"Why are we here talking about Michelle Obama's behind?"
A better question might be- "Why jump into a thread that's too low-brow for you to dignify with your interest?" Well, other than to jump in and decry it. Be that as it may, I myself am here with my most bitter protestation against the sort of slippery slope frank and open talk about Mrs.Obama's ass puts us on.
I must give my written grievance to such pandering to prurient interest as a very necessary exercise of social protest. I recognize that I won't stem the horde of hoi polloi storming the gate to talk about Michelle Obama's fine behind, but By Odin I'll speak out against a favorite publisher further loosening the Sword of Ragnarök from its sheath..
It should be clear from the page views these sort of articles get here in Gawker Media that many folk jump in to at least check out what's being said about the Booty In Question. And I think that ultimately, Gawker Media has reneged on its responsibility to protect its simpler folk from themselves.
I feel a bit sullied by my very presence here, and as penance will over-comment on the next Lamenting DFW that comes down the Gawker Media pike.
But before I go let me say-
DAMN, look at the lateral protrusion on that thing! Surely the greeks had this in mind with their 'kallipýg(os)'?
Interesting Attorney General pick. While I do love Mr.Obama, it's a bit perplexing that he's basically vetting the entire Clinton administration for his cabinet. While this is obviously not a bad decision, the whole 'Change' rhetoric is starting to sound a lot more like rhetoric. Any one else a tad confused?
@lastbroadcast: @La Chica Lucy: I think it's hard to be 'changie' when you are the 'changiest' thing that's happened to your party in a while. There are certainly qualified newbies out there but we know Obama likes to surround himself with the best and the brightest, maybe that means some of the old crowd? Or a lot of the old crowd?
@stacyinbean: Excellent point. And, as I said, I don't feel any of his choices thus far have been poor ones. It just feels a little weird, I guess... seeing some of the same names from the past crop up again. I love Hillary (my state Senator) but one of the reasons I voted for Obama in the primaries was I'm kind of tired of the same people controlling our country for decades. I didn't want another Clinton administration (nothing against him; he was the first President I voted for and I think he was a good leader) almost as much as I didn't want another Bush administration. Okay, I REALLY didn't want another Bush Admin, but I guess I just expected a few more fresh, or maybe even Republican, faces. I hope I'm making sense, as I really need to eat. Chili, here I come!
@lastbroadcast: I think the analysis that I've been hearing is essentially that he doesn't want to pull a Jimmy Carter, or Deval Patrick where you come in preaching a lot of change and disregard the old guard and established people. Veterans might be a little stuck, but they're useful.
@La Chica Lucy: For a week I was pissed about it, then I decided that we do need people with experience with the White Houste in or near the White House.
@Rose.Selavy.Needs.A.Drink: Can Sarah Palin be in a helicopter directly above, trying to shoot the caribou, only she misses and hits Stevens instead? Can she? Oh, and then her helicopter malfunctions and crashes, while the caribou graze on whatever it is they graze on, with that bored bovine look on their faces? Cuz that would definitely do it for me!
@Rose.Selavy.Needs.A.Drink: ABC news reports that he just officially lost, you'll be thrilled to know.
I personally don't get any schadenfreude out of this, since I grew up in AK and while he was always corrupt and everyone knew it, he really did do what he was supposed to, to wit, bring home the bacon. All eras end, though. I hope Begich hooks his constituents up as much as Stevens did, and without the graft and the crazy republicanism.
The HuffPo article was interesting. Are there enough powerful, moderate Republicans to pull the GOP back from its basest base (i.e. the cray-cray racists/homophobes/ignorant fearful fucks and/or the cray religious folks) to a more reasonable, business-oriented small government party? Will the wing-nuts, who don't think the party in conservative enough, break away? I know a lot of Republicans who were so turned off by McCain's campaign. They are fed up with the nut-jobs who form their so-called precious base. On the other hand, I work with very conservative people and a lot of the issues that the base hold dear are usually issues they cannot let go off (abortion, gay rights, etc.)
I am looking forward to watching the party implode, the same way I look forward to a savory steak dinner. Mmmm.
@La Chica Lucy: Watching the GOP implode would be better than a having filet the size of my head, washed down with a lovely bottle of red and followed by cheesecake and hot sex. Which is to say, pretty damn good.
@Lymed: I have now eaten and am no longer hungry, and, due to your remark, am also no longer horny. The thought of a lover singing show tunes cracks me up, but teh socks? No, no, no, no! A thousand times, no! Anthing but the socks!
Yes, I have issues. And some of them include black socks on naked men. *shudder*
@Lymed: As long as it's not Spitzer! I'm thinking maybe Olbermann. He seems like he could sing, and afterward he can tell me stories about subbing for McCain on Letterman.
That photograph of Sawyer and Dupre makes me feel funny. It's like she could be sitting and posing with any foreign leader. Who gives a fuck what this chick has to say?
