December 2008
“Now, there are exceptions to what I’m talking about. There are the already...”
– Publishing asshole of the week award goes to…Chris Goldberg for not discussing the obvious problem of homophobia/misogyny as the primary reason dudebros like him are no longer reading, i.e., novels are “gay” or for “girls” because they are naturally introspective and...
“ON AIR: HAS THE POPE SAID OUT LOUD WHAT MANY OF YOU ARE THINKING?
Pope Benedict...”
– The BBC’s spastic/idiotic World Have Your Say radio show. Thanks for asking, BBC! I’m so relieved that the pope finally spoke up about this. It’s exactly what I’ve been wanting to hear, and the rainforest analogy is srsly genius! Next up: the “solution” to the gay...
Why Is My Car Shit in Snow? →
(via)
“A lot of things I’ve read up until now, like Michelle Tea, are about badass...”
– AOIBHEANN SWEENEY | Weekly Dig
I just finished reading Sweeney’s debut novel from last year, Among Other Things I’ve Taken Up Smoking. I reccommend it, especially based on the above quote. I enjoyed Valencia, but there are few other modern “queer girl” books about boozing, drugs and unsafe sex that...
“For the past 10,000 years or so, wherever humans have gathered, there has been...”
– Weirdest NYT blog ever?
“Hoffman has imbued all his characters with a combination of the familiar and the...”
– Lynn Hirschberg in the NYT Magazine. I don’t hate PSH, but this article? Barf barf barf. (Where is Andy Warhol when we need him?)
“My subway karma was good, except for the two tough guys who decided to listen to...”
– My friend Paul. (There’s nothing like living uptown for a decade to bring out your inner fascist!)
Obama's unity call falls on P.C. ears →
mattgaymon:
notthatkindagay:
Keep your eyes on the prize, boys. Obama’s campaign to unify the country — which last I checked includes millions of Warren’s fellow travelers — is in the service of an administration whose stated policy positions are the most supportive ever on LGBT civil rights. Winning over support for a pro-gay president from anti-gay leaders isn’t just defensible, it’s...
Remember Sufjan Stevens?
alexbalk:
Indie kid, glockenspiel fan, had that album about Illinois out like a decade ago? What’s he up to these days?
Does this mean that the orchestrated-pop revival is finally over and I can unpretentiously listen to the Bee Gees first five albums?
Oh, Phew...Michael Ian Black Has Resolved His...
mattgaymon:
matthewgallaway:
mikedressel:
After bitching about Facebook in my previous entry for arbitrarily disabling my account, I want to congratulate Mr. Zuckerberg and company for quickly restoring said account. All it took was a single email and the aforementioned blog posting, which has now spread across the internet like a particularly itchy case of pink eye.
Whether it was the...
Oh, Phew...Michael Ian Black Has Resolved His...
mikedressel:
After bitching about Facebook in my previous entry for arbitrarily disabling my account, I want to congratulate Mr. Zuckerberg and company for quickly restoring said account. All it took was a single email and the aforementioned blog posting, which has now spread across the internet like a particularly itchy case of pink eye.
Whether it was the email or the blog posting that got...
I wonder how one can't be embarrassed by this. →
mattgaymon:
katiebakes:
Best line: “Calling the selection of Rick Warren an example of “Obama’s deft manipulation of the politics of symbolism” is a catastrophe of American journalism.”
Calling it a “dick move” is pretty apt, too.
What Obama said this morning, re: Warren
butnotmine:
PETER SLEVIN, WASHINGTON POST: I have a question about pastor Rick Warren. He holds a number of social views at odds with your own views and your strong supporters. I’m wondering what went into your decision to choose him for this prominent role as you embark on your own presidency at a time when you are dotting every I and crossing every t to send some important signals?
OBAMA: Let...
I hate lists like this, but it's hard to complain... →
“There were plenty of reasons to support Barack Obama for president despite his...”
– Notes from a homofascist. I agree with all of this (and there’s more)!
Onion or Not Onion?
Welcome to my new game of cognitive dissonance! Let’s start with this.
Selections from Harper's Index: A retrospective of...
mattgaymon:
- Minimum number of calls the FBI received in fall 2001 from Utah residents claiming to have seen Osama bin Laden: 20
- Number of members of the rock band Anthrax who said they hoarded Cipro so as to avoid an “ironic death”: 1
- Date on which USA Today added Guantánamo to its weather map: 1/3/05
- Number of states John Kerry would have won in 2004 if votes by poor Americans were...
“The decision came after a series of deeply personal and political conversations,...”
– I’m not against CK, but I’m definitely not for her, either. Also hate hate hate the reverent tone of the above article, which is obv not her fault, but still.
“In one of her many meditations on the taking of pictures, Susan Sontag wrote...”
– NY Times Book Review of Annie Leibovitz at Work
Want!
(via trishtumbles)
Hey ya’ll, The Times actually refered to Sontag and Leibovitz as lovers!! In case you missed the last 30 years of their coverage, they for some reason seem to think that these ladies - as well as Maddow and her partner...
Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow, and media privilege →
butnotmine:
mediation:
I finally got the time to watch to watch the Stewart v. Huckabee discussion last night and this Feministing post raises an interesting contextual point on what to include topically (vs. in the boundaries of time) in interviews. It’s a bit sad, but I also think it’s worth noting that Stewart and Huck talking about these things in an actual discussion is novel for...
As usual, my pessimism was correct →
Travel writing at its best.
A Modern Victorian →
mattgaymon:
“I guess it’s not imperative for biographers to dwell on their subjects’ sexual inclinations…”
It totes is, esp if they’re queer.
“In one case, we are told that Hopkins distanced himself from a younger classmate at Highgate, Alex Strachey, because he found the lad’s company too ‘pleasurable’ (‘and therefore … too dangerous,’ Mariani adds in decorous parentheses). Various other...
I called in (I didn't)
butnotmine:
stopwhispering:
notthatkindagay:
afghanistanbananastand:
Fuck it all.
Need a day off.
Did you call in gay?
I didn’t even know that was happening, but I did skip work today. Hahaha.
I called in gay today. And am now doing gay activist-y things with the day.
I couldn’t do it — too scared of getting laid off! — but I admire anyone who did!
“The cost of a 30-day MetroCard could rise to $104 next June…”
– City Room.
I would pay $150 if it meant that the trains ran more frequently and were less crowded. But unfortunately any extra money has to pay for golf-club memberships and early retirements.
City doles out even more $$ to Yankees and Mets. →
Fuck the Mets and the Yankees and every other (homophobic) corporate leech — but especially professional sports teams — of public funding that could be spent on parks and subways.
Toddling Down the Drain →
doree:
karenuhoh:
You have to have grown up in this sinkhole of a state to truly appreciate the suppurating glory in seeing your pus-faced governor seized, apparently from his bed, before he can “sell” the vacant senate seat of the President-Elect, all reported by a bankrupt newspaper.
Not to mention thinking he could buy his way into a Cabinet position.
I looked up...
I didn't write about this, but I certainly thought... →
Uh yeah. Maybe Suddenly I'm Less In Love with... →
I love David Paterson. →
(via alexbalk)
I too have loved Paterson since his seriously awesome inauguration speech in March — “Let me introduce myself again: my name is David Paterson and I’m the Governor of New York!” — and happily enough (given that these sorts of affairs tend to wear thin), I still think he’s the best politician in the country!
