Comments on: Links to various bits of silliness http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:30:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jane http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71908 jane Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:02:10 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71908 this is only tangentially related, but did anyone else notice that the first half of 'the aristocrats' (the actual movie) was all about women getting fucked and shit on? i didn't think i was easily offended, but after half an hour or more of the father doing the fucking and shitting, and the mother/wife/daughter being on the receiving end, i got annoyed. the movie was saved, part-way through, by a woman pointing out that women's versions were different than men's, but i still couldn't help feeling dismayed that all those men (men who are famous, and representative of popular culture) thought it was so transgressive for women to be shit on. that stuff happens every day. maybe if the woman was doing the fucking, or the guy was getting it from another man... the women's and gay guys' versions were more equal-opportunity offensive. i saw 3 movies in the last couple weeks (also 'corpse bride' and 'broken flowers'), and was annoyed by the roles of females in all of them, i suppose partially because the people i was with didn't seem to notice at all, and i like to think my friends are aware of that stuff. i also just wasn't expecting it from these particular movies. this is only tangentially related, but did anyone else notice that the first half of ‘the aristocrats’ (the actual movie) was all about women getting fucked and shit on? i didn’t think i was easily offended, but after half an hour or more of the father doing the fucking and shitting, and the mother/wife/daughter being on the receiving end, i got annoyed. the movie was saved, part-way through, by a woman pointing out that women’s versions were different than men’s, but i still couldn’t help feeling dismayed that all those men (men who are famous, and representative of popular culture) thought it was so transgressive for women to be shit on. that stuff happens every day. maybe if the woman was doing the fucking, or the guy was getting it from another man… the women’s and gay guys’ versions were more equal-opportunity offensive.
i saw 3 movies in the last couple weeks (also ‘corpse bride’ and ‘broken flowers’), and was annoyed by the roles of females in all of them, i suppose partially because the people i was with didn’t seem to notice at all, and i like to think my friends are aware of that stuff. i also just wasn’t expecting it from these particular movies.

]]> By: The Countess http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71420 The Countess Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:06:09 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71420 I want a double-spaced kitchenette!!! We have very little room around here, and that would fit perfectly. Plus, what a great conversation piece. Can you turn the stove tops on and heat the seat while you're sitting in it? I bet it's Swedish... ;) I want a double-spaced kitchenette!!! We have very little room around here, and that would fit perfectly. Plus, what a great conversation piece.

Can you turn the stove tops on and heat the seat while you’re sitting in it?

I bet it’s Swedish… ;)

]]> By: Josh Jasper http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71379 Josh Jasper Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:51:05 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71379 Nah, it'll be Ken Lay as chairman of the Fed. Nah, it’ll be Ken Lay as chairman of the Fed.

]]> By: Auguste http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71323 Auguste Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:26:29 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71323 The Newhart thing is an alltime classic. The Newhart thing is an alltime classic.

]]> By: Tapetum http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71318 Tapetum Wed, 12 Oct 2005 05:51:45 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71318 Thanks awfully, now I've got the tunes from "Footloose" stuck in my head. Thanks awfully, now I’ve got the tunes from “Footloose” stuck in my head.

]]> By: Laurie Toby Edison http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71316 Laurie Toby Edison Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:43:15 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71316 Thanks for improving the end of a hard day. Newhart's "The Aristocrats" is really fabulous! Thanks for improving the end of a hard day. Newhart’s “The Aristocrats” is really fabulous!

]]> By: The Countess http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71269 The Countess Wed, 12 Oct 2005 02:16:40 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2005/10/11/links-to-various-bits-of-silliness/#comment-71269 Aw, crap. I really wanted to see that Harry Potter movie, but I have a Mac. I'll have to steal the Count's pc away from him, but he's playing World of Warcraft. It'll be a hard sell. ;) Aw, crap. I really wanted to see that Harry Potter movie, but I have a Mac. I’ll have to steal the Count’s pc away from him, but he’s playing World of Warcraft. It’ll be a hard sell. ;)

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