Happy Holidays!!!

Happy Holidays, everyone! Eat tons of food and have tons of fun! : )

Riot Grrrl!

It's been a while since I last updated this blog. However, that's going to change. School was just really driving me crazy this past month or so. Anyways, I wrote one of my final papers on the history of riot grrrl. I decided that I would repost the manifesto on this blog because I love it soooooo much!

The Riot Grrrl Manifesto

"Riot grrrl is…

BECAUSE us girls crave records and books and fanzines that speak to US, that WE feel
included in and can understand in our own ways

BECAUSE viewing our work as being connected to our girlfriends-politics-real lives is
essential if we are gonna figure out how what we are doing impacts, reflects, perpetuates,
or DISRUPTS the status quo

BECAUSE we don’t want to assimilate to someone else’s (Boy) standards of what is or
isn’t ‘good’ music or punk rock or ‘good’ writing AND THUS need to create forums
where we can recreate, destroy, and define our own visions

BECAUSE we know that life is much more than physical survival and are patently aware
that the punk rock “you can do anything” idea is crucial to the coming angry grrrl rock
revolution which seeks to save the psychic and cultural lives of girls and women
everywhere, according to their own terms, not ours

BECAUSE doing/reading/seeing/hearing cool things that validate and challenge us can
help us gain the strength and sense of community that we need in order to figure out how
bullshit like racism, able-bodism, ageism, speciesism, classism, thinism, sexism, anti-
Semitism and heterosexism figures in our own lives

BECAUSE we are angry at a society that tells us Girl=Dumb, Girl=Bad, Girl=Weak

BECAUSE I believe with my holeheartmindbody that girls constitute a revolutionarysoul force that can, and will, change the world for real"


I can't help but love that.......

only 2 days until the election!

OBAMA '08!!!

: )

John McCain....wow! i'm speechless!

At this past debate, McCain came out and ranted like an angry elderly person with alzheimer's! lol! Obama did all he could to not just erupt in laughter I'm sure. But what I want to discuss is McCain's answer to the abortion question. He said that the idea that the mother's life could ever be in danger is an excuse. REALLY?!?!?!? Well, Mr. McCain....why don't you look up the number of pregnancy related deaths that occur each year in this nation and try to make that statement. But my main issue is I don't want John McCain telling me what I can and can't do with my body when his running mate's daughter is knocked up and we all know that her life will pretty much be shitty since she's marrying a self-proclaimed redneck who recently dropped out of high school. I'm so over politicians attempting to legislate what women should or shouldn't do with their bodies. Excuse me for thinking that paying taxes should guarantee me autonomy in matters concerning my right to reproduce!

On the other hand, Obama's answer to the abortion question was great. He acknowledged that women should be trusted to know what is best for them. This my friends is one of the many reasons I'm voting for Obama! : )

Why?!!?!?!?!?

I stumbled across this American Apparel ad, and it is very unsettling to me!



Now, is that really necessary to sell clothing? Point being, it's clothing. It's supposed to COVER your body, not expose it. Sometimes, the fashion industry shocks me beyond belief.

Elizabeth Hasselbeck is probably the most annoying woman on daytime TV!

Anyone agree with me??

Sarah Palin becoming VP will ruin America! Oh, it's true!

After watching the VP debates, I decided to list the reasons Sarah Palin will make a horrible VP:

1. She constantly says "I don't understand the Washington D.C. speak." Well, okay...that's fine! But let me tell you what I would do if I didn't understand the language and vocabulary of those in Congress when I am saying I could lead...I WOULD LEARN IT, OR I WOULD GO THE HELL HOME! She seems to not care. She just wants to get a crash course in foreign policy so she can hopefully be VP. That's not the proper attitude to have. She needs to be passionate about learning these things on her own as well. After those Katie Couric interviews, we all know she isn't interested in doing that.

2. She is a power hungry ice queen. Yes, I said ice queen. She doesn't believe her role as VP is secondary! WHAT??!?!?! This government is built on checks and balances! She cannot just ride to the White House in her snowmobile and say, "Ya know, I'm going to run this!"....wow!

3. She doesn't know any Supreme Court cases other than Roe v. Wade.! If she were to ever be president (God willing she WILL NOT be), she would have the power to appoint justices to the Court but she has no idea what the hell the Court has ruled on!!! THAT IS INSANE!

4. I think she is the wrong representation of the American dream. She is the reason I believe parents should be honest with their children and tell them their limitations. I'm sure her parents told her she could be whatever she wanted, but she can't! She is not qualified to even be a state representative. When she decided to be McCain's running mate, someone should have taken her aside and said, "Sarah, what the hell are you doing? You don't even read!" My mother always told me do what you're good at but make sure you love at. The key phrase is "good at"....SHE WILL NOT BE GOOD AT BEING A VP!!

5. SHE MOCKS EDUCATED PEOPLE! She is constantly saying that the "elite" Harvard grads just don't understand the issues like she does. Umm, yeah they do! The question is if she truly understands the issues. Going to an Ivy League school is not wrong. Going to college period is great. By mocking the "elite," she's really saying "Ya know, I don't look at facts and all those books...I go with my gut!" NOW WHERE HAVE WE HEARD THAT BEFORE??.....GEORGE W. BUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!

6. She has a degree in journalism, but doesn't read periodicals. Enough said.

7. She called the Taliban the "Talibani" tonight. Last I checked, the Taliban was not an Italian group. C'mon, Sarah! That's just like saying "internets"!

8. She is too much like George W. Bush. She wants to ride into Washington on a moose and shake things up. That is so scary because she claims to represent the regular people but I'm a regular person and she does not represent me. For one thing, I know what the Bush doctrine is. Second, I have never seen a moose up close in my life! She's not the average American. She's an American from the outskirts of the country. People need to own up to that fact.

9. These debates proved nothing to me! What we saw tonight was the result of intense cramming. What we saw in her interviews was the real Palin. The real Palin is the one we would more than likely see if she were to become VP.

10. She calls herself a maverick! NO!!!!!!!!! Mavericks don't let people tell them when to speak, and they don't allow people to shield them from the media! Sarah, pick a new word to describe yourself...like....JOKE!

Simply put, Sarah Palin is out of her league just as many suspected.