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Re: Sworn to Secrecy on the set of Blippi

Pixelfish — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 14:46:57 -0000

Thank you for this episode. I am glad to hear Meekah/Kaitlin helped you align the script to your points in Kiswahili.

(My toddler 3 yo and I watched this episode preparatory to the holiday season.)

-PF

Re: Photo of the Day

Pixelfish — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 03:07:42 -0000

Neat! I don't suppose you remember where you got it from? I'd like to post it elsewhere but prefer to attribute photos and artwork to their creator.

(I called it Sears Tower the entire time I was last in Chicago because all the Chicagoans did with the exception of one cabbie, who insisted it was ACTUALLY THE WILLIS NOW. Silly cabbie.)

Re: Valar Morghulis

Pixelfish — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 03:18:31 -0000

And.....SPOILER.....SOMEBODY ELSE IN ONE OF THE BOOKS. I won't say who, in case you haven't read them.

Re: Quote of the Day

Pixelfish — Thu, 01 May 2014 13:41:14 -0000

The deterrent thing has long been known to not be a factor, but I wonder if the death penalty could even be a sort of "accelerant". ie. because somebody doesn't want the death penalty, they will kill more folks to cover up the first or to get away or go down in a firefight with police officers because quick and easy looks attractive compared to 47 minutes on a gurney.

I think it's immoral to ask the state to kill in a situation that doesn't involve immediate defense of life and liberty. I think it's inhumane as well. And just because somebody else chose to leave their humanity on the ground somewhere is no reason for us to do the same. I don't like the idea of working to justify killing in cold blood.

Re: JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS Movie - Promo Poster and Cast Announced

Pixelfish — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:50:43 -0000

MOAR GLITTER!

Re: JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS Movie - Promo Poster and Cast Announced

Pixelfish — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:50:35 -0000

It's like Darren Aronofsky's Jem, where she's a girl seduced by the rock world, but lured into a freefalling descent to madness.

Re: Discussion Thread: Validation

Pixelfish — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:52:11 -0000

I just want people to understand when I post something that upsets me and say, "I can see why that upset you," and maybe stop there. Instead of nitpicking every little thing or trying to be like "Well, it's not that bad."

Basically I want my anger and upset to be acknowledged, and not minimized.

Re: Debt Collection Nightmares

Pixelfish — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:48:08 -0000

Oh and I don't have a middle name either, which seems to be a point of differentiation, so my name often comes up first in the names. :( (Thaaaaanks, Dad, for not giving me a middle name, especially since your reasoning was that I would get one when I got married. NOPE.)

Re: Debt Collection Nightmares

Pixelfish — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:46:43 -0000

Yup. Same thing here. I got a bankruptcy from a girl in Butte, Montana because she once lived in my homestate.

Re: LOL Sure

Pixelfish — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:40:57 -0000

Here's what I said about them on FB, when I first ran into them.

Oh, god, these are sadly hilarious. Let's
appeal to the Young Republicans by putting another white dude in front
of them. Oh, and he's employed and has a car so he can totally relate to
your poverty. After all, his main worry is not that he doesn't have a job but that his friends don't have jobs. Or that his pay cheque is going to gas! Oh noes!

Hey, Republican dude, we tax gas in part because there's multiple
components to car usage: It's the least efficient way to get around,
using a car blocks up infrastructure, still takes road maintenance,
promotes certain types of pollution. By the looks of this commercial,
you theoretical Republican, live in a city, which means that you also
have transit options. Or you could carpool, which would reduce
congestion and cut your carbon footprint. Hell, why not try biking? But
it seems that the all of the above energy program you are most
interested in is the one that lets you continue to be a sloppy commuter.
If you want to commute by yourself, that's cool, but don't complain
when we tax gas to offset for all the other issues caused by your choice
of commute.

Oh, and you have a job! How nice for you. You
don't want regulations on companies that might give your friends jobs.
So blissful that ignorance, ignoring that without regulations those
companies wouldn't pay your friends enough to pay for their transit
cards, let alone their single passenger car driving ways that you enjoy.
Those companies wouldn't offer work place protections for safety or
harrassment. Those companies would lay people off en masse without the
WARN act. I'm not sure you understand how capitalism works if you think
these companies are just going to shower money on your friends without
those pesky regulations.

ETA: There are plenty of reasons a person might need to drive a car by themselves and I agree that many of them are understandable. It doesn't make you a bad person, but there is a cost to the infrastructure, the environment and so on, and if you add those issues to the fact that driving a car is the privileged and expected thing to do, then taxing gas is partly to offset those costs, and partly to incentivize other forms of transit which are less privileged.

Re: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES: Quvenzhané Wallis as Orphan Annie, Ben Kingsley as Gandhi. Looking at the differences.

Pixelfish — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:33:49 -0000

Ben Kingsley might not be the best example to lead with because while he can read as white, he's actually British-Indian. British mum, Indian dad, I think. His birth name was Krishna Pandit Bhanji. But there's an argument for colourism--did he get the job because he reads as more white?

Re: Quote of the Day

Pixelfish — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:49:49 -0000

Oh, and he did something brave by coming out. He's proud of his identity as a gay man, enough that he would be willing to jeopardise his chances with the NFL. What he then asked was for people to focus on his performance, not his identity. What Paula Deen did was get caught being incredibly racist, promoting colonialism and oppressive status quos, and then wibble about it, and hope that folks would excuse her or give her a pass. SHE THEN COOPTS THE WORDS OF A BLACK MAN WHOSE NAME SHE CAN'T BE ARSED TO FIND OUT to reinforce the idea that she is owed forgiveness.

