This cracked me up:
Stop Licking Him -- You Don't Know Where He's Been!

Six-year-old to guy stranger while hiding behind mother on cell: Hi.
20-something guy: Hello...
Six-year-old, grabbing guy's hand: Hi.
20 something guy, confused: Hello...
Six-year-old to mom: I picked one!
Mom: You picked what? No! I told you that you could pick out the stamps, not ( Read more... )

I know there were reasons we weren't supposed to like Netanyahu, but what were they again?

Anyway, he's very impressive in this interview (youtube link). Straightforward, so straightforward, can that possibly be true ( Read more... )

The first time I encountered Martha Nussbaum was when I borrowed, completely for leisure/fun reading, Women and Human Development: A Capabilities Approach from a friend of mine (those were the days!) That book discusses new ways to examine and evaluate societies in a way that takes account of *everyone's* interests and prosperity by creating ( Read more... )

This is a great clip (11 minutes) from "Dildo Diaries", the absurdity is apparent (my favorite part is the giggling of the Texas legislature and one amazing Senator posing the tough questions) and the commentary and presentation are exquisite. Funny, sad, funny, pathetic, funny, disgusting, and funny!

Dildo Diaries excerpt on Youtube

Texas ( Read more... )

Check out the examples of retouching on this commercial site - beauty is in the eye of the retoucher.

Now if we could all just see the beauty in one another...

Here she is speaking about the portrayal of girls and women in media, especially media aimed at young children, and discussing her project: See Jane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQdPv7BzCDU&eurl=

Men are naturally more romantically aggressive?
Women naturally groom themselves to be more attractive to men?

Right...

Well, not on ORANGO ISLAND, Guinea-Bissau, at least, not till recently:

"Now the world is upside down," complained 90-year-old Cesar Okrane, his eyes obscured by a cloud of cataracts. "Men are running after women, instead of ( Read more... )

More things to be happy about in the conservative movement! As a follow up to the Rabbinic Assembly's decision to allow the ordination of gay rabbis, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the RA did a huge survey of members of the conservative movements (especially rabbis/educators/leaders/students). They have now published a summary ( Read more... )

What are the chances ( Read more... )

In a short discussion after class, one of my francophone profs mentioned that the thought that the sovereignty issue would never go away. Parents pass their identity to the kids and there's not much to be done about it. It's an issue of identity ( Read more... )