Men’s Rights: Yes. I believe in equal rights for all people.
Men’s Rights Groups: No. It’s a misnomer that sucks in some guys that have had actual problems, but mostly guys who are angry at women in general. And to be honest, I find their angry to seem violent and violating. I have never met a men’s right’s group that didn’t advocate for hurting women or allow at least some of its members to advocate for it in the form of forced abortions or impoverishment through divorce or lack of child-support payment.
If they said “Hey, we need to advocate for the male pill so men have more reproductive freedom,” I would agree with them.
If they said “We need more restrictions on alimony payments for able-bodied, educated workers,” I would agree with them. (I have seen that issue in particular cut both ways.)
If they said “We need to standardize the process for determining custody in a way that is gender-blind,” I would agree with them.
But they don’t say that. They say “I want to make her have an abortion because I didn’t wear a condom.” They say “That bitch took everything when I traded her in for a trophy wife. I wish she was dead.” They say “She stole my kids and is poisoning them against me.”
If that wasn’t a fair assessment of how men’s rights groups react to women, I would support them. Unfortunately, it is.
“When I get a business card this size (not 3.5 x 2 inches), I think that that person is a fag.” — Client, after reviewing a 2 inch square business card proof (via clientsfromhell)
“The Plan was for [his followers] to spend more money on Glenn Beck, The Brand. Observe his two key points from the manifesto written on his website:
- I have begun meeting with some of the best minds in the country that believe in limited government, maximum freedom and the values of our Founders. I am developing a 100 year plan. I know that the bipartisan corruption in Washington that has brought us to this brink and it will not be defeated easily. It will require unconventional thinking and a radical plan to restore our nation to the maximum freedoms we were supposed to have been protecting, using only the battlefield of ideas.
- All of the above will culminate in The Plan, a book that will provide specific policies, principles and, most importantly, action steps that each of us can take to play a role in this Refounding.
“Kinda sounds like a cross between Avon and the Left Behind series, right? Except with scarier salespeople who have drier hands.”
comment: “Good news, everyone! With my 100-year plan, I’ll never have to actually deliver on any of my schemes! It’ll be your children that have to sort through the detritus of the failed Beck prophecies, and I’ll be long dead by then—also, buried beneath a gigantic golden sculpture of my own pudgy face!”
via gawker.
“Hip hop culture is not separate from the rest of American culture. Objectified female bodies - those images are everywhere as well. Those images are in advertising. Those images are in movies. Those images are in tv programs. The really negative thing about music videos and about advertising is that that is the ONLY way in which women are presented. And so the only way in which men are allowed to make a connection in the popular culture with women is through sexuality. It is only through their own desires.” — Sut Jhally (in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGol7fha8uk )
Leaves = birds
At the funeral, I had to chuckle a bit when the bishop said “blog” in his sermon.
(referencing this blog: http://lifedeathandcancer.blogspot.com )
Cormac McCarthy discusses The Road, among other things -
(Thanks samnite)
Messrs. McCarthy and Hillcoat [director of The Road] showed easy affability in their friendship, despite what could have been a prickly collaboration.
Mr. Hillcoat told him, “You relieved a huge burden from my shoulders when you said, ‘Look, a novel’s a novel and a film’s a film, and they’re very different.’”
In a soft voice, chuckling frequently and gazing intently with gray-green eyes, Mr. McCarthy talked about books vs. films, the apocalypse, fathers and sons, past and future projects, how he writes—and God.
Design - Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists - NYTimes.com -
Type snobs, unite! (But seriously, that Lucida Handwriting in the Mad Men opener is just reprehensible.)
(awful)
I don’t know what this is supposed to be, but it’s pretty rad.
I pretty much adore the new Killington logo. Maybe I’ll finally learn to ski now? Snow tube? I mean, it’s no Swiss Alps, but I can dig it.
What do you think of the redesign?
This is awesome.