I am hereinafter referring to Paula Deen as That White Racist Chef.

Re: Quote of the Day

Pixelfish — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:21:29 -0000

Not to mention her whole construction equates being gay with being racist or something shitty. Sweet baba ghannouj, Paula Deen, that is a shitty shitty comparison.

Re: Safety for Survivors

Pixelfish — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:34:54 -0000

Respect for the survivor's choice. (Especially as their choice may not be the safest route they could take for their future.) But whatever their choice is, I respect it. As with many women's issues, this is all about autonomy and choice.

Re: Richard Cohen Goes Full Rape Apologist

Pixelfish — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:15:18 -0000

Wait, he's shaking fingers at Ronan for not knowing because he was FOUR? Whatever, dude. Sure, neither of you were there-there, Richard Cohen, but unlike you, Ronan is Dylan's BROTHER, her family, and his belief and trust in her means something to her and him.

It's not enough for Woody Allen's defenders to have the freedom to disbelieve Dylan--they want the rest of the world to not believe her either. Even her own brother. And that's one of the many things that pisses me off about his apologetics.

Re: Single-Payer Healthcare Now

Pixelfish — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:12:27 -0000

I just got asked about pre-existing conditions...because my plan through work went into effect in the last month it was possible for it to even ask about pre-existing conditions.

Re: She Said, He Said

Pixelfish — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 19:59:30 -0000

Will Allen's story run with people adding riders to his account? Or will they let his words stand unvarnished? I disliked the commentary Kristoff added to her words.

Re: Question of the Day

Pixelfish — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:24:23 -0000

ROLLER DERBY!

(My dad, after hearing that my husband and I had season tickets to see Rat City, our local league, play, said, "I didn't know you would be into roller derby." Me: "What, you thought I wouldn't be all over a sport where everybody is cheering for women? WEIRD!")

Re: Jezebel vs. Consent

Pixelfish — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:55:34 -0000

Ugh.

I hate the whole idea that consent is an ongoing never-to-be-revoked passport to treat people a certain way.

Re: In the News

Pixelfish — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:47:12 -0000

Pretty certain my husband doesn't live in fear of a spousal rape accusation. Maybe it's because we talk all the time about how we are feeling and what we feel up to and both of us know we have carte blanche to say No, not tonight, or Hey, I thought I was up for it but really I think I just want a little cuddling, or I'm done, can we stop now? without the other person taking offense or demanding sex commence/continue. And he's been that person asking to stop sometimes, and I stop. Because that's one should do. It's not that hard, and it has nothing to do with whether or not one of us is in a state of undress. We're two people with respect for each other's autonomy and basic self-control.

Re: Elephant & Castle

Pixelfish — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:47:00 -0000

British themed, Canadian owned restaurant chain that I actually kind of adore. My husband and I eat at the Seattle one all the time. (I've collected Calgary, Seattle, and SF.)

During a recent restructuring they added poutine to their menu. To make it British, they added a curry poutine option. :)

Re: Case in Point

Pixelfish — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:05:31 -0000

Oh Tracy Anderson. I remember trying to explain to my husband that she'd told Gwyneth Paltrow not to lift anything beyond the piddly 5 lb weights (except for kids, hardeharhar) lest it cause her to bulk up (which is unattractive in Tracy Anderson's world) and he kept confusedly coming back to me with, "But surely she meant that ironically, right?" NOPE. Not taking every other piece of bad advice she has purveyed into context.

But then irony is made of iron and everyone knows that will make you bulky and unattractive in Tracy Anderson's world.

Re: Open Thread

Pixelfish — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 15:29:58 -0000

I want to start off by saying that I really appreciate what you do with Shakesville...and I adore this picture. It's a real smile generator. :)

However, I would really appreciate it if you could source/credit your photos, even the ones used for open threads. It's been a concern to me from an artistic standpoint because many artists and photographers don't get the credit they deserve for their work and not crediting can devalue their work. And then secondly, I might want to reshare the pics myself but might not feel comfy about it until I've tracked down their provenance. (If you can't find a primary source, a secondary source might still give us enough info to finish tracking down, or at least provide us with a starting spot.) Thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully considering it.

Re: George Zimmerman is selling his original ‘artwork’ on Ebay. Top bid: Almost $100,000

Pixelfish — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:09:52 -0000

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L... - Here's George's stock photography inspiration. Wonder how the photographer feels about George making buck on his composition.

Re: Affluenza My Ass

Pixelfish — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:00:28 -0000

I've been kind of annoyed because affluenza isn't a condition the way the media has been describing it. It's actually a critique of wealth inequities and a systemic cycle that perpetrates them. Ethan Couch's team coopted the term and the media hasn't called them on it.

It'd be like if you were discussing the term "Technology gap" and then somebody said, "Oh, that's the reason that kid murdered that family so he could have their Xbox."

Or maybe a closer analogy might be if some guy tried to say he wasn't responsible for his wife's murder because he was afflicted with misogyny. I dunno....something about the media coverage of this is really irking me, and it's possibly because they keep casting the people on the powerful side of the equation as the sufferers instead of the perpetrators.