Posts by sally jones
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Cracker: Dig This!, in reply to Russell Brown,
I think it’d be LSD rather than ecstasy you’d want for that.
Ah Russell, you show off your superior expertise once again!
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Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to BenWilson,
Nowadays beards on young men seem to convey “mean” or “green”.
Nice. Probably more green than mean. Though Wolf from OF now 'sports' one so who knows.
I’m more offended by shit like this – the Mad Men ladies
Graig, I was just preparing a post on this very thing. I'm particularly offended by Joan's fuck-me pout (can I say that?). In my book Joan is 'of Arc', not MM. The gender split is irksome too. There's a bit of girl power, but overall it seems objectifying, My 15-year-old says 'the slut thing" is standard for RS mag these days. Great! :(
OTOH, inside this edition there's a not-so-bad article on Chelsea Handler: "Dirty Slutty Funny". There's that word again - slut. There's a bit of Craig's 'invitation to take a cervical smear' in the main image of Handler - breathing fire! - and the shoes, let's just say, look uncomfortable, but otherwise there's something striking and non-degrading about the image. Better than the GO shots, IMHO. Though plenty photo-shopping gone on.
Not sure if it furthers the debate about sluttiness at all. Handler could be said to use the concept, and possibly the practice (?), to her benefit. -
.And as to being old, that year is attached to my very being. Or my being at all.
Ah! 2 years my junior. I'm the year of the devil.
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Richard Brautigan, In Watermelon Sugar.
1968? You should never presume I am that well read (or that old). I love the idea of different coloured suns and watermelons. I reckon it would be some kind of ecstasy to eat green or blue or golden watermelon.
My house is 'coloured'. Multi-coloured. Colour is cool. -
Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to BenWilson,
Nor is massive sprouts of pubic hair, despite the obvious symbolism of it.
The subject of my next guest post. HDYK?
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Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
I’ve never seen growing a beard as in any way relating to sexual signs or growing up. I can’t really seem to think of beards as sexy in any way.
With all due respect, rubbish Kyle! So you're a bloke, why would you? Unless you're gay, then I couldn't possibly comment. But I will - I used to be a ballet dancer. Once Was Dancer. I know at least one gay guy who comes close to detesting male body hair.
But what I can say with greater authority is that it's different for those of us of the female persuasion, well some of us, at any rate. Body hair is not a requirement, it's more like a bonus. At the same time I appreciate a perfectly shaved and flawless male celebrity torso as much as the next girl/woman/gay man (sorry for lumping together). At least, I think I can. It's always hard to measure the intensity of other people's feelings.
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Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to BenWilson,
Then most of the men in this country return to boyhood every day!
Well perhaps most, just. I know many bearded men. My husband wore a beard for several years. Not any more, but once. I am betting my son will too one day. With that much hair, shaving must get particularly tedious. Goes without saying really.
And don't forget the pimples. A shaved boy of 17 is quite distinctively still a boy and not yet a man. But bearded he may achieve this deception.I seem to remember McDonalds had a no-beards, and even no-sideburns rule when I worked there.
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Cracker: Dig This!, in reply to recordari,
Sugar?
Rich yard, brought a gin. Tonic?Sorry? I clearly need to get more sleep.
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Up Front: That's Inappropriate!, in reply to BenWilson,
The teasing about shaving is mostly in reverse, if you refuse to shave it’s because you refuse to accept that you’re growing up. If you don’t need to shave it’s because you haven’t gone through puberty
Ben: Well, yes and no. Growing a beard is surely, if anything, a symbol of the achievement of manhood, shave it off and you return to boyhood (plus pimples). My son would actually have a pretty full beard if he didn't shave for a week. He would look much older and - dare I say it - more manly, with a full beard, so restrictions on growing one seem to me like some kind of denial and thwarting of the growing up process, too.
But then again, what would I know about facial hair and its symbolic ramifications?
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Cracker: Dig This!, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
If you added cans of coke I’d say the worms were actually year three computer science students.
Funny.
Any tips for watermelon?