Comments on: VT Pride

By: neth to alison

neth to alison — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:53:06 +0000

thank you for giving me a picture of the faeries to reflect upon. This is my family.

By: kat

kat — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:55:28 +0000

I was going to ask how one would REMOVE the duct tape from such sensitive areas, but apparently that wasn’t the problem!

By: Virginia Burton

Virginia Burton — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:05:31 +0000

I’m curious about how the duct tape was applied. Folded over on itself? Thank your lucky stars that it came off with perspiration–the burn marks it would leave would make any friskiness too painful for weeks!

By: crystal

crystal — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:56:30 +0000

someone up there asked about where they could read about radical faeries. anthropologist elizabeth povinelli wrote a book called the empire of love and radical faeries are one of the communities through which she forges a theory of intimacy and sociality. i loved the book (http://www.dukeupress.edu/books.php3?isbn=978-0-8223-3889-5)

i also missed pride this year. no pride here in malawi… yet!

ciao
http://www.crystal-in-africa.blogspot.com/

By: shadocat

shadocat — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:47:00 +0000

Thank you, Straight Ally! You rock!

By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:07:50 +0000

Hm. Does Maureen Dowd have a sense of humor? You couldn’t tell it from that column. (Nor could you tell that English is her first language. Are they trying to cut costs at the Times by getting rid of their copy editors?) Whatever my serious reservations about Obama, I hope he knows better than to take advice from the Right on how to run his campaign.

What is most bizarre is Dowd’s claim that Obama “has not been flayed by the sort of ridicule that diminished Dukakis, Gore and Kerry.” TV comics don’t “flay” anyone; they’re too tame for that. But Obama has certainly been flayed by the Right, who think that calling him “Barack Osama” is a laff riot.

For a more reality-based take on Obama and humor, take a look at Dennis Perrin’s remarks:

http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/2008/07/laughter-best-sedative.html

Dennis agrees that TV comics are nervous about making fun of Obama, but his analysis of the politics is much better than Dowd’s.

By: Andrew B

Andrew B — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:03:27 +0000

This post reminds me of the episode in which Samia shocks Ginger by flashing Cynthia at Pride.

By: Straight Ally

Straight Ally — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:45:15 +0000

YOW!

In my previous post, ws should be was, and, more important, 7-16-07 should be 7-16-08. But it’s the correct link–

http://tinyurl.com/6psuvq

By: Straight Ally

Straight Ally — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:42:01 +0000

Here’s a link to the NYT Maureen Dowd column that shadocat ws pointing out (I guess; it’s Dowd’s column from 7-16-07):

http://tinyurl.com/6psuvq

By: Straight Ally

Straight Ally — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:25:58 +0000

Hey, folks trying to post long links–

Go here:

http://www.tinyurl.com

and near the top of the center of the page, you’ll see “Enter a long URL to make tiny.” Do it. Easy as pie!

Well, er, that’s all I had to say. Just dropping in.