Archive for the 'sexism' Category

Jan 04 2009

Yechh:

Published by jrittenhouse under advertising, idiots, j-c-on-a-pogo-stick, peeve, peeves, sexism, video, weird, women, wretched-excess, youtube

Possibly the most annoying and rude commercial I’ve seen in a while; it doesn’t sink in as to what’s going on until the end.  Aaaaargh.  (NSFW, really mostly crass as heck, and it sure helps if you know the slang reference to the anatomy.)

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Sep 16 2008

Opinion inertia:

Published by jrittenhouse under 1964, 2000_elections, 2008_elections, Findlay, GOP, Goldwater, LBJ, Nixon, USA, WWHS, adoption, advertising, bush, cheney, chicago, china, congress, contractors_feds, corruption_govt, dayton, delusions, democrats, elections, environment, friends, goo_goos, government, greed, idiots, jackie, joe, laws, meredith, news, nostalgia, ohio, orphans, parenting, patriotism, peeves, politics, propaganda, racism, sad, sep_reality, sexism, theocons, thoughtful, women

Going back to my response posts,  I want to stress that I never assume that anyone voting against Obama is a racist, or that Republicans are racists, or that either on the Republican ticket is a racist.  I know better.
I’ve lived with serious racists, had racism and sexism used against me and mine (you do [...]

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Sep 03 2008

A thing is a phallic symbol if it’s longer than it’s wide:

Published by jrittenhouse under australia, meredith, religion, sex, sexism, sisterfar, television, twins

BBC report about Australian aborigines being upset about a how-to-play-the-digerridoo book for girls; apparently some folks consider the instrument a male-only device.
BTW, Mere is fascinated by a new Aussie tween series called Double Trouble; it’s the old sepatated twins story as per Parent Trap. but in this case, the twins are part Aborigine, with one [...]

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