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Women in rock: some things never change

~LS~ — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:09:30 +0000

Baton Rouge has a new radio station: 103.3. Well, not a new radio station but an old station with a new format. The new format is "Music for Generation X." That's me, of course. The old format was "Divas" -- not for me. I listened to the station... Read more

Why I’m retro (and not in a good way)

~LS~ — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:37:00 +0000

1.I still play on text-based games (muds, mux, etc.). Most of the gaming world has moved onto MMORPGs. 2. My cellphone is the one they sell to senior citizens. Big digit buttons, no keyboard for texting. I don't text. I don't surf. I don't even... Read more

Whoopi ~ Rape-rape

~LS~ — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:34:30 +0000

I adore Whoopi. She can do little wrong in my eyes. I'm soooo disappointed in her lame defense of Roman Polanski. I don't know what to think. It's like her brain slid out of her head and onto the... Read more

Whoopi and Disney

~LS~ — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:25:25 +0000

I adore Whoopi. Ever since I saw her Direct From Broadway show on HBO many years ago. I haven't seen the 2oth anniversary version, though I would really like to. In the orignal HBO special, her character Fontaine, who is a junkie, goes to the Anne... Read more

Whoopi

~LS~ — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:32:00 +0000

Well, it's official. Whoopi Goldberg is the new co-host on The View. I'm very excited about this... Read more

Where’s Neil Postman when you need him?

~LS~ — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:22:35 +0000

I'm contemplating teaching Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death in my Introduction to Humanities class this semester, particularly Chapter 4 ("The Typographic Mind"). I don't feel like scanning the chapter and I couldn't find a pdf or doc... Read more

What I did over Christmas

~LS~ — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:54:00 +0000

I saw the movie Kinsey, which is the subject of much controversy. The Christian Right hates it, of course. Ask Betty Bowers about it. And the official Kinsey Institute has something to say about it, which is worth the read. I saw Kinsey at the... Read more

Wannabe feminism

~LS~ — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:18:10 +0000

It is no accident that Enlightened Sexism, Susan J. Douglas’s new book, opens with a discussion of the Spice Girls. The Spice Girls represent the negation of feminism by commercial cooptation. Girl Power, which the Spice Girls placed front and... Read more

Wall-E

~LS~ — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:23:00 +0000

I liked the movie Wall-E. I didn't love it, the way so many people do. But I liked it. I thought the message about the environment, consumption, and technology was an obvious one. One that a six year old and maybe even a four year old would get. But... Read more

Valentine’s Day

~LS~ — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:31:00 +0000

Yesterday was a great Valentine's day. I looked forward to it for two weeks and I wasn't disappointed. First we woke up at 6:30 AM (gawd) and baked our usual v-day cookies. Then that evening we went out to eat steak at Ruth's Chris steakhouse.... Read more