Sometimes I just can’t bring myself to look at MRA bullshit. I’ll be back tomorrow. In the meantime, kittens.
We Hunted The MammothBucking the Backlash
We Hunted The MammothSometimes I just can’t bring myself to look at MRA bullshit. I’ll be back tomorrow. In the meantime, kittens.
Oh, do I ever have an adorable animal video for you (with bonus kid).
Meh, wrong link.
I am sympathizing with the head clearing because my head — specifically my sinuses — are filled with crap. (TMI!) And I’d STILL rather have this crap that’s in my head than have MRAs in my head.
I watched a bit of that Dr. Phil show, and I was surprised at how good it was. Not that it was good, it was just so much better than I expected out of a daytime talk show. That MRA guest, though — I just KNEW at some point he’d pull out a fedora.
Cassandra, I hope the person who spewed that “rich dim ditzes” remark was at least just a commenter rather than the author of the post. 🙁
Back to tea, honey, and lemon, and maybe another nap.
Can I make a recommendation in terms of head-clearing? I find that Traditional Medicinals teas can help a lot, especially Breathing Thyme and Cold Care.
And yeah, a commenter, and zie was angry, but the thing is, I tend to think that the things that people blurt out when they’re upset and not self-censoring are what the really believe on a deeper level. And the idea of feminists believing that when women do hurtful things to themselves because of social pressure that means the women are stupid and shallow is depressing.
@Cassandra:
This is kind of what I was trying to say as far as a girl just having a body being a punishable offense, if someone decides it’s the wrong kind of body.
There’s another thing I despise about MRAs. They’re making people laugh at fedora wearers.
I thought fedoras were a pretentious hipster thing rather than an MRA thing?
A fedora used to be a perfectly respectable hat…
Any of those teas good for a sore throat/cough? That’s what’s killing me today.
My cat just meowed to get my attention and then when I looked over at her she very deliberately pushed my bound copy of my thesis off the table and onto the floor. Like, I think it has flaws too, Buster, but that wasn’t very nice. I’m pretty sure she didn’t even read it first.
For a sore throat the one you’d want is called Throat Coat. The Breathing Thyme is specifically for a stuffed up nose/chest. Tea made with boiled fresh ginger would help with the throat too.
Being an asshole on purpose is what Cat #2 does when he’s trying to get fed. Look right at you until he’s sure you noticed him, then sloooooowly move his mouth towards the power cords as if to chew them. Glances back, makes sure you’re still looking…
@ Viscaria
My cat does that too, but not when she wants food, just when she wants attention in general.
THIS JUST IN: Cats are huge jerks.
RE: Cloudiah
My home remedy for sore throat and cough is a salt water gargle (yes, it’s nasty, but it DOES help), and then tea with honey. Honey in general is GREAT for sore throats.
RE: CassandraSays
That is the most affectionate cat I have ever SEEN. Sneak goes ^3^
My home remedy is a shot of straight vodka. Let me tell you, your throat won’t be sore after that XD
I totally have slutty ankles, they are always out there, flaunting their ability to move my legs around.
Only three more days and I will be in London! having my slutty ankles showing off again!
Heh. When I was 4 years old, I read that story in Sunday School (Little Golden Book version), and my takeaway was that, because Eve decided to eat the apple, history happened. Otherwise, it would still just be Adam & Eve in the garden of Eden. Twenty years later, when I was a baby feminist, I was BAFFLED by all the books I was reading that started out with an essay about how painful it was to be paying for Eve’s sin. Eve was the HERO of the story, to my mind.
Me and my relationship with cheesecake are tragic for exactly that reason.
Check the ingredients for ephedra, which is a common ingredient in herbal cough remedies. Some people (me) can’t ingest it or we get heart palpitations.
In other news, it’s been -30 C for like three days, and it’s expected to stay that way for a while. My truck didn’t start this morning (because I forgot to plug it in, on account of stupidity). Feh. I hate winter.
OK, now I finally know what a fedora is. And guess what? My MRA (-like) friend is wearing one in his Facebook profile photo. Also blegh, his views have not improved one bit.
So, David, after watching Animaniacs again, I’ve caught on to your little game. Everybody, his name is actually David Boo-trelle, and he’s a chicken, I tell you! A giant chicken!
Re: cats are huge jerks
Last night Mum was sitting in the lounge chair and Mads came and stood with her front paws up on the arm of it. Mum gets up, puts sheepskin rug in chair, Mads jumps in and goes to sleep. “It’s my bedtime now, get out of my chair!”
Re: fedoras
This is why all the douchebags and hipsters in the world cannot spoil that hat! 😉
@Unimaginative:
I <3 this and I <3 you. Cheesecake, why must you be so delicious and yet make me so ill??
@Kitteh’s
My boyfriend has a fedora. It’s XXL. His head’s too big. I said it’s because of all his brains, and he said that made me sound like a zombie.
So I have a question about the next AVfP. It’s the Government Girlfriends guy calling the police on his parents, and I was thinking I’d draw him hiding in a closet with the phone. But I was concerned that this might be disturbing to people who have actually felt threatened by their parents. Does anyone think this might be a problem? How concerned should I be about that sort of thing, given that the text is always going to be creepy and “out there” anyway?
Perhaps have him sitting on the couch in an obviously not under threat situation? Like, one of his parents can be seen cooking or sitting reading through a doorway?
Or maybe the parents are sitting playing a boardgame or something, in sight but out of earshot?