the right time and my dreams are often times fufilled in small doses along that moment's journey to fufilling it's much larger purpose; much larger than pleasing mere, little me... but the luck is palpable.
For Interlude Magazine; please look further.
Enjoy this appetizer thanks to RoWo.
For Interlude Magazine; please look further.
Enjoy this appetizer thanks to RoWo.
The Name of the Game
Yes, it's raw; I can feel the kosher salt being thumbed into the gapping wound as the collective tongues of the peanut gallery wag in despair.
But really, who gives a fuck? This is the name of the game and it always has been. Ironically, I think, this is one of the oldest names of one of the oldest games; a game that is frantically changing and morphing to adapt to a society and a generation that has already morphed and changed unbeknowst to the system while the machine wasn't looking; while the machine was too busy bombing babies and women.
How can you be offended when it's all fair game; if you can say it I can say it and we can all say it about anybody we God-damn well please; that's the beauty of this country; that's the nature of the beast; that's the name of the mothafuckin' game and I guess you just weren't ready to play, gangsta.
Now I want cut off McCain's balls with the lot of them and I want (and I know) O is going to bring on home the Light for us after years and years of dark (even if just for a little while) but for the man who is changing the game and morphing the name I would assume he and his crew could find honor, humor, humility and irony bleeding from the cover of TNY, because it's plain to see to me. The same man who unlike any other before him currently rests his face upon the cover of the current issue of Rolling Stone and was seen not so long ago on the cover of Vibe.
It's irony, pure and simple. A look back at the game and how it's changed through the ages. Where we've come, what we've done and where we are now. Barack Obama's on Rolling Stone, Vibe, BET, The View, PerezHilton too as the friends on his Facebook profile go tick, tick too. You can't swallow a little sat'toon? The oldest of it's kind, the purest and truest of it's form.
That's too bad O, that's too damn bad.
But really, who gives a fuck? This is the name of the game and it always has been. Ironically, I think, this is one of the oldest names of one of the oldest games; a game that is frantically changing and morphing to adapt to a society and a generation that has already morphed and changed unbeknowst to the system while the machine wasn't looking; while the machine was too busy bombing babies and women.
How can you be offended when it's all fair game; if you can say it I can say it and we can all say it about anybody we God-damn well please; that's the beauty of this country; that's the nature of the beast; that's the name of the mothafuckin' game and I guess you just weren't ready to play, gangsta.
Now I want cut off McCain's balls with the lot of them and I want (and I know) O is going to bring on home the Light for us after years and years of dark (even if just for a little while) but for the man who is changing the game and morphing the name I would assume he and his crew could find honor, humor, humility and irony bleeding from the cover of TNY, because it's plain to see to me. The same man who unlike any other before him currently rests his face upon the cover of the current issue of Rolling Stone and was seen not so long ago on the cover of Vibe.
It's irony, pure and simple. A look back at the game and how it's changed through the ages. Where we've come, what we've done and where we are now. Barack Obama's on Rolling Stone, Vibe, BET, The View, PerezHilton too as the friends on his Facebook profile go tick, tick too. You can't swallow a little sat'toon? The oldest of it's kind, the purest and truest of it's form.
That's too bad O, that's too damn bad.
Neopolitan Children
So I never watched CMT Crossroads when it aired; I know little about the series and that's relatively surprising considering how often CMT is on in my home, which is probabley a lot more often then you'd expect, but foolish you.
Irregardless there is nothing I love better than great, musical fusion and best yet is a duet of two different styles and genres. I use to adore VH1's sorely missed Divas Live concert series because of the amazing opportunity for some of the rarest and unlikely of musical marriages. And Snoop Dogg's recent, ingenius collaboration with Willie Nelson is a testament that we haven't even begun to uncover the melodies that are left to be made when two alternate, pre-exsisting ones conbine.
So I think Crossroads is a brilliant concept for a series and I hope it returns; I've seen many a hair raising performance (albeit never an actual episode) and below is none other than a perfect example of just that.
Let's make some neopolitan babies of all sorts and flavors.
Irregardless there is nothing I love better than great, musical fusion and best yet is a duet of two different styles and genres. I use to adore VH1's sorely missed Divas Live concert series because of the amazing opportunity for some of the rarest and unlikely of musical marriages. And Snoop Dogg's recent, ingenius collaboration with Willie Nelson is a testament that we haven't even begun to uncover the melodies that are left to be made when two alternate, pre-exsisting ones conbine.
So I think Crossroads is a brilliant concept for a series and I hope it returns; I've seen many a hair raising performance (albeit never an actual episode) and below is none other than a perfect example of just that.
Let's make some neopolitan babies of all sorts and flavors.
I Can't Even Take My Mind Off Lovin' U...
Because every Monday should start with a little Faith...
Peace to the week
Peace to the week
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