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Archives for May 2006

My Friday evening

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My Friday evening was spent:

with a whole bunch of other moms

drinking champagne

and wine

and Cosmopolitans (full strength)

and Lemon drops

and port (my contribution, which a few women wanted some of)

and having discussions of lives

and marriages

and divorces

and sexual attraction to Donald Rumsfeld (no, not me, thank God)

and how hot Keanu Reeves really is and Mel Gibson really isn’t

and episiotomies vs. C-sections

and selling houses

and when the last time anyone had Girls Night Out was

and we all had a lot of fun

and it was a little weird hearing someone say that she didn’t think I’d liked her (not that again — what is it I do to make people think that?) but she was glad to find out I really am a fun person.

Wow. Am I toasted.

Sexism in cover art

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In lieu of anything else interesting to say — at the moment, I’m on a mad spring-cleaning dash through old bank and credit card statements I never entered into Quicken; WOW but will I have a lot off my mind when I finally take care of these — I wanted to draw your attention to a hilarious and wonderfully creative look at what comic book art would look like were men’s bodies treated the same way women’s bodies are. (It’s NSFW, although, hey: there’s no actual nudity, right?)

Because no, a close-up of Superman’s chest is not equivalent to the treatment most women get.

(Alas, I cannot remember where I got this link from! Probably CE Murphy but don’t quote me on that.)