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by Maria on March 1, 2013

Wanna take a FREE class on gender in comics? Trader Joe’s exec wants to sell expired food. Really bewildered by Hemmens’ review. The only books I’ve read where there’s been a “moonlight glistening on the buttocks” moment were written by men. Like, there’s definitely a moment near the end of Lisey’s Story where she’s just, you know, conquered an assassin, saved her sister, AND IS BLEEDING, [...]

Who DOESN’T like onesies?? I looooove this Kindle commercial. This pretty much describes my professional life.

On thigh gaps and thinspo. One of the best follow ups to a TED talk. SAY NO TO SUPERMAN. Diocese says: No girls allowed!! I pretty much agree with all of this, and share the Sansa love. Sports Illustrated is all about boobies and low self esteem. Y’all, the LoGI email is BACK in BUSINESS. For this week, we have submissions from: Alex, who writes: [...]

A Thursday Interruption: Meow!

by Maria on February 21, 2013

What a smart cat! What are your favorite crafts? I really, really enjoy making body products.

Daniel Craig: Bringing (attentive, sensuous) sexy back. Add me to the list of people who don’t want to have sex with you. To the right, you’ll see a letter to the editor written by Desmond Tutu about the US’ policy regarding drones and American citizens. Jaymee has some wisdom to drop. I think this opinion piece on “ladies” misses the racialized history of the word. [...]

Here’s a little history of Latinidad in NOLA. Here’s a short history of the Mardi Gras Indians. This older version is pretty fun as well! The Jackamo lines have been translated in a couple different ways; my favorite is the West African translation here.

Once again, I’m Maria, here to fill your monitors with adorableness in advance of your busy, grown up weekend. The thing I like about this particular bit of choreography is that even though there’s only one girl, she’s doing the “girl role” of sexy lady, AND the part where they do a bit of twosie dancework, all the other little boys pair off with one [...]