Alas, this is one of those days when the writing is like molasses………..I have a couple of irons in the fire, chief among them my take on the Psychology Today “Black Women are Statistically Fugly” brouhaha. Funny that the topic busts onto the scene as I was drafting a piece about what the “standard” of beauty is and what perhaps it should be, a bit that was inspired when I read about the death of Mia Amber Davis, whom you might remember as the very large black sorority girl DJ Qualls’ character loses his virginity to in the film Road Trip. She slimmed down a bit after that movie and had a successful career as a plus-sized model – and she was GORGEOUS.
I’m sure there are many out there who will disagree with me on that – some because of her weight, some because of her race, some because she’s just “not their cup of tea” – and that’s their prerogative ……..but it makes me curious - where people get their standards from, how those standards are subject to change and influence from the media and society in general, and where my own ideas of beauty/handsomeness come from and how they’ve changed over the years. Who are your own personal picks that people find odd?
Here are a few of mine:
- George Takei (then AND now) :)
- Kathy Najimy
- Hillary Swank
- Camryn Manheim
- Kevin James
- Forrest Whitaker
- Laurence Fishburne
- Tommy Lee Jones
Anyhoo…………until my posts come together and because I am not a plagiarizing Tremendous Fucking Cock-Juggling Thundercunt™© , here are some linkys to things that have caught my eye today :
And Speaking of Cars – *UPDATED
Fundamental Misogynists..they might hold different prayer books, but they all play for the same team
Huckabee Advisor: Obama is A Soviet Spy
Where Is My Mind: The Sunday Night Wrangle With Joan Walsh
ENJOY!
Who's awesome? SULU'S AWESOME!!!!!!
That’s very sad to hear she died. She was a lovely woman, as all black women are.
I couldn’t believe that article when I saw it yesterday. My first reaction was “Where are the fucking editors!?” Who the hell gave the OK for that trash to be published on their website? Just appalling.
On a lighter note, I found you on Twitter!
I first read about her death on HuffPo, and the comments were just hideous.:(
She was a beauty, and only 36 …….
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/w0012426.html
Aren’t you just thrilled you found my fascinating and prolific Twitter feed? Noodles, but I suck at that ….140 characters is not my forte right now, and I don’t have the time or the inclination to hone it currently. I have learned a valuable lesson from watching Sarah Palin - if you don’t know what the hell you’re doing,stay the fuck off of it!!!!!!!!! Maybe over the summer I’ll delve more deeply into the Twitterverse……….
Wow, so sorry to hear. Was in my own world yesterday, furiously catching up on cleaning the house so I could de-cobweb my brain.
I’m speechless – hadn’t heard about the brouhaha either. Every time I think I can’t believe someone did/said ..fill in the blanks, someone says/does whatever it is. Don’t get me started! Damn, I need a vacation from all the silliness and downright stupidity.
And THEN I saw the one about Obama a Soviet spy and — I can’t even read that shit. We’ve passed the 15 minutes of fame phase. What is it — did these people not go to school??? Why are they so f*cking dumb?
Oh, SNAP!!!!!
I have been googly-woogling all day trying to find an actual coppy of that article, because Psychology Today removed it from their site and the cached versions some blogs linked to were pulled, too……Angry Black Lady is on the ball! Not only has she written a great post, but she found someone who had a saved copy of the article to link to!!!
http://www.angryblacklady.com/2011/05/17/studies-show-that-black-women-are-ugly-and-dumb/
http://www.quora.com/Attractiveness-Attractive-People/What-makes-Why-Are-Black-Women-Less-Physically-Attractive-Than-Other-Women-unscientific
Yeah, I almost forgot about that….not only are we fugly, but we’re STUPID, too.
Not for nothing, but I can’t help but notice that the author of the article is an Asian man…….and isn’t there a widely held belief that Asains are inherently prejudiced against black people? That’s not my personal experience, but I’ve heard stories…… kind of a strange coincidence, don’t ya think?
