January 2009
74 posts
School can expel lesbian students, court rules →
“After a Lutheran school expelled two 16-year-old girls for having “a bond of intimacy” that was “characteristic of a lesbian relationship,” the girls sued, contending the school had violated a state anti-discrimination law. In response to that suit, an appeals court decided this week that the private religious school was not a business and therefore did not have to...
United Church hitches ride on God campaign →
“Dancing in the Dark” (Bruce Springsteen cover) -...
WatchDark Was The Night
Caprica's Creators Are Announced →
Jane Espensen will run the writers’ room. Espensen has written several episodes of Battlestar Galactica and was an executive producer on Buffy the Vampire. She also wrote some of my favourite Buffy episodes, including Band Candy and Superstar.
Caprica is scheduled to premiere in July.
“Strange Powers” - The Magnetic Fields
Is Facebook Hurting Feminism? →
“Inní mér syngur vitleysingur” - Sigur...
There were too many prophets here...
The last week has been anything but ordinary (and not only because I haven’t been able to log into my tumblelog from home all week — thanks again to Marc and the Tumblr troubleshooters for helping me to fix the problem!). The whole Obama inauguration thing aside, the last seven days seem to be telling me that 2009 will be a year of change. At work, a series of layoffs (my first...
“Prophets” - A.C. Newman
It took...
“Anonanimal” - Andrew Bird
Oooooh, I completely...
“The whole of the DC area is basically having a giant Obamagasm.”
– vin. poésie. vertu.
SXSW offers first glimpse of this year's music... →
“This image bugs me, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to explain...”
– bugeyedbroad on American Beauty by Henrich Kimerling (which I have since removed from my blog, but which you can see by clicking the link). You know, this image bothered me as well, but in that way that I thought was maybe a positive discomfort, one that shakes up the way you see the world. ...
“Freeze Ray” (from Dr....
“Nothing beats living alone. Why shackle yourself to a fellow human being for the...”
– Charlie Brooker
Learn-gasm: Top 100 Gender Studies Blogs →
“Hometown Glory” (Adele cover) - Santogold
“I’m not suggesting anything Doctor. If I want to throw a baby out an airlock,...”
– President Laura Roslin, Battlestar Galactica
“Thank you for telling me what I already know. You should work for the Huffington...”
– Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock
“It’s a completely meaningless awards show by a scandal-riddled organization on a...”
– Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily
“Summertime Clothes” - Animal...
“Swimming Pool” - The Submarines
“Sweet Child O’ Mine” - Taken By...
“Choppers” - Holy Fuck
Almost killed...