I think Lady Gaga (especially in the first shot of the Bad Romance Video) looks like young Barbara Streisand.

My understanding is that expulsions have actually risen under DADT though.

I did not know that, but I haven't kept up with the issue.

If it's a less toxic environment that's something. But not enough

Definitely agreed.

I have discovered another disadvantage to bike riding in the Winter that I didn't know about. It snowed today (only an inch) so on my way home from work I rode over some snow, some salty slush and some salty water. The fenders protected me nicely from the mess. But once home, a whole bunch of snow and slush melted off the insides of them, all over the kitchen floor. And there's mud! Dunno where the mud came from.

Anyway, that was my evening's misadventure....

Can I mention how annoyed I am at having to constantly fight for respect as someone doing costumes. I am volunteering (as the only non-student) to design costumes for the student directed, student written one acts (I do one show and my students do the others). All the other areas (lights, sound and set) are listed on the contact sheet as designers and we are listed as coordinators. This is the student stage manager, so I can't really get mad, but I have been fighting about my listing in various places since 1993, and I feel like the problem is actually systemic, unaware sexism. And I aso feel like a twat saying "Can I please be listed as designer, like all the other designers?". The student also listed me as the assistant costume shop manager, and the way the sheet is formatted, it looks like I report to the props master.

So, for the record, he didn't say "repeal DADT," he said take away restrictions on gay and lesbian people serving in the military. Nice.

I feel like the problem is actually systemic, unaware sexism. And I aso feel like a twat saying "Can I please be listed as designer, like all the other designers?".

Ooh, read this: [link] Don't feel like a twat! Feel like an empowered lady asking for what you deserve!!

Jesse- I just read that from your FB link! I want to send it to everyone I know! And I did ask.

Of course it was via email, and I just attended a seminar today that discouraged us from important communication via email, because words are only 7% of communication (body language and voice are the rest). I guess we all only know 7% of each other if we don't meet F2F. I think that those of us who communicate online a lot put more emphasis on actual words than other people, and maybe that is why we are drawn to communicating this way.

You know what? Fuck that. Because at work, email means you can plan your words and you have a record. Now, it may also mean that the recipient can ignore you more easily, so there's a reason to do it face-to-face.

(Side story about me: In an old job, I ended up doing my boss's job for a while while the position was empty, so I decided I needed to ask for some compensation. I put it on my list of things to discuss in a meeting with the Big Boss, but then forgot to do it. I got back to my desk and realized, but girded my loins and walked back to Big Boss's office and said I did have one more agenda item. And I did get some money for it. So there.)

I'm slightly riled up from that essay. I need to re-read it before I apply for more jobs.

And I aso feel like a twat saying "Can I please be listed as designer, like all the other designers?". The student also listed me as the assistant costume shop manager, and the way the sheet is formatted, it looks like I report to the props master.

do not feel like a twat. You are costume designer, not someone who takes clothes out of a closet.

Think of it this way, you are teaching the student not to be an asshole. If you don't call him/her out, one day, the student will be working professionally, and piss off someone important and damage their career. You're helping him by ripping him a new asshole.

Dana, I'm just sensitive b/c I was dating a female soldier around that time and heard a lot of horror stories about people lurking in gay bars and such to find out homosexuals.

The Navy guy I dated about 4 years ago said that was still going on, 13 years after DADT went into effect, in Washington D.C. I don't have the figures at hand, but military discharges for homosexuality went WAY up after the policy went into effect.

I retract my earlier statement. I was unaware that DADT had the opposite effect from that intended.