The plot and the blog post thickens.
and the photo of that frickin’ dog ABL used is just crackin’ me up something fierce.
Thanks for the links — well they’ve lost all credibility with me, that’s for sure!
Yeah, I won’t be looking to Mr. Kanazawa or Psychology Today for any advice, that’s for sure.
I’d be better off asking a Klansman for help.
He appears to hate all women, just different groups for different evo psycho reasons.
Echidne has been administering a smackdown on each and every one of his bizarre misogynist pieces. This is the first one they have ever taken down.
Crackpots like this Kanazawa douche are what make Scientologists seem a little less crazy.
I looked at ABL too. Also Googled and followed all the links that mentioned the article. I’m MAD, RESIGNED, PISSED, ANGRY, feel LIKE I WANNA SLAP SOMEBODY, PISSED, oh right, I said that already. FRUSTRATED, like I wanna punch a wall. It is FUCKING 2011, when are they going to stop this CRAZINESS!
I don’t give a shit when anyone says I’m ugly — research/statistics notwithstanding, I LOVE my ugliness – but that PT pulled the article makes me see red. I’m mad. Didn’t someone in PT not think? Are we so easily picked on? Disrespected? Didn’t they think?
It’s like your guy who plagiarized you. Where’s the accountability? Where does the buck stop? Whose head’s gonna roll? How do we FIGHT back?
Kanazawa is Japanese. Japanese are known to be xenophobic.
I’m sorry. It’s not like he’s a looker.
But I really want to SLAP him back to Japan.
Marcia
Marcia, everything I have come across on this guy points to him being a total asshole with some deep-seated racial issues that he’s trying to hide behind “science” that a whole lot of people in his professional community debunk in a matter of minutes. Why PT continues to give him a platform is beyond me. Loved what this blogger has to say about Kanazawa and his “research”:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/05/i_guess_even_psychology_today.php
and here’s one from 3 years ago:
http://ionian-enchantment.blogspot.com/2008/03/crazy-kanazawa.html
As one of ABL’s commenters pointed out, this man enthusiastically said the following in the aftermath of 9/11:“Imagine that, on September 11, 2001, when the Twin Towers came down, the President of the United States was not George W. Bush, but Ann Coulter. What would have happened then? On September 12, President Coulter would have ordered the US military forces to drop 35 nuclear bombs throughout the Middle East, killing all of our actual and potential enemy combatants, and their wives and children.”
I get that he doesn’t represent all of evolutionary psychology or PT , but it is pretty obvious from the amount of posts on the site from other practicioners calling him out for this and a lot of his other questionable research, PT should do themselves a favor and stop using him as an expert.
Dude’s crazy.
Sadly Science can be bought. Look at how Big Oil does it and I could name a hundred products we use every day that pay colleges to do ‘studies’ for them and then publish them.
I know colleges need money, but christ..isn’t there a better more honest way to make it?
I can’t believe FSU allowed themselves to be bought by the Koch brothers.
Sadly, science and academia are sometimes only as good as the money that pays for them.
Blech.
And by the way,,,,anyone who tells you you are ugly needs a bitch-slap and a brain exam.
You are lovely, Marcia…..simply beautiful.
Tremendous Fucking Cock-Juggling Thundercunt™© You m’dear must stay up at night thinking of these great lines…or you are one of the most intelligent, hysterically funny women in this universe. Lets do a comedy tour, I of course will be your manager.
I can’t take credit for “cock juggling thundercunt”, although I do take credit for tacking “tremendous fucking” on to the begining
The credit for “cock juggling thundercunt” belongs to Ryan Reynolds and his wicked improv skills in Blade:Trinity
Thundercunt-y goodness begins @ 4:18
And Ryan Reynolds……he’s on my bucket list
My Bucket List is quite short:
Go to Paris before I die.
Fuck Brad Pitt’s brains out and then watch him tell Angela how great I was.
Own a Major League Baseball team
Become President of the US. (this one won’t happen..that little pot thang in San Diego 20 years ago. No arrest but a ticket.)