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Twirly Iguanas
Lizards spinning round and round
Way on up there, way up high
Where the air tastes like biscotti
Where pizza bagels go to fly
Twirly iguanas, oh, you know you wanna
Grab onto a tail!
Twirly iguanas, oh, you know you wanna
Hope that doesn't fail!
(Because if it does fail
You will fall very very far
And be a very tiny speck
Of dust.)
The End.
This contribution to the world of literature was brought to you by our useless poetry contest. A new theme is published each week, and everyone is invited to join in the fun or vote for your favorite!
I think we all agree that women tend to feel more offended when they’re told "go back to the kitchen, clean the house and make babies" than men when they’re told "go back to the office, make money and support your family". But why is that? I mean, these are both sexist statements based on the gender roles of our culture. So why is it that the traditionally feminine gender role is considered more demeaning and offensive? By encouraging women so much to work outside of the home and build a career, couldn't it be that past feminists have unconsciously sent the message that financial independence is the only way to be a modern feminist woman, thus contributing to devaluing tasks that are traditionally considered feminine (childcare and domestic chores)?
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I would have watched this series sooner if I'd realised it was from Bee Train and director K?ichi Mashimo who gave us 'Noir', 'Madlax' and 'El Cazador de la Bruja'; AKA 'The Girls with Guns' trilogy. This series has some similarities with its predecessors; like them it features assassins, some of whom have lost their memories, however this time their is a male lead and there are no supernatural overtones.
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There will be spoilers in this thread so don't read it if you don't want to know.
I saw the Last Airbender in theatres last week. I followed the animated series from its very beginning until the grand finale three years later, and I have to say that this movie was a total butchering of that series. Shyamalan needs to STOP making movies ASAP.
Within the first five minutes of the movie, something is very wrong. The cast is all white. The water benders of the southern tribe are white people, even the old granny. Wtf? That was not the case in the animated series. They are supposed to be akin to the Inuit who live in the cold regions, but instead the movie decided to play it safe by altering the identities of the main characters from the get go. Even Aang is white, and he is supposed to be akin to an Asian Buddhist Monk!
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Most of you know I had a baby recently, and while I was pregnant I purposefully avoided watching this documentary because I was afraid it'd scare the crap out of me. And it might have. But it's still worth checking out.
The Business of Being Born explores childbirth in America, where most babies are born in hospitals with doctors and the rates of cesarean section keep increasing. Most of the views expressed are those of homebirth proponents and midwives, who pose questions about why so many medical procedures have become routine when most births don't really need a ton of interventions. The film sort of divides labor and delivery into two categories:
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I need to cut down my hours at the shelter.
A lot of volunteers have a hard time dealing with all the sad wittle kitties and doggies, and the idea of euthanasia (which leads them to cutting back hours or quitting). I don't. Sure, they're cute. Sure, euthanasia is a bummer. But they're animals. They have personalities, but they aren't people. They're fluffy and playful, but they aren't toys. They won't turn off or put themselves away or vanish when you tire of them. And once you buy it, unless you return it to the shelter and walk it down that long hallway of owner-release shame, it's going to be with you for the next 13-20 years.
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Well, I just found out today that one of my very favorite authors, Robert B. Parker, creator of a whole ton of books died at the age of 77... IN JANUARY. I've been spending the past few months reading and re-reading my favorite Spenser books, thinking about writing this guy fan mail, eagerly anticipating news of a new novel... way to pay attention, me.
Robert. B Parker wrote more books than I can count, mostly with the characters Spenser, a Boston PI, Jesse Stone, a small-town East Coast police chief, and Sunny Randall, a female PI who was like Spenser if he was a hot chick. He also wrote a few Westerns that were the basis for the film Appaloosa and its sequels and a ton of stand-alone novels and continuations of classics.
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I've enjoyed being pregnant these past seven months, I've been healthy, surrounded by support, it's a fun adventure, etc.
but other times I just wish I could ESCAPE.
I'm cool now but I was cool before this too, and a lot of those ways are vanishing. I'm not skinny anymore, I can't embrace my love of fine wines or roller coasters, in two weeks I won't even be able to fly airplanes. Seeing these things go is tough. And the world around me sometimes just epic-fails when it comes to helping me deal with the changes.
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For those of you who didn't follow the Evelyn Evelyn fuck-up,
Dear Amanda,
I like you. I like you a lot, actually, and I think that your music is mostly great, and until recently I'd cite you and recommend you as a feminist artist and talk about your fuck the system attitude and your
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