For everyone who says there are no male / female character pairs in popular culture that are truly platonic I have this to say to you:
The Doctor and Donna
That is all.
UNSEAT THE #1 PUBLIC ENEMY OF THE INTERNET: REPRESENTATIVE LAMAR SMITH
2012 ELECTIONS
Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX21) is bought and paid for in full by the entertainment industry and corporate interests. He no longer serves the constituency of voters who elected him to office 25 years ago. Instead, he has auctioned off his position as a representative of his community to the highest bidder.
Lamar - senile, stubborn, negative Lamar. In short, Lamar is the king of not giving a flying fuck about the concerns of his constituency - the 99% who depend on him to bring them fair and strong representation in the US Congress. Lamar has not represented his constituency while in Congress — he has MISREPRESENTED them.
Recently, Lamar put his full ignorance and unwillingness to understand modern society on public display when he SPONSORED the now-infamous Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Widely regarded as one of the most dangerous pieces of legislation that has been written and presented to Congress in recent history, SOPA touched on hot-button issues of censorship, scope of government power, and restricting the Internet. The bill, which would have severely threatened individual liberty and free enterprise both on and offline, was shelved after activists, non-profits, companies that saw its danger banded together in a now-famous Internet blackout.
SOPA, bought and paid for by corporate interests in the entertainment industry (much like Lamar himself), was an incredibly flawed piece of legislation that tried to curtail the Internet and citizens’ ability to enjoy an unrestricted, free Internet. Not only was SOPA poorly written and researched (which Lamar failed to realise or remedy before sponsoring the bill in Congress), but its authors also made no excuse about the fact that it infringed upon every citizen’s constitutional rights and curtailed the use and enjoyment of the Internet for all US citizens. All this in the name of saving the corporate entertainment industry a few dollars from the perceived, not-yet-proven, finical threat from piracy.
In the 2012 election season, Lamar (a long-time incumbent in the Texas 21st congressional district) faces a direct threat to his seat from the innovative and passionate Richard Morgan, an energetic young software engineer and activist who has stood up boldly to save the Texas 21st from additional misrepresentation by Lamar. Morgan seeks to restore voter faith in their local US Representative — he vows to stand on principle and demonstrate a full commitment to hearing and working for the concerns of his voters, not the corporate entertainment industry. You can donate to Morgan directly HERE and read a Q&A he did on Reddit HERE to get a better idea of his views.
The Internet has already joined together to erect an UNSEAT LAMAR billboard in Lamar’s Texas district. Monies have been raised, but more donations are needed to continue to fuel the opposition candidate, Mr. Morgan, as well as other efforts to show the voters in the Texas 21st just how much Lamar has sold them out to Hollywood. If you can donate your time, money or skills to helping unseat the Number 1 Threat to the Internet, Lamar Smith, please, see HERE for ideas on how you can help. This will take all of us to join together, but the Internet is nothing if not far-reaching and effective. We can do this. Let’s unseat Lamar in 2012.
Elections NOT auctions, Mr. Smith. You would do well to remember this.
“Comic-Con nerds will have multiple orgasms,” predicts critic David Edelstein in New York magazine, confirming something I had vaguely suspected about them. If he is correct, it’s time for desperately needed movies to re-educate nerds in the joys of sex.
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Roger Ebert, Re: The Avengers. With all respect sir, go fuck yourself. |
Wow… Re: Not Everything Is Sexual
Wow, I’m really amazed, seriously, at the level of civil discussion and discourse going on around my post from last night. Lot’s of people extrapolated this to male/female dynamics in pop culture, which I hoped people would do. Many people are talking deeper about friendship and love. I’m impressed.
Only two people have ignorantly called me a homophobe instead of understanding what my point was. I expected the moron level to be a lot higher. This gives me hope for humanity.
Thank you. Seriously.
Not every close-working male duo in pop culture needs to be banging.
I mention this because it feels like every-time I log into Tumblr I see a flood of posts of Sherlock and Watson, Tony and Steve, or Bruce and Dick recontexualized to imply sexual relationships.
Why do we need to immediately jump to the conclusion that any duo of strong male characters with close bonds have to be a couple?
Why does everything have to be sexualized?
It’s disappointing to me that we can’t accept or appreciate that life, friendship, and even love can be deeper than, and even unrelated to, sexual preference. By saying that it’s impossible for two men to be close friends, business partners, or just share a close bond, without being homosexual we’re basically creating the same kind of intolerance and lack of understanding that bred homophobia in the first place.
Love knows no sexual preference. Why does it matter who bangs who?
Can’t we just appreciate good characters, good stories, and love without turning it into something it’s not?
Apple not only responded to the New York Times on the (admittedly ridiculous) taxes story, but supplied it with a four-paragraph statement to be printed in full.
I love Tim Cook’s Apple.
This is pitch perfect from Cook and something I think Jobs wouldn’t have necessarily done.
While I think Apple should pay more taxes I do not fault them for taking advantage of these loopholes. I fault our broken government system that creates these scenarios. I’m glad these things are coming to light and people are getting angry about them because now maybe we’ll see change happen but “don’t hate the player, hate the game.”
Avengers Barbecue by Awkward Spaceship
Harry Caray (FujiFilm) on Flickr.
Shot on my Canon EOS Rebel G with expired Fujicolor Press 800 Film.
