So, I turned on the TV and am watching the Pioneer Woman show. I know that part of the schtick is that she's got this throwback husband, but is it always so sexist? For this episode, the guys and the kids are elsewhere and she's doing a "Girls Dinner", so there are undoubtedly going to be some comparison for taste, but it seemed a little much.
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Vortex - Jun 24, 2012 8:01:48 am PDT #19437 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
sj - Jun 24, 2012 9:23:12 am PDT #19438 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
is it always so sexist?
Yes.
Liese S. - Jun 24, 2012 1:26:14 pm PDT #19439 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm still using mjsbigblog although I think rickey.org has sytycd too. It's not everything, but it's more than nothing and it's usually pretty quick.
Amy - Jun 24, 2012 4:17:05 pm PDT #19440 of 23273
Because books.
Anyone going to watch The Great Escape on TNT tonight? It looks like a lot of fun.
Morgana - Jun 24, 2012 7:41:42 pm PDT #19441 of 23273
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
So, I turned on the TV and am watching the Pioneer Woman show
Is that the cooking show? (I only saw it a few times, and that was a while ago.) I do remember that she did all the cooking of course, since it was her cooking show, while her husband and the cowboys were out herding cattle and such. But then after they ate lunch the men did the dishes, which I thought was a nice touch.
sumi - Jun 25, 2012 4:21:27 am PDT #19442 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
I think it's less about the men doing the big work (because her daughters do outside ranch stuff too) and more about her being somebody who just does the cooking, blogging and other writing.
So it may be sexist but it is certainly alot about the life of somebody who lives the life of a very wealthy woman.
sumi - Jun 25, 2012 7:38:18 am PDT #19443 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
NYT Great Escape Slideshow - okay - this made me want to see it.
Jessica - Jun 25, 2012 7:40:36 am PDT #19444 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I watched the first two eps and they were really fun. Not as addictive as TAR, but still good.
Amy - Jun 25, 2012 4:53:09 pm PDT #19445 of 23273
Because books.
I didn't love it, but I was tired and didn't end up paying a lot of attention.
Project Runway news (includes spoilers for the coming season, unless they edit this stuff out).
SuziQ - Jun 25, 2012 5:15:05 pm PDT #19446 of 23273
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I have only seen the first ep of The Great Escape. I'm willing to give it a couple of more episodes before I decide.
The "getting caught by guards" felt uneven. I feel like they should have been caught more, based on the first part of the escape...but then what is the fun in that. Not sure if that same device will be in all the escapes.
I was curious about how they would handle the tasks without causing damage to Alcatraz and I think they handled that as well as possible.