mmmmmmmmmmmmbooks

[angryasiangrrl]

i got a ton of great books today at obelisk, the neighborhood gay bookstore. the best part of all is they were just 99 cents each (woulda all cost me $140 if i'd ordered them online). woo hoo! this is what i got:

• AIDS: Activism and Alliances.
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of AIDS-Related Terminology
• Women and AIDS: Negotiating Safer Practices, Care and

Comments

[dingdang]

i loved the cooler, too. i was a bit surprised by the violence, though!

(and i loved the shot of william h. macy's scrotum.)

[angryasiangrrl]

yeah, it was rather violent. it was funny though because you could tell that it wasn't the regular blockbuster movie crowd the way everyone gasped and groaned anytime things got violent.

[estivalfiend]

i like "black looks" a lot too. "yearning" is another excellent one by bell hooks, if you haven't read it already.

[angryasiangrrl]

i'll keep a look out for that one next time i go to the bookstore(but i am banning myself from buying any more books until i read some of the ones i bought).

[halo101]

Now I have to add more books to my endless book wish list. Thanks! :P I love getting new books, too, especially if they're used or just very cheap.

[suteki]

Check out scenes deleted from the Cooler at http://www.nerve.com/

[angryasiangrrl]

the version we saw at the indie theater had that scene in it. i don't understand what's so "gritty" (as nerve.com puts it) about the scene and why they had to get rid of it to avoid an nc-17 rating. i want to see what it was replaced by. was it the male ass or the shot of the woman's hand on his crotch? why is it that the rape scene in monster is ok for an "r" rating? that was far grittier. what about all the violence in "the cooler"? i don't get it. someone enlighten me!

[suteki]

I haven't seen it yet, so I'm not sure what the replacement scene is either. I watched the one on nerve and thought the same thing. I bet it was her hand on his crotch. We've seen asses before. Hmm...