Iowa to Parties: "We f*ckin hate you."
Having had 8 years of pork rind eatin’ masquerading as “real,” seems like some Americans are voting for the next level of real. Now the next step. How much are Obama and Huckabee frontin?
Entries tagged "politics"
Guide to Lesbian Wedding Etiquette
In honour of our December 29, 2007 legal wedding 1.0.
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My mother is obsessed with my wedding. She is obnoxious and annoying. What do I do?
Congratulations. This means you are finally being treated like everyone else. -
I always learned that the parents of the bride pay for the wedding. But there’s two brides?
Don’t feel guilty. This is the only time the income disparity between gay men and lesbians is reversed. -
Which one is the man?
If you have to ask, neither. -
What gift should we buy?
Something expensive. In America, if you buy them enough stuff, the marriage counts. -
How do we deal with our interfaith marriage ceremony?
Don’t worry about it. You’re already going to hell for being gay.
Thanksgiving with CIA dad.
Last night at JFK:
Me: Here for vacation?
She: Not really. Thanksgiving with my dad.
Me: Knowing look.
She: But we’re staying at a hotel.
Me: Great idea.
She: My dad still thinks the war in Iraq is a good idea.
Me: Is he one of the 20 people in the country who still think George Bush is doing a great job?
She: Yep. He’s super Republican. Was in the CIA.
Me: Look of realization. Oh he’s one of those “my dad beat me for my own good” kind.
She: Look of surprise. How did you know?
Me: It’s how the narrative works. Have you read Alice Miller?
She: No.
Me: It must have been really hard to grow up in that.
She: Sad look. It was.
This is the country’s politics in a nutshell. Did you know it was hard? (sad feelings/independent thought) or was it for your own good? (let’s head into Iran! Giuliani, here we come!)
Earnestness (audio podcast)
Heather mixes Lawrence Lessig, comedian Aundre the Wonderwoman, marketer Deb Schultz and the “audience” about Earnestness in Politics. Is it possible? What about earnestness at work, in the corporate environment?
Does Art Change Anything? (audio podcast)
Heather conversates and games with game designer Jane McGonigal, author Kirk Read, star beatboxer Kid Beyond and the whole room spurred by KB’s soul searching about his own work.
Looks like your typical chat show doesn’t it?
Scrambling with Scrabble, originally uploaded by subvert.com.
Give it a listen. (about 90 minutes)
Jews and East Indian Americans
My pal Tony tipped me about a recent NYT article entitled In Jews, Indian-Americans See a Role Model in Activism.
The article talks about Jewish influence in modelling community centres like the one where I developed my talk show, but then careens into politics and foreign policy. It says a lot about the New York Times, the author, perhaps the “mainstream” Jewish and East Indian American communities and certainly American culture and politics that the analysis of what brings people together and creates their advocacy is what they’re afraid of.
“The Hindu American Foundation is among those who contend that Jews and Hindus are natural allies because of the common threat Israel and India face from Islamic terrorists. “
Forget external enemies. Jews and East Indian Americans are natural allies because of their neurotic, anxious parents.
Dear Governor Schwarzennegger
I wrote you last year to ask you to sign the genter-neutral marriage bill. I am writing again to ask the same thing. I hope I do not have to keep writing you.
I am a gay Californian and registered independent. I am marrying my fiancee in San Francisco next June. Unfortunately we have to have a second wedding in Canada so that we can be legally married. My fiancee and I (and the many other same-sex couples in California) deserve equality and the many legal rights that come with legal marriage, or unions or whatver it is you or the people in your focus groups feel comfortable calling it.
Given that this legislation keeps passing the California legislature, it is obviously the will of the people of California. The only thing I ca see you gaining from vetoing it is help within certain parts of the Republican party in the rest of the country.
Please have some courage and do the right thing. Gay marriage in California is inevitable. Signing this bill now would make history and be an act of true leadership. You were elected by promising not to just be another politician. Please prove it. Take a stand for equality and sign this bill.
Respectfully,
Heather Gold
San Francisco, CA
Yes, this is really the letter I sent.
Please write him too. The bill is Gender Neutral marriage AB000043.
How did you prepare for your wedding?
