"It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders. It's the expectations that parents have for their daughters, and their sons, too. It's the way we talk about and treat one another. It's who makes the money and who makes the compromises and who makes the dinner. It's a state of mind. It's the way we live now."
- Anna Quindlen.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Zen.
Teachers Ignore Calls to Stop Students Stripping For Faculty Members.
Well duh.
The Metro:
Teachers have refused to stop an annual striptease by pupils despite a video of an onstage lesbian love romp ending up on YouTube.
Film of the girls stripping off in front of teachers and pupils sparked outrage among education chiefs who now want it banned.
But officials at the school in Denmark are fighting to hold onto the annual event.
A spokesman said: 'The girls' teachers vote as the best get the best places on the tables in the canteen.'
Erik Olesen, head teacher at Silkeborg said everyone, including the school governors, had known about the contest and described it as 'harmless fun'.
But news of the striptease got out when some of the girls this year stripped naked and began to touch each other's breasts - then started rubbing baby oil over each other's bodies.
The whole incident was filmed by four other students on their mobile phones who then posted it on the internet. It has since been removed from YouTube.
The girls were only stopped from going further by teachers.
Switzerland And The Gun.
The Independent reports on growing concern over gun violence in one of the most well armed civilian populations in the developed world.
All Swiss men between 20 and 30 are required to serve in the state militia, and are required to have arms at home. Women are not required to keep weapons, but it is recommended they do.
They call it the porcupine approach - millions of individuals ready to stiffen like spines if the motherland is threatened. The fact that all Switzerland's neighbours have been at peace for 60 years cuts no ice with the upholders of the policy.
"An army should be ready ... so soldiers should have weapons and ammunition at home," declares Ulrich Schluer, an MP who sits on a committee on security.
But the price of eternal vigilance is frequent funerals: in 2005, 48 people were murdered by gunfire in Switzerland - about the same number as in England and Wales, which have a population seven times as large. According to the International Action Network on Small Arms, an anti-gun organisation based in the UK, 6.2 people died of bullet wounds in Switzerland in 2005 per 100,000 of population, second only to the US figure of 9.42, and more than double the rate of Germany and Italy.
15 Reasons Why David Bowie is The Man.
3. At various times in his career, he’s claimed to be gay, bisexual, or straight, and all the while your mom would probably still have done him. As straight as you might claim to be, you’d probably have done him too.
4. Given his voracious appetite for sex, depending on where she was and when, your mom may well have actually done him already. Even if your mom’s name is Mick Jagger.
10 Real Reasons Why Geeks Make Better Lovers.
From Wired. Here's an excerpt:
Geeks get things done
Geeks know all the shortcuts. They research your interests, send you surprise gifts, plan your perfect vacation, get the bills and grocery shopping out of the way, write to their mothers, and tease you mercilessly, all while pretending to work. And when you ask them to set up your home Wi-Fi or install a home theater, it's done quickly, expertly and without complaint.
In other words, geeks know how to get everything else out of the way so there's more time for lovemaking.
Geeks are hot …
… and wear the coolest glasses.
Geeks don't shock easily
Geeks have seen all the porn you can imagine and then some, priming them to be open to your sexual peccadilloes. They are not only less likely to be shocked by your exotic requests -- they might not even realize that other people think your turn-ons are exotic.
Conversely, your geek lover might be relieved that your wildest fantasy involves only two other people, five utensils and a trapeze.
Geeks know kinky people
Geeks haven't just seen a variety of positions, kinks and fetishes in blue movies. They know (or are) people who enjoy those things, so they don't dismiss entire categories of sexual interests as the sole province of a bunch of weirdos in San Francisco.
It's hard to sustain prejudice and bias against an abstract group when you develop relationships with individuals and discover they're just like you. It doesn't matter if they dress up like ponies, or refuse to conform to a societal idea of gender norms, or eat pancakes for dinner. Geek lovers know better than to try to impose their sexual preferences or standards on others -- including your friends -- and are more likely to love and let love.
In Soviet Russia, Hunny Eats Pooh!
While most in the West are familiar with Disney's adaptation of the Winnie The Pooh stories, children growing up in the USS of R know a very different version of the beloved bear.
I like the Soviet one better to be honest. That song is amazing.
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