Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
A catalog of specimens out of a single stock photo trope…way more specimens than you might think.
All those happy women. My goodness, is that all women want? What’s so funny about being left alone with a salad?
Becca (commenter #5) sez…
I LIVE for stock photos! Seriously. Happy Black Woman Shopping is one of my favorites…I’ve never been that happy about ANYTHING
I think it says more about us than it does about the non-creative photographers & photo editors. Tropes are comforting. Females being pleased, are pleasing. Or something…
Maybe it’s something we carry out of childhood. You make that ramshackle thing in art class and give it to your Mom on Mother’s Day, and every single kid that ever had a mother has to stop the world from spinning and wait for that smile. Will Mom like it? Of course she will. But the point isn’t whether or not the smile comes, the point is that the kid is waiting for it. We all grow up that way, I guess…
As for why the happy-woman-shopper thing has to be a black thing, I dunno. I’m completely out of the loop on that one.
Obviously these things motivate large numbers of people to buy large quantities of crap. Beyond that, I can explain nothing, I can only observe…and link…and think…
Hat tip to Joan.
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Or ‘Women Laughing Alone While Having Salad Tossed’.
- tim | 01/07/2011 @ 07:31And nobody gives a flying fig whether or not Dad likes his tie for Father’s Day.
My local grocery chain has a new motto they print on all the paper bags, “It’s A Mom’s World.” I keep asking them if that’s a rotational thing, like next quarter they’ll have “It’s A Dad’s World” to even it out…they just give me funny looks…
- mkfreeberg | 01/07/2011 @ 11:27There’s only way to get even, Morgan. Gratuitous semi naked and/or bikini pictures of women. I’ll patiently wait.
BTW, saw this yesterday and immediate thought of you, Morgan –
http://www.seraphicpress.com/archives/feminism/
- tim | 01/07/2011 @ 12:35