You all have been awesome this week, and have been emailing all kinds of fantastic links. I want to write a post about all of them, but law school calls, so I’m putting them here, round-up style. Check ’em all out:
1. Sony makes the first sexist TV. Or, excuse me, “The first television for men and women.” Why do women like it (question written in pink)? Because it has a wide screen, so you can re-arrange the living room and put your couch anywhere! Because it adjusts the light conditions for when you trick your significant other into watching a romantic film! Because it’s pretty! And why do men like it (question written in blue)? Because the picture quality makes watching football and car chases more exciting! Because the wide viewing angle means you can sit anywhere in the living room to watch (after your wife rearranges the furniture)! Because it looks totally killer!
Ugh. Thanks to Josh for the link.
2. A map of women who have changed the world. Add a woman who has mattered to you.
To add a woman to the map:
– go to the map using the map url above
– register to add places to the map
– click on “Add Places to this map” right under the map, NOT “add a
Place” at the top of the page.
– find your location by putting an address or just a city and state
into the text box or by clicking on the map in the right spot.
– Click “next”
– Enter some information about the woman
– click submit
Here’s an example entry. Thanks to Tracy for the link.
3. Rednecks *heart* gay cowboys. Andrew Sullivan writes:
The past two decades have seen a huge shift in how homosexual people are viewed in the West. Where once they were identified entirely by sex, now more and more recognise that the central homosexual experience is the central heterosexual experience: love — maddening, humiliating, sustaining love.
It’s true that more and more recognize this — but a lot of folks in those red states still don’t. I’m optimistic, but Andy’s glasses are a little more rose-colored than mine. Via a nut.
4. Have kids with your partner, but you aren’t married? Sorry, you aren’t a family.
Black Jack isn’t the only city with an ordinance defining what kind of family can live within its limits. Most municipalities in the St. Louis area have similar, if not identical, rules.
Black Jack’s ordinance applies to unmarried couples with children. Under the law, a home cannot be inhabited by three or more individuals not related by “blood, marriage or adoption.”
The ordinance recently has come under scrutiny because of Olivia Shelltrack and Fondray Loving. The couple purchased a five-bedroom, three-bath house in Black Jack and moved into the home last month with their three children.
But the couple was denied an occupancy permit because their household failed to meet the city’s definition of family.
Lovely. Thanks to j0 for the link.
And finally there’s this image:
It’s part of an abstinence-only campaign. If the print is too small, it says, “Want to tell your dad you’re pregnant? Abstinence ’till marriage.” Thanks to Andrew for this one.
There’s all kinds of crazy stuff out there on the internets. Thanks to all of you who have been sending me these links.