Could have been worse; it might have been your Dad. Anyway:
Time for some nice stuff to look at:
Get that smile working (I know, it’s hard) and get on with it.
Author: Kim du Toit
Classic Beauty: Hayley Mills
One of the several ingenue actresses of the era, Hayley Mills was always too much the “girl next door”, despite having all the attributes, because everyone around her nurtured and maintained the image (like they did with Julie Andrews) — and not the least because her father wouldn’t let her play the title role in Lolita.
That’s not to say she wasn’t beautiful, both as a young girl and then a teenager.
And in color:
And surprise surprise, she turned out to be a gorgeous older woman, too.
That was her in her sixties, and not in the Sixties.
Lovely.
In Flanders Fields
Requiem
There are two groups of people in the world: those who think Mozart’s Requiem in D minor is the greatest requiem ever written, and those who think that Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem deserves the accolade.
No prizes for guessing which camp I fall into.
Well, Here We Are
Seems as though the horrible Washington Post has had to pull a cartoon for being, and I quote, “grossly mischaracterizing” and “blatantly mocking the crisis in the Middle East”. Also, “The caricatures employ racial stereotypes that were offensive and disturbing. Depicting Arabs with exaggerated features and portraying women in derogatory, stereotypical roles perpetuates racism and gender bias, which is wholly unacceptable.”
So what’s all the fuss about? If the Post can’t publish it, I sure as hell can:
So if Ramirez had made the spokesman look like Owen Wilson and the cowering woman was wearing a bikini, then everything would be okay?
And the terrorists do exactly what the cartoon shows: hide behind women and children, then scream bloody murder when the women and children are harmed.
Feel free to explain to me exactly what is inaccurate in the above.
Oh and by the way, for those who are Perpetually Indignant, cartoons are supposed to shock and surprise people.
And fuck you.
Gettin’ Serious
A leading indicator that some serious work will be needing done is heralded by stuff like this:
The U.S. Army on Monday released a recruitment ad that critics argue is a sure sign the military is gearing up for war.
There are no signs of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the 30-second spot, which features white males jumping out of a plane.
Yup: when it comes time to make war in earnest, ain’t nothin’ like a bunch of White men to get the job done.
And for those People Of Color who won’t respond to the ads because “there ain’t no Black men in the picture”: by all means, stay the fuck away and let the professionals do the work.
When there’s hard work to be done, there’s no time for “feelings” or “representation”. As the Army seems to have realized.