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Post by drakius on Jun 9, 2011 17:47:32 GMT -5
New Yorkers for Marriage Equality: If any NYers want to send a message to their state senator and tell them everyone should have the right to marry the person they love. www.hrcactioncenter.org/TakeActionNY |
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Post by seashell on Jun 10, 2011 14:22:11 GMT -5
I am appalled by what transpired at a show of Tracy Morgans..(30 rock) in Nashville. www.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b246609_tracy_morgan_apologizes_gay_jokes_it.htmlWhile I believe comedians have every right to poke fun and make jokes etc.. I wonder how funny Mr. Morgan would find it if ...say he were a "slave" (a fact in our history) and a comedian made jokes about how it was the slaves "choice" to be a slave.. and to quit whining.. Would "the slave" think it funny if told "you can take being treated like a possession""you take the beatings" so you can take a joke.... how nauseating is this scenario. Well Morgan thinks Women only pretend to like women because they are mad at a man.. and Men..if they can take a dick up the ass then they can take a joke.. If his son came to him and said he was gay.. he better talk like a man and not use "a gay whiney voice" or he'll get a knife and stab him. ... there is way more. It was reported by an attendee that Morgans whole tone changed when "telling these jokes" his voiced filled with hate and contempt. The fact is .. its not funny..things really are not "funny" until in reality we are all equals and are treated equally with the same rights and the same respect. Then the sterotypical things can "sorta" seem funny and when hate isn't present. I can honestly say I will not watch 30 Rock any more..not as long as this guy is on it.. I will step up my letters to my representatives.. this shit has just gone on to long. reply from Tina Fey ( not enought as far as I am concerned) insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/10/tina-fey-tracy-morgan/ |
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Post by mszue on Jun 16, 2011 9:32:48 GMT -5
As promissed, I am copying this from the daily news to here in case this is where it belongs...tho not that sure this is the natural home either. I went to read this article..and the one above this post from the Sun, and it is getting increasingly difficult to read things online now without giving the media almost unlimited access to your twitter or facebook. In order to comment on this iphone article you had to give them full access to twitter...including your direct messages!! [dm's just till June 30]...to me, that is astounding. Needless to say, there are not many messages in that comment section. Re stopping filming at concerts...imagine if we had not had those concert vids of Suz526 to wait anxiously for.....hovering around youtube waiting to bring them over. I rather doubt this app will be applied and if it is iphones will be available second hand, in masses. There are too many other ways to use or adapt or control an app like this for it to ever see the light of day....hopefully. I will post this in the social comments thread as well in case that is where people would prefer it. I know it is somewhat OT yet not as 1. we did this a lot and will again at Adam's concert. 2. An app. like this could impact the whole fandom and ultimately take the concert business back to the 'old days' were it to work....which I highly, highly doubt. Seriously, do the music execs actually think the GNT would have been as successful as it was without those youtube vids? The more appropriate 'social action' question is around the constant media intrusion into our privacy and its constant attempts to control what, who, and how we see and experience things. The Pandora box of the internet is open and it will not be closed again....and that is not all good or bad. sorry if this does not fit here either...... |
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Post by skylar on Jun 16, 2011 12:54:37 GMT -5
From Zach Ford, thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/06/14/244527/michele-bachmanns-top-10-attacks-on-the-lgbt-community/Michele Bachmann announced her candidacy for president last night at CNN’s Republican Debate. Here is just a sampling of some of her most hurtful and ill-informed statements: 1. DYSFUNCTION AND DISORDERED: “I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgendered. We need to have profound compassion for the people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life, and sexual identity disorders. This is a very real issue. It’s not funny, it’s sad.” 2. ENSLAVEMENT: “Why is it so dangerous? It leads to the personal enslavement of individuals. Because if you’re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it’s bondage. Personal bondage, personal despair, and personal enslavement. And that’s why this is so dangerous.” 