I still can't believe the man got off (or should I say, got away with breaking federal laws). Makes me pissy. Plus, I miss lining our parrot's cage with newspaper articles featuring his ugly mug (never Silda, though; she had been shat on quite enough).
apropos of nothing but saw your mini-interview in the new Nylon and loved it! You're the first person to ever get me truly interested in reading about politics so and got nothing but luv for ya. Oh and - nice rack ;)
According to the DSM-V, liking that Chuck Norris facts meme is one of the symptoms of Douchebag Disorder. So if you know anybody who likes that shit, kick that person in the shin and run!
@Kilotwat: Seriously, Chuck Norris is one of those right-wing reactionaries most progressives cannot stand. I am at a loss as to why this meme became so popular.
@Kilotwat: PFFT, I stand by my Norris jokes, if only for the reason my brother in law bears an uncanny resemblance to the right wing nut job, he is not, however, a right wing nut job himself.
Somebody else already wrote about this, but if we're going to talk about body image in the black community, I have to say that big butts have been worshipped. As someone mentioned, most people are either disappointed or dismissive if they meet a black girl with a flat or non-shapely butt (me). Pure and simple, it might make you feel better but it makes those of us who aren't so endowed feel like you want us to turn in our "black cards."
Also, I'm tired of people acting like "curvy" women's bodies aren't celebrated. Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johanssen, Anna Nicole Smith in their heydays...these women aren't thin fashion models. I'll be overjoyed when they start showing positive images of bodies that don't have a large waist-to-hip ratio or big bust or aren't boyish. I feel like you have to be "curvy" or "boyish" and god forbid you be anything in between or beyond.
@C_Spot: But big butts are only celebrated in a raunchy, sexual contexts. It kills me that practically the only place my 13 year old cousin can see women who look like her being billed as attractive is in porn, or gyrating in a music video. Of the "curvy" celebrities you mention, only ScarJo is billed as a serious actress, the others were primarily seen sex kittens-- and those are white women. We shouldn't have to choose between being tols we're ugly and being told how much people want to fuck us, and I think that was the point the author of the initial article was trying to make.
11/19/08
"Why are we here talking about Michelle Obama's behind?"
A better question might be- "Why jump into a thread that's too low-brow for you to dignify with your interest?" Well, other than to jump in and decry it. Be that as it may, I myself am here with my most bitter protestation against the sort of slippery slope frank and open talk about Mrs.Obama's ass puts us on.
I must give my written grievance to such pandering to prurient interest as a very necessary exercise of social protest. I recognize that I won't stem the horde of hoi polloi storming the gate to talk about Michelle Obama's fine behind, but By Odin I'll speak out against a favorite publisher further loosening the Sword of Ragnarök from its sheath..
It should be clear from the page views these sort of articles get here in Gawker Media that many folk jump in to at least check out what's being said about the Booty In Question. And I think that ultimately, Gawker Media has reneged on its responsibility to protect its simpler folk from themselves.
I feel a bit sullied by my very presence here, and as penance will over-comment on the next Lamenting DFW that comes down the Gawker Media pike.
But before I go let me say-
DAMN, look at the lateral protrusion on that thing! Surely the greeks had this in mind with their 'kallipýg(os)'?
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And you are right, it is not a bad choice. Just not... very... changie?
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Damn you, unrealistic expectations! Once again, you have proven yourself unreal!
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That about does it for me.
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I personally don't get any schadenfreude out of this, since I grew up in AK and while he was always corrupt and everyone knew it, he really did do what he was supposed to, to wit, bring home the bacon. All eras end, though. I hope Begich hooks his constituents up as much as Stevens did, and without the graft and the crazy republicanism.
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it burns! it buuuuurnes us!!!!
11/18/08
I am looking forward to watching the party implode, the same way I look forward to a savory steak dinner. Mmmm.
Yes. I am a dork.
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Yes, I have issues. And some of them include black socks on naked men. *shudder*
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Olbermann = yes. Why? Bed-time stories aside, I believe the answer is obvious!
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I thought all politicians had sex with their socks on while singing show tunes. Today is Smash Archetype's Generalizations Day!
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Also, the show tunes line made me laauugh!
I still can't believe the man got off (or should I say, got away with breaking federal laws). Makes me pissy. Plus, I miss lining our parrot's cage with newspaper articles featuring his ugly mug (never Silda, though; she had been shat on quite enough).
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apropos of nothing but saw your mini-interview in the new Nylon and loved it! You're the first person to ever get me truly interested in reading about politics so and got nothing but luv for ya. Oh and - nice rack ;)
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Not pictured: McCain as Voldemort and Palin as Bellatrix Lestrange.
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AND his movies sucked.
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Also, I'm tired of people acting like "curvy" women's bodies aren't celebrated. Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johanssen, Anna Nicole Smith in their heydays...these women aren't thin fashion models. I'll be overjoyed when they start showing positive images of bodies that don't have a large waist-to-hip ratio or big bust or aren't boyish. I feel like you have to be "curvy" or "boyish" and god forbid you be anything in between or beyond.
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