Just a quick note to let you all know that the response to the Man Boobz pledge drive has been amazing. I am once again humbled by the outpouring of support.
Thanks, everyone, for the donations! I appreciate each and every one of them, big or small. (Sorry I’m a little behind in sending out the personal thank yous; I’ve been sidelined a bit by migraine this week.)
Given how well it’s gone, I’m going to wind the pledge drive up a little early this time, and stop with the naggy reminders, because I know how annoying those can be.
Thanks again, everyone!
Oh, just one more naggy reminder, and that’s it!
February 22, 2013, 2:12 am: Fact Finder finally finds out that Futrelle did not spontaneously fart into existence to facilitate Manboobz.
Fart into existence….I may have snorted wine out my nose, bravo, Tulgey
That comment would have gone well in the Making Up Shit About Futrelle thread! 😀
Uh, Fact Finder, I know you think that last link is some sort of “gotcha,” but I’m rather curious what you think an out-of-context quote from a book review of mine about two books on Victorian sexuality is supposed to prove. I mean, it’s not even a quote from me, but from a Victorian feminist.
CONTEXT IS MISANDRY
I, for one, am appalled to learn of your sordid history of reading books and having opinions on them.
My God, you mean I’ve donated money to someone old fashioned enough to believe that words have meaning?
Oh, the shame of it all…
On the other hand, I may have to withdraw my financial support if you diss Victorian feminists too much; I was educated at a school founded by radical feminists in 1875. Miss Buss and Miss Beale made the Jesuits look like amateurs…
David, I just got paid today so I’ve sent some cash your way! I really enjoy this blog and I think the community around it is fantastic. Some really wonderful, funny folk here. I lurk a lot and don’t post as often as I’d like (shy!), but I love you guys, I really do!
Glad to hear the Drive is going well!
And sorry to hear about your migraine, David. Those things are horrible, I’ve had a couple myself and my younger brother gets them regularly and has done for years, poor thing.
Hope you’re feeling better now.
Hey, IR/PP/FF:
Thanks for the link to David’s article. It was an excellent and interesting read. I appreciate all the work you’ve done here to support us feminists. You’ve certainly done an excellent job of raising my own self-esteem, not to mention my admiration and appreciation for David and the clever and compassionate people who comment on this blog.
Oh blast. “admiration and appreciation”, “clever and compassionate”
I’m apparently on an alliteration kick. My brain does this to me sometimes.
Happy Friday!
@nerdypants, the last few films I saw that left me really impressed were “Argo” and “The Fall” (starring Lee Pace – not a new film, but really amazing).
IR’s inability to understand what he reads is almost impressive. He will probably interpret that sentence as me calling him impressive.
It’s David quoting a Victorian feminist who is criticizing the use of that force by “purity societies” to change the morality of women.
This is supposed a gotcha?
And happy cat dance for David! It’s payday so I’ll throw a few bucks in the jar when I get home.
leftwingfox: This is P-P. Words mean what he wants them to mean, ergo he is never wrong.
He’s not right, but that’s a different issue.
@Ellex: I loved The Fall. So much crying. So much pathos, and angst, and Lee Pace… Who is, of course, pretty much perfect.
Also, David, remember that if your opinions of Victorian feminists have changed in 20 years, that’s MISANDRY.
Seconding about the Argo recommendation! I enjoyed it very much.
@howardbann1ster
Have you read any of the interviews with Tarsem Singh about making The Fall? The behind the scenes info is nearly as fascinating as the film itself. There was no script. The little girl spoke almost no English at first. For a time, the cast and crew thought Lee Pace really was disabled and couldn’t walk. All the locations are real places.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/tarsem,14243/
Thanks ellex24 and The Kitteh’s, I’ve noted those down.
The Kitteh’s: We don’t really have a preferred genre. His only requirement is that it isn’t gratuitously violent. He also likes movies where (as he puts it) “people talk to each other and say stuff”. I also tend to like fantastical things.
I certainly wouldn’t be recommending violent films, I don’t like that at all. Oh, don’t be put off by Will Ferrell being in Stranger Than Fiction: it’s not at all like most of his stuff. Plus Emma Thompson and Queen Latifah and Dustin Hoffmann are in it too. 🙂
Let’s see, if you like UK films, I’d recommend Cold Comfort Farm, The Full Monty, The Queen, Billy Elliot (the accents are a bit impenetrable), The Remains of the Day (good, but a downer). Red Dog is a recent Oz film that’s good for both a laugh and a weep. I don’t really recommend The Lion in Winter – a talkfest, all right, but very stagey, and Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine is too much for my suspension of disbelief to handle.
Oh, and if you can find them, try The Norman Conquests. They’re three intersecting short plays by Alan Ayckbourn, and the BBC made them in the 70s or so. Tom Conti’s the star. Very, very funny and clever – all set on a weekend and taking place in the kitchen, living room and garden of the house, so you have to piece the story together in your head. (Tom Conti plays Norman and the “conquests” are his attempts at affairs.)
I didn’t really go for Stranger than Fiction (Doad loves it). I liked Will Ferrell in it when I normally don’t like him at all, but I think that if a really good book by an acclaimed author is central to a movie’s plot, then it has to actually sound like a good book.
If you have trouble with the accents just turn on captions till you get the hang of them. You will be surprised how quickly you can train your ear that way.
Oh, I’m used to English accents – I’ve watched mostly English TV all my life – but the particular northern ones in Billy Elliot are fairly heavy.