Narnia

In the book Prince Caspian Reepicheep is a very brave, albeit proud mouse who loses his tail in battle. He is horrified and begs Aslan, the Great Lion, to give him his tail back. Aslan is not so sure, it seems that Reepicheep is a bit too fond of his tail for Aslan's liking. However, when the rest of Reepicheep's troop declare that if their leader cannot have a tail, they will forsake theirs as well, Aslan grants Reepicheep's wish saying:

"Ah, you have conqured me. You have great hearts. Not for the sake of your dignity, Reepicheep, but for the love that is between you and your people..."

I am thinking that perhaps the Great Lion sometimes disguises himself as a Japanese Elementary School Teacher.

No Mirrors

I have noticed a disturbing trend in advertising. It is apparently not enough to make girls and young women feel inadequate in physical appearance; 5th Ave. has now zeroed in on the boys and young men, figuring they have disposable cash and equally vulnerable souls. They had better buy AXE body spray and make sure they shave their chest with Nivea.

When I am worried about where these roads will lead, I listen to the beautiful sounds of Sweet Honey in the Rock and remember how we should be talking to these young souls...

Gary's Cars

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Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3...

Hollywood prides itself on being liberal.

But by testing Hollywood movies by this insanely low bar for sexism, the results prove otherwise.

Bechdel Test Movie List

/bech·del test/ n.

1. It has to have at least two women

2. Who talk to each other

3. About something besides a man

Check it out:

http://bechdeltest.com/

(Thanks to Judith Leora for the head's up!)

Early Ben

Where did you think he learned to rule the cages?

Back of the Bus

The new Geek Squad ad shows a mother and her teenage son shopping for computers. When informed of getting a "Geek Squad" employee to help them with their purchase; the mother picks out one person, the teenage boy picks out a different Geek Squad member - a cute girl. When his mother casually mentions that her Geek Squad pick has certain important features, the boy orders his mother to "... go get the car."

Really?

Really.

Her son, who, it is assumed from the relationship in the ad is "getting" this computer from his mother instead of buying it himself, orders his mother into, what I assume is, HER CAR.

Really.

Best Buy - you might want to check out a little show called Mad Men. It's a show set in the 1960's about the left over attitudes from the 1950's.