Top video about food that made me hungry and smarter: Jennifer Lee Looks for General Tso (via Pandagon).
Top craft idea that might make me participate in a holiday I normally avoid completely, other than crawling out of my hole to snark at: Anatomically correct heart cutouts (via Craftzine blog)
Top craft idea that I don't really avoid but sometimes participate only grudgingly to but mostly do it grudgingly to it: FSM cookies for the holidays(also via the Craftzine blog)
Top piece on a feminist issue that I hadn't really thought of as a feminist issue and which helped explain why I was always kind of sympathetic towards Yoko Ono and, despite the awesomeness of "Live and Let Die", kind of alternatively underwhelmed and slightly creeped out by Paul McCartney: Cara on Yoko Ono (Pandagon once again).
Top piece of snark: The 50 Most Loathsome People in America: It's a bi-partisan list, with Obama at one end and an (in)famous Republican at the other. Can you guess which one? (via Pharyngula)
And a special bonus item:
Top new saying courtesy of Kanye West.
(Can you work this into everyday conversation? I haven't been able to yet - let me know if you can).
2 comments:
That was a great series about Yoko. I never knew much of the story, but always found the negativity toward her to be too extreme to be accurate.
The series is also making me think a bit more about what it's like being married to a musician. My marriage vows practically spelled out that I would be a lifelong groupie (and his that he'd be lifelong supporter of my crafting), and I often share my thoughts on his music and he welcomes them (despite the fact that I have little to no musical talent or knowledge). I do think the music industry is a boys club though and if The Leopard joins another band at some point, it will likely be as much about 'male bonding' as it will about making music. He's played with musicians before who pay little to no attention to me (or their girlfriends for that matter) and it drives me a bit crazy. Thankfully, it's a rare occurrence.
Michelle, that's a really interesting perspective to have on the whole thing. It sounds like you and your husband have mutual respect for each other's work which probably makes the "lifelong groupie" gig a lot more meaningful.
I think that's what struck me the most about the story - how in love John was, how much he respected and valued Yoko (infidelity notwithstanding? I guess?) and yet no one wanted to believe that, so the "dragon lady" image sticks.
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