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[rm]

Yesterday at work was sort of crap. Today is less crap but no less aggravating. If I talk about it, I will get really angry, and so not.

Luckily my world is being brightened by Patty, awesome collaborators and tag-line brainstorming. I love tag-lines. Oh yes I do.

Tonight at the NYMF I am seeing Above Hell's Kitchen and I'm hoping for better things than I got from The History of War (although I'd still take a bootleg recording of the Alexander song, if anyone's got one).

In my crankiness yesterday, I went to Macy's and bought a couple of shirts (hello, thank you Calvin Klein, boys size 14) and a belt. I am wearing one today. I should feel more awesome than I do.

Lots of creative projects in hurry-up-and-wait mode. I should be grateful for the breathing.

Why do I not have opinion on Glee, especially about things like guest stars and directors? Because I've still never gotten around to seeing the show. It's an hours in the day problem.

chite and I at our class reunion.

There was a fucking hail storm last night.

Everyone else was as boggled by the twins article as I was.

Sometimes, I find myself not posting lots of gay news for you because it's all updates on another court case, another crime, another suicide. It all blends together, even in my link-gathering.

I've been listening to "Space Oddity" a lot lately, for whatever reason. While I'm a big fan of early Bowie, that song's never been one of my favorites, but lately it keeps moving me to tears. Not sure what's up with that. Generally, I'm more Diamond Dogs - the Berlin albums. Also, can I just say, randomly, that the world needs a stage musical version of Diamond Dogs very, very badly?

More later. The unglamorous parts of life beckon now.

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

Oh, so it's like Joss Whedon on race?

I've heard about all the problems, certainly, and hope I'd even notice some of them. Mostly, it's getting to the point that what I do and what I'm into means I HAVE to be able to have the Glee convo, but I think I'm using the flight to Europe to catch up on cultural capital, and I can't imagine when else I'm going to.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

...yeah, it's Joss on race in a lot of ways, although to be fair I'm not really all that clued in on the Whedonverse details either. Yeah, queers lauding Glee for its sensitivity and missing the disability issues does feel like feminists lauding Serenity for its strong female characters and missing or dismissing the whitewashing and cultural appropriation.

I do give them credit for trying to approach the issue. But they continue to fail on so many ways that it's just painful. (I do not normally start sobbing hysterically and screaming "Don't you mock my fucking pain" at teenybopper television shows.) Most of the cripples I know have just stopped watching because it's too awful. I should really go and look for a solid critique of the problems (and the few good points), but I'm afraid I wouldn't find one and might have to do it myself.

[sanacrow.livejournal.com]

There have been a number of good posts about Glee at FWD (Feminists with Disabilities). The "media and pop culture" tag is well worth perusing for related issues, as well.