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Patty has a cold. :(

Also, Buffy and Angel? Not here yet.

Finished my WIAD story.

Can we talk about Lady Gaga's new video? Because I could. All day. Not only is it a response to a certain era of Madonna, but it also goes to a lot of strange, strange uncomfortable places, the fascist references in its physical language being close to the top of the list. It's incredibly cool, smart stuff. There needs to be a Gaga Studies Journal, that's all I'm saying.

From all of my friendslist to all of yours: liljacks_corner is a community that has been set up for fan creators to make G-rated stuff for an eight-year-old boy named Jack who has just lost his legs; one of the only things that cheers him up right now is Doctor Who. He's only seen the first two seasons of the New series. What's being requested is a story about a little boy, much like the one it's for, going on an adventure with the Doctor and Rose. Details at the community.

Ready to start hollering? Daring to discuss women in science.

The Century Athletic Club.

New York now has an AllStaints Spitalfields.

Does anyone know more about this: is Judy Shepard's book homophobic? Accusations vague, scenario murky. Bwah? Anyone read it?

Didn't know this: Stephanie Flores, the Peruvian woman van der Sloot has reportedly confessed to killing, was a lesbian.

Comments

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

That video blew me away for pretty much the same reasons.

Also, regarding GaGa as a sex robot - there IS a s blog out there that pushes the theory that GaGa is a brainwashed Illuminati Slave. (She and Beyonce, actually). That guy "decodes" her symbols as Illuminati cyphers and does some kind of job on her lyrics.

What fascinates me most is the claim that GaGa = intersex. We're back to the deviant sexual body of the Powerful Woman. I want to write a book on her.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

MASONIC CHECKERBOARDS. Wow, thank you.

(Edited for Not Really Awake Yet.)

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

What fascinates me most is the claim that GaGa = intersex.

I loved the fact that she got in a jibe at this in the video for "Telephone."

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

I want to write a book on her.

I'm hoping there will be multiple volumes written on her and the cultural phenomena she's either representing or satirizing.

[xtricks.livejournal.com]

The intersex thing bewilders me (I've also heard that described as a transsexual rumor). She's got a pretty standard female dancer's body (what I noticed most about her is her very crisp body language), a voice that I don't think most transwomen could have and she wears far to little to be a pre-op transwoman or some version of intersex that involves having a penis/large clitoris -- unless she's doing some serious tieback.

I wonder if it's because she's often very sexually aggressive in her vids?

[rm.livejournal.com]

I tend to suspect it's because of her facial features, which while not particular masculine don't conform to the "small nose, big eyes, as young looking as possible" that is often demanded of women in our culture -- at least on TV. Certainly, even in a dress, with long hair and makeup, I've been called sir many times -- there's probably a host of reasons for this, but one is, I suspect, related to having "strong" features or whatever the euphemism is this week.

[bizetsy.livejournal.com]

Yes, I looked at that website. Interesting to see how other people have to integrate their "knowns" to work with our world... (I know we all do it. His is just so different from mine that it's interesting to watch.)