Fair and balanced is a registered trademark
Hey, Atrios started it. And then all the cool kids started jumping in (including Laura and Michelle), so, um, yeah.
Further details and suchlike at AlFrankenWeb.com: A Fair and Balanced Fan Page. Hope the similarities in our site names don't cause confusion in the marketplace. I'd hate to have to take legal action against those kids. . .
Randomly, because that's the sort of day/week/year it's been:
- Dominatrix Waitrix:
Combining narrative, sci-fi, sadomasochism, and musical elements is an ideal forum for questioning power dynamics in the service industry and among lovers. These relationships are complex – sometimes frustrating, sometimes hot. The musical numbers are the repetitive texts and movements of restaurant servers. The science fiction space station is a video patch bay, connecting satellite surveillance cameras in restaurant bathroom stalls. The narrative asks the ultimate question of, not, “will she be rescued?” or “will they fall in love?” but rather, “who will top whom?”
- The Drag King Anthology:
This unique book dispels the myth that drag kings are simply “women doing drag,” presenting entertaining and enlightening essays that address gender, sexuality, and feminism. Using prose, poetry, and photographs, an eclectic mix of scholars, performers, and fans offer cultural and political insights on the international growth and development of drag king troupes and communities.
- LISTENER: A book for the Internet in sixty entries -- thanks to Jason for pointing me to that one. No quotes. It's Warren Ellis. This should be all you need to know.
Went to an art opening with me sis and Pamela Friday night. We ended up at the Heartland Cafe, as all good people should, and the two of them started brainstorming about a lesbian dating service.
Rather than figuring I had nothing worthwhile to contribute to the conversation and shutting the hell up, I carelessly suggested a name.
Which was immediately accepted.
There's possibly a moral here, but I'm steadfastly refusing to consider any.
I'm not as evil as I could be, you know.
I could have linked the words "me sis and Pamela" to photos from the Dominatrix Waitrix benefit, which I'd declined to attend with 'em a few weeks back.
Or I could have linked directly to the photo of them.
But I'm not that evil.
I'm Fair and Balanced.
Says so right in the title.
Comments
guess I should note that I'm also a fair and balanced negro.
Posted by: Jason | August 13, 2003 3:03 PM
My All Facts and Opinions is now "fair and balanced," as well. There are so many "fair and balanced" sites on the web now that the court system is sure to become overloaded soon. Hee hee hee... Take that, Faux News.
Posted by: Natalie Davis | August 13, 2003 7:16 PM
Jason, you've always been a fair and balanced Negro. And have a prettier site to boot. I really should take Michelle up on her offer to redesign this thing.
Well, design, period.
Natalie, I've been annoyed with Murdoch ever since he took over the Chicago Sun-Times. The paper still hasn't recovered, if you ask me. Which no one has, but I just thought I'd toss that out anyway.
Posted by: Aaron | August 16, 2003 9:33 PM