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16 years ago @ Womanist Musings - Sunday Shame: Pop Musi... · 0 replies · +1 points

This one's probably obvious, but I am ashamed:

I Want it That Way

And, because my bad taste doesn't pick favorites:

Bye Bye Bye

In related news, I don't know whether to be more ashamed that I loved "New Kids on the Block" (I even bought the T-shirt!), or that I only recently realized that the Donnie Wahlberg from the Saw films, Band of Brothers, etc., is... Donnie Wahlberg.

16 years ago @ Womanist Musings - Sunday Shame: Pop Musi... · 0 replies · +1 points

In high school, our class went to a skating rink and a couple of friends were helping me roller-skate. (They were holding onto me from either side). I was doing fine...until some doofus played "YMCA."

It's not their fault--you *have• to dance when "YMCA" comes on. But that song is a deadly weapon.

16 years ago @ TransGriot - Busy Drama Filled Week... · 0 replies · +2 points

Woot! Glad to see Computer Prime (plus) is alive and well. Go, Polar!

Waterlogged servers at the library? Oh, no!

16 years ago @ TransGriot - It's' My America' Too · 0 replies · +2 points

"She tearfully stated she was distressed at what has happened to 'my America' and saying she wanted to take 'her country back'."

Oh, for Heaven's sake. The right wing Christians already think they own God. What more do they want?

Which is not near as profound and analytical as what you said.

16 years ago @ TransGriot - http://transgriot.blog... · 0 replies · +3 points

I read Monica's post as an indictment of transphobes who use "ze" and "hir" as a way to avoid calling trans women "she" or trans men "he." As a way of saying to a trans women, for instance: "You may not think you're a man, but I don't think you're a woman, either, so here's my pronoun compromise."

I remember reading someone who identified as ze/hir unless the other person was using "ze/hir" to avoid calling hir a woman. If you were doing that, you could call her she, thank you very much :). Unfortunately, I can't remember who it was or where I read it.

16 years ago @ Womanist Musings - Sunday Shame: Coffee D... · 1 reply · +1 points

I must be the unluckiest person ever, because every time I get addicted to something they decide to stop selling it. First it was Vanilla Coke. Then it was a Chinese restaurant that went out of business; then it was the IC Spice at Panera Bread. (Though I did manage to replace it with their Frozen Caramel). Then it was Linda McCartney's macaroni and cheese. If the Alternative Baking Company ever stops making their Double Chocolate Decadence cookies, I will be really mad.

16 years ago @ Womanist Musings - Ode To Joy · 0 replies · +1 points

If I had a cellphone, that would *totally* be my ringtone.

16 years ago @ TransGriot - There They Go Again-Re... · 0 replies · +2 points

"Of primary concern to me is whether or not Judge Sotomayor follows the proper role of judges and refrains from legislating from the bench."

Like how on W.'s watch the Supreme Court interpreted the Americans with Disabilities Act so bizarrely that Congress had to pass a new bill to fix their foolishness? Which means that he was in charge when they undermined *his own dad's* work? Yeah, that's not legislating from the bench at all.

17 years ago @ Womanist Musings - Clint Eastwood: Race B... · 0 replies · +1 points

"It was normal that we made jokes based on our nationality or ethnicity."

Fixed: "It was normal that we made jokes based on other people's nationality or ethnicity."

Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is about Clint Eastwood. He's been playing the same guy for 40-odd years, for one thing. And his work is so mired in privilege that it's just not very interesting. ("Disabled people's lives aren't worth living, so mercy-killing is good" does not thought-provoking commentary make, sorry).

17 years ago @ Womanist Musings - Watermelons At The Whi... · 1 reply · +1 points

"I'm sorry. It wasn't sent to offend her personally—or anyone—from the standpoint of the African-American race."

Translation: "It was sent to all my white buddies so we could have a good laugh. Black people weren't supposed to find out. Crap!"

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