Jezebel: Tibet

Made In The Shade

Anna Holmes — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:10:00 EST

[Canberra, Australia; March 10. Image via Getty]

Me & My Lama

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:15:00 EST

[Bodhgaya, January 7. Image via Getty.]

Candles In The Wind

Anna Holmes — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:10:00 EDT

[Kathmandu, July 7. Image via Getty]

The Dalai Lama said yesterday that he may...

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:15:00 EST

The Dalai Lama said yesterday that he may choose a young girl to be his successor and indicated that he's ready to pass his political role on to Tibetans in exile. The 73-year-old monk embraced pro-democracy Chinese activist Chin Jin in front of reporters and said he may pick his successor before he passes away. His statements sent a message that he wants to block the Chinese from picking up the next Dalai Lama. "The future of the Dalai Lama institution will be decided by the people," he said. "If they don't want it, it should cease to exist." [Times of India] More »

Carla Bruni: Well, Hello, Dalai

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:35:00 EDT

Can Sharon Stone Teach The (Idiot) (First) World To Stop Babbling About "Karma" Already?

Moe — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:00:00 EDT

So, Sharon Stone has blamed "bad karma" for the Chinese earthquake. By that rationale, an earthquake that has killed just under a hundred thousand people in a largely Tibetan province of western China is some sort of punishment for the central government's paranoid repression of its Tibetan population. Now, it goes without saying that Sharon Stone's only discernible quality (not feature) is that she's a fucking idiot. She came around to Tibetan Buddhism via Richard Gere after a supposedly long romance with Scientology. She has lied about everything from belonging to Mensa to the Tanzanian government's dispensing of mosquito nets. Of AIDS, she has said, "AIDS is what happens when you forget to look at the person next to you." But today, I give thanks to Sharon Stone, because perhaps her ignorant, idiotic words will remind all of us how fucking inane it is to invoke "karma" in most conversation, i.e. "Karma is a bitch." KARMA IS NOT A BITCH. Saying "karma is a bitch" to couch in hippie moral superiority a basic conveyance of schadenfreude is highly irritating. For one thing: More »

Will Michelle Obama Be The Next Member Oprah's Book Club?

Moe — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:30:00 EDT

For some inexplicable reason publishers seem to think Michelle Obama could write a bestseller. Perhaps it was that college thesis? The admirable physique? Just hard up for cash in a challenging credit environment? [Observer]

Hillary And Barack Can't Morph Into One Supercandidate, But Wouldn't It Be Cool If They Could?

Moe — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Yeah, how do we know when the this fucking nomination process has gone on too long? When the candidates' lives have not only been covered breathlessly in US Weekly, ostensibly dignified magazines like The New Republic have started co-opting their "if they mated" feature. [TNR]

Is This Goodbye, Hillary?

Moe — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:40:40 EDT

Have you been wondering, like, where the hell has Hillary gone? What with all the gubernatorial humping and the Bible thumping and the AIDS conspiracy theorizing and the grandmother/bus/throwundering and the fifth anniversary of the war and the "meh" reaction to the public unveiling of her schedule for the entirety of the nineties, you'd think she had, like, left the race! Well, she kind of has. Her own people are giving her a 10% shot at winning the primary. "The notion of the Democratic contest being a dramatic cliffhanger is a game of make-believe." [Politico]

Nancy Pelosi And The Dalai Lama Are A Match Made In Nirvana!

Moe — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:15:00 EDT

A British blog has landed an exclusive interview...

Moe — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:45:00 EDT

A British blog has landed an exclusive interview with the individual responsible for stoking all the unrest in Tibet. Not the Dalai Lama, silly! Bjork. "When I said 'Tibet, Tibet.' I whispered it three times. There was no fuss in the room. It happened afterwards on websites. It shows more than anything that China has become the next superpower in the world. And the issue is: how are they going to deal with Western moral issues like freedom of speech? China said, 'It's obvious Björk planned a trip to China with the purpose of political propaganda gathering... and I was like, no! It's not true!" She planned the trip with the purpose of wearing a weird outfit, duh. But if they complain once more... [The Lipster] More »

Barack Obama Defended By Mike Huckabee, Still No Word From Grandma

Moe — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:30:00 EDT

Obama's slightly racist grandma is not dead, she just doesn't feel like commenting on his speech apparently. Here is a picture of her clutching her grandson for fear of being beaten up by darker-skinned black men. No just kidding, it's just a graduation picture. Sorry to drag you into this, Madelyn Dunham.

Happy Non-St. Pat's Day, Folks! The World Is Currently Ending

Moe — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:00:38 EDT

How was your weekend? Hey! Guess who cares; no one. Fucking End Times came while you were drinking green beer or whatever, to the point that I shouldn't have to bait you with the fact that the McGreeveys HAD HARD CORE INTENSE BUTT SEX ORGIES WITH MARGARITAS/ POTATO SKIN PLATTERS AT T.G.I.FRIDAYS. But there I go baiting you! Okay, seriously though: did you know today is not St. Patrick's Day? No, the Vatican foresaw that everyone would be drinking heavily anyway today and rescheduled it so it wouldn't conflict with the collapse of the American financial system/China's control over its populace/numerous buildings. In other news, John McCain is taking some soothing R&R in Iraq. Will Spielberg and the Beastie Boys and the rest of the "Dalai clique" spoil the Olympics for China? Will the Fed bail me out in the event of a liquidity crisis in approx four weeks? Why can't I get in on Bear Stearns at two bucks a share? All that and odds on Laura Bush dropping her cookie sheet to call up Hu Jintao on behalf of her precious hot monks with me and Glamocracy's Megan Carpentier. JUMP. More »

Tibet Will Pay For Taking Orders From Bjork!

Moe — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:30:00 EDT

It is not the best time to visit the capital of Tibet. A peaceful monk-dominated demonstration gave way to angry looting/arson/chaos/etc. over the past few days, and now the streets of Lhasa are full of tanks and teargas and fires. Probably a hundred have died, which makes this worse than Tiananmen kinda. It's a good thing our government is so unpreoccupied and globally respected right now so we will be able to respond in a way that is decisive and credible and hopefully ends the violence soon! [NYT]