Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.

'Life of the Party'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


-t - Apr 15, 2011 10:45:39 am PDT #3435 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It's retro.


§ ita § - Apr 15, 2011 10:47:40 am PDT #3436 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's ironic.


Consuela - Apr 15, 2011 10:48:39 am PDT #3437 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I did not have a grilled cheese, but I did have a tasty roast beef sandwich for lunch.


Atropa - Apr 15, 2011 11:02:07 am PDT #3438 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I am having a bad day. Today's administering of sub-q fluids to Tzepesh was not as smooth or easy as yesterday's, and he hasn't eaten since Tuesday. We are going back to the vet today.

Also, Pete has a cold, and I can't concentrate enough on anything to work on the writing that NEEDS to be done.

I would like a do-over of this year, thanks. I would also like to curl up, take a very long nap, and have someone gently wake me with a tray of scones, tea, and maybe some storybooks they would read to me. Alternately, I would like to be transformed into a vampire and go on a killing spree. Either option is fine with me.


-t - Apr 15, 2011 11:02:33 am PDT #3439 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I was going to protest that my lunch was sincere, but I don't even know what's ironic anymore.

Eta: I wish you naps and killing sprees as your heart desires, Jilli.


Toddson - Apr 15, 2011 11:07:57 am PDT #3440 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Jilli, I've got a little list ....


DavidS - Apr 15, 2011 11:15:49 am PDT #3441 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

and maybe some storybooks they would read to me.

Elizabeth Taylor always said the best part about being married to Richard Burton was that she made him read to her all the time, just to hear his magnificent voice. She'd go to sleep as he read fairytales to her.


Burrell - Apr 15, 2011 11:27:16 am PDT #3442 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

I'm so sorry Jilli. I hope you at least get the nap and the tea and scones. I totes bring them to you and read to you if I were nearby.


dcp - Apr 15, 2011 11:29:36 am PDT #3443 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I hope that you have stamps at home, becaus you have to brave the post office, it will not be pretty.

Brave the post office. Certified mail in this circumstance is worth it.


Allyson - Apr 15, 2011 11:52:14 am PDT #3444 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I have a question for the womenfolk. I'm going to TAM in July.

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A couple of the speakers, Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins, have said and defended some boneheaded things about women in the last few months. They are both revered in the atheist/science/skepticism community. Krauss blamed teenage girls who were trafficked for prostitution for extorting one of his benefactors who went to jail for paying underaged girls for sex. "These girls knew what they were doing."

Because once you're exploited once, the hundredth time is okay, I guess.

And a butt ton of dudes are defending Krauss.

Dawkins called a woman hysterical for being angry at The Million Dollar Challenge put forth at a conference: The bet is a million dollars that any person in the audience could find a sex partner (without paying/bribery). Since no men would take the bet, but most women would, that is proof that women have the power in sex relationships.

Dawkins never thought about why. He never thought about the risk women bring to the table, and that it isn't power when you have to consider your health/reputation/social status can be harmed with casual sex. And that saying "no" is a protection of those things, and not always or mostly indicative of lack of drive/desire.

And the question remains, "why don't more women attend these conferences?" And the answer is usually, "because women are magic air fairies who don't think logically." OK, that was an exaggeration. But the usual mansplaining follows, and it's always some sexist evo-psych just-so bullshit.

So my questions: Do you ever feel that the weight of stupid sexism is so heavy, that you just want to pick up a baseball bat and start swinging? How do you keep your sanity?