Source: nearsightedowl.com via Bonnie on Pinterest
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~Stuff I pinned at my TIAW and Wisdom boards.
~I don’t have the fancy cable so I’ve never seen Girls, but last year Lena Dunham’s appearance in the Emmys opening sketch (where she appeared naked on a toilet eating cake) instantly won me over. While she doesn’t strike me at all as a fat woman, and I’m not even sure she’d be considered overweight, she is definitely not your average Hollywood-size actress. And I love that. I love that she’s on TV, and I love that she’s not ashamed of it, indeed, she flaunts her body as though she may be… comfortable in it? Lesley is one of my favorite writers over at XOJane and she’s written a great piece about Dunham and her impact on our culture. “In this case, we can’t stop talking about Dunham’s body explicitly because it is remarkable in its unremarkableness — Lena Dunham looks like what millions of women see in their mirrors every morning…”
~Paul Ryan is cosponsoring a bill that would give states the right to ban all abortions… and a lot of other upsetting things.
~Pretty epic Photoshop fail.
~This is kinda sorta related to women’s issues in that Tina Fey pwns some jerkstore (his actual own online name, but one which will become my new road rage curse name) with a crap ton of feminist snarkasm. It gave me a good giggle so I thought it was a nice way to end this week’s Awesome.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:06 pm
Love the article on Lena Dunham…and love Tina Fey’s response to jerkstore. Smart, awesome women.
January 18th, 2013 at 11:05 am
Every time the Republicans do something like this (that article about Paul Ryan), I kind of want to scream and hit something. They have such good ideas on some things and then the come out with shit like that. I mean, really? WHY? I don’t care if it’s your personal belief, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO FORCE IT ON OTHERS? A friend of mine posted something the other day that said, “Oh, we can’t pass gun laws because it treads on your liberty? Tell me more about how we must regulate marriage and vaginas.” I told my husband…I freaking hate it when they’re right, lol.