3. CHILD ABUSE: “This message could be very easily misunderstood. Who is he speaking to — 8 year old boys? And so you have a teacher talking about his gayness. He goes home then, and says ‘Hey mom, what’s gayness? We had a teacher talking about this today.’ The mother says, ‘Well, that’s when a man likes other men and they don’t like girls.’ The boy’s 8, he’s thinking, ‘I don’t like girls. I like boys. Maybe I’m gay.’ And you think, that’s way out there. Kid isn’t gonna think that. Are you kidding? That happens all the time. You don’t think that’s intentional, the message that’s being given to these kids? That’s child abuse.” 4. HEALTH HAZARD?: THINKPROGRESS: Do you agree that homosexuality is a publichealth hazard like smoking? BACHMANN: “Um. I — I don’t have an answer on that. I don’t have an answer. Why don’t I have another question?” 5. GOD SAID SO: “And I took a walk and I just went to prayer and I said Lord, what would you have me do in the Minnesota state Senate? And just through prayer I knew that I was to introduce the marriage amendment in Minnesota.” 6. WAR ON MARRIAGE: On President Obama not defending DOMA: “This is just the beginning in our fight to repeal Barack Obama in 2012. Had Barack Obama been on the ballot in 2010, he would have gone down in a fiery defeat. Yet he continues to push his far-left, socialist agenda on the American people. And today, he has declared war on marriage. I will continue to do everything in my power to fight back against Barack Obama’s attacks on marriage and I hope you will join me by adding your name to my ‘Support Traditional Marriage’ petition.” 7. AN EARTHQUAKE: “This is an earthquake issue. This will change our state forever. Because the immediate consequence, if gay marriage goes through, is that K-12 little children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal, natural and perhaps they should try it.” 8. DADT: “I would keep the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy.” 9. ENDA: On the Employment Non-Discrimination Act: “No.” 10. IN THE BUSHES: Not a statement, but Bachmann once spied on a gay rights rally, hiding behind some bushes. |
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Post by skylar on Jun 16, 2011 12:59:30 GMT -5
The following is far from perfect. I replaced "gay" with "muslim", "jewish", "black" in an oversimplified manner. However, HOW DIFFERENT IS WHAT SHE SAID FROM... (Please please let me know if I have offended you in any way. That is the pole opposite to my intent) If it does offend anyone I apologize ahead. I am trying to point out just how insane this woman is.
1. DYSFUNCTION AND DISORDERED: I am not here bashing people who are black, who are muslim, who are indian, who are jewish. We need to have profound compassion for the people who are dealing with the very real issue of having darker skin and/or a religious dysfunction / religious identity disorder that leads to hell after death. This is a very real issue. It’s not funny, it’s sad.
2. ENSLAVEMENT: Why is it so dangerous? It leads to the personal enslavement of individuals. Because if you’re brown skinned and/or involved in the Jewish or Muslim lifestyle, it’s bondage. Personal bondage, personal despair, and personal enslavement. And that’s why this is so dangerous.
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5. GOD SAID SO: And I took a walk and I just went to prayer and I said Lord, what would you have me do in the xxx state Senate? And just through prayer I knew that I was to introduce the "no discussion of religious differences in school" bill.
6. WAR ON MARRIAGE: This is just the beginning in our fight to repeal Barack Obama in 2012. ...he continues to push his far-left, socialist agenda on the American people. And today, he has declared war on our one true God. I will continue to do everything in my power to fight back against Barack Obama’s attacks on white Christians and I hope you will join me by adding your name to my ‘Support God, he's on our side, he's white, he's male, he's heterosexual, and the only way to truly know him is through Christ’ petition.
7. AN EARTHQUAKE: This is an earthquake issue. This will change our state forever. Because the immediate consequence, if the religious diversity acceptance act goes through, is that K-12 little children will be forced to learn that being Jewish, or Muslim, or black is normal, natural and perhaps they should try it or marry one.
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Simply disgusting
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Post by JazzRocks on Jun 16, 2011 16:27:03 GMT -5
Did you overlook #4? It still refers to homosexuality. Otherwise perfect. This has to be seen!
