Oh yeah. So wait. The rock star can't be a singer? Brane broke.
You guys had a riot? On account of me? A real riot?
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
javachik - Nov 14, 2011 6:00:01 pm PST #6666 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
amyth - Nov 14, 2011 6:00:10 pm PST #6667 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
You know that bassline you like in "Burning Down the House"? Tina Weymouth.
Abso-freakin-lutely.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2011 6:02:43 pm PST #6668 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who said that, Allyson?
Liese S. - Nov 14, 2011 6:09:13 pm PST #6669 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Pshaw. You know singers aren't real musicians. They just stand up there at the front. And all-girl bands don't count because they obviously only used gender as a criteria and not talent or they would have had boys in the band, because they're better. And of course you know women get in the band because they fuck the drummer. That's the only way a man could possibly tolerate a woman in the band.
And if you're going to go with Smashing Pumpkins, well, D'arcy and Melissa were only bass players. Bass players don't count because they're not awesome shredders like guitarists. Lead guitarists. Sheila E. doesn't count because Prince is pop, and also drummers don't count. Lita Ford, Kelley Deal, Carrie Brownstein. I'm sure there's some really excellent reason they don't count.
Says the vocalist, who learned to play bass for the band in which her husband was the keyboardist.
Allyson - Nov 14, 2011 6:12:41 pm PST #6670 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
Who said that, Allyson?
Random dick on a message board mansplainng a terrible analogy about why there aren't more women speaking at philosophy conferences. It's just that there aren't any women philosophers! Like there aren't any women rock musicians! If you squint out of one eye, and then poke that eye out.
DavidS - Nov 14, 2011 6:14:44 pm PST #6671 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Carrie Brownstein.
Girl band!
Liese S. - Nov 14, 2011 6:15:24 pm PST #6672 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, right! Doesn't count!
Dana - Nov 14, 2011 6:15:31 pm PST #6673 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's just that there aren't any women philosophers!
Also, there are no female comedians because women aren't funny.
Kat - Nov 14, 2011 6:16:03 pm PST #6674 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Wow, really? That wasn’t the case in the public school system in CT (or in my independent school here.) That blows if you actually get called since my experience has been that the judge could care less that I teach.
Usually you get postponed until a school break and then you go. On your time instead of school time.
A woman on my AP Litserv just had a preemie when she was visiting CA so her baby is in the hospital, unexpectedly, in a different state. And she posts asking for help with her AP English Language class. I wrote back to her and said that I can't help with AP Language stuff but I'd ask a colleague, but I'd be happy to lend an ear on baby-in-the-NICU stuff. Poor thing.
javachik - Nov 14, 2011 6:16:24 pm PST #6675 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Oh my. Today is really Internet stupidity day, isn't it? I try to keep it light on The Twitter but unfortunately got caught in a tweetback with people who honestly think the U.S. gvnt has cures for both AIDS and cancer but keeps them secret because big pharma makes too much money off of people who suffer from these diseases.