The scary thing is that this woman could wind up on the Republican ticket next year. Horrors.
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Post by mszue on Jun 17, 2011 10:55:40 GMT -5
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Post by stardust on Jun 17, 2011 23:55:41 GMT -5
Yes, Chick-fil-A Says, We Explicitly Do Not Like Same-Sex CouplesBet Chick-fil-A wishes this month would end. Over the past few weeks, the restaurant chain's deep ties to the anti-gay movement have been exposed and uncovered by a number of activists, most notably Jeremy Hooper at Good As You. Whether it's Focus on the Family, the National Organization for Marriage, the Pennsylvania Family Institute, or Exodus International, Chick-fil-A ties run deep. More at news.change.org/stories/yes-chick-fil-a-says-we-explicitly-do-not-like-same-sex-couples
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Post by mszue on Jun 20, 2011 21:49:36 GMT -5
I am reposting this from the daily news thread for convenience of location and in the hopes of reaching a target niche of members! :-)
I know there are a few of us that have an academic interest in fandom, identity, authenticity, etc so I thought I would post this call. If anyone particular is interested dm me. Some ideas of the top of my head may be a semi ethnographic look at:
Similarities/differences in Adam fan groups vs other musicians
Similarities/differences between Adamtopia and other Adam sites
Using Adam fans as examples of typical fan sites
Comparing Adam and Gaga on issues of identity and authenticity
General discussions of identity and authenticity in contemporary/pop/rock/country musicians
Gender in pop music...
Gender in fandom
The list is endless....if anyone is completely uninterested or this is so OTT as to deserve deleting...scroll or delete as the case may be
CFP - POPULAR MUSIC FANDOM, special issue of Popular Music and Society<http://pop-music-research.blogspot.com/2011/06/cfp-popular-music-fandom-special-issue_11.html>
Guest editor, Mark Duffett
Popular Music and Society invites article proposals for a new special issue. Fandom is both a personal expression of emotional conviction and a complex, changing, multi-faceted social phenomenon that now encompasses both online and offline activity.
The study of fandom is a scholarly niche that exists at the intersection of a wide range of interests and connections. It can be contextualized by wider media research (theory by scholars such as Henry Jenkins and Matt Hills; reception analysis; celebrity studies; ethnography; subcultural theory) and by direct research into popular music culture (ethnomusicology; research on listening; live music audiences; studies of music in everyday life).
We invite papers with themes that may include, but are not limited to:
· Fans as musicians / musicians as fans
· The consumer marketplace, perceptions of the music industry
· Collecting, listening, and other fan practices
· Live music, local scenes, and fandom as living culture
· Stereotyping, self-awareness, media representation, lit and fiction
· Fandom and social identities (such as gender, age, disability, race)
· Methodology, research practice, cultural theory
· Histories, critiques of fandom as a response to mass culture
· Taste, cultural capital, and the canon
· Online participatory cultures
· Case studies and ethnographies; personal narratives, memories, and investments
· Stardom and celebrity; identification, reading, and textuality
· Legacies of key representations (e.g., Fred Vermorel and Judy Vermorel's book Starlust)
· Modernity, religion, pathology, and the "cult" analogy
· Differing fandoms / specific music genres
· The fan community: insiders, outsiders, and the "ordinary" audience
· Fan culture and the paradigm of performance
· The uses of fandom: political activism, heritage, and tourism
· Fandom, the family, and / or the life cycle
Send proposals of up to 500 words in the first instance.
Contributions will be peer-reviewed for potential inclusion in the main section of the journal. Polemical papers will also be considered for inclusion in the Forum section. Indicate the name under which you would wish to be published, your professional/academic affiliations, a postal address, and preferred email contact.
Deadline for submission of proposals is October 31, 2011. We would hope to commission articles by December 31, 2011, and deadline for submission of the articles will be July 31, 2012.
Please email proposals to guest editor Mark Duffett at m.duffett@chester.ac.uk.
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