Comments for The Old School Lunch

Comment on I forgot by admin

Wed, 14 May 2008 05:57:38 +0000

I think it’s so bad in tv/film today that it’s to the point where if i’m watching just about any scene and a man or a group of men are in a showdown situation with a woman or women, i’m automatically thinking in the back of my mind “he’s/they’re going to beat her or beat her and sexually assault (or) rape her.”

And I think when The Skeptics hear this, they’re not realizing the millions of scenes that most peoply don’t equate with the stereotypical jogger-and-rapist-in-the-bush rape or date rape. In Shoot ‘Em Up with Clive Owen, a male character at one point has a woman captive and he takes the hot tip of his gun and sexually molests/assaults her to get information.

Even one of my favorite movies, Dawn Of the Dead (yes, a zombie movie i’m not ashamed to admit) there’s a part (spoiler alert) where there’s a faceoff between two camps of survivors. 3 men vs. a group of men and women and the 3 men happen to have guns. As a woman and one of the gun wielding men start arguing, someone says “you’ve got quite a mouth on you” and what does one of gun wielders say next? You got it. “Someone should show her how to use it.”

Comment on I forgot by renee

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:48:40 +0000

You just described one of my pet peeves. It seems no matter what I watch or read - movies, tv, books, graphic novels, whatever - the implied or overt threat of rape is omnipresent. And like you said, it’s even in lighter fare and stuff intended for kids.
I’ve been watching the 2nd season of Heroes and there were like 3 or 4 attempted/threatened rapes in the first 3 episodes or something - all basically plot devices so the male heroes can rescue the women.
It was seriously upsetting to me. I can’t watch something like that without it coloring the whole rest of the show/movie etc. I can’t imagine how upsetting it would be for a rape survivor.
Arg. Ending this rant now before it gets out of hand!

Comment on Laundry Water by admin

Mon, 12 May 2008 06:50:57 +0000

Is that doesn’t receive payment, or substantial payment, unless I get some sort of windfall? That’s what i’m afraid of, unless I can find a lawyer who can do that, I think they’d throw up their million dollar firm on me. Though I do have a pretty good case against them..

Comment on Laundry Water by b

Mon, 12 May 2008 04:40:49 +0000

i had exceptional problems with my last landlord and am still working it out in court. my advise: find a tenant lawyer but, if possible, only one who works on contingency.

Comment on Magnum by admin

Tue, 06 May 2008 06:10:14 +0000

It was an absolute nightmare. But I hosed it down with antibacterial spray and then hosed it some more. Now I talked to management (who was told by maintenance that it wasn’t that bad of a leak) and they’re going to pay for a cleaning crew to come in and do the works on it. Something, I guess..

Comment on Magnum by renee

Sun, 04 May 2008 17:15:22 +0000

Oh gross, that’s horrible! I feel so bad for you - as if moving isn’t stressful enough. Here’s hoping the rest of the settling in process goes more smoothly!

Comment on The move by witchy-woo

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:00:21 +0000

Good luck!

Comment on Drop act, not clothes by admin

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:14:57 +0000

I can’t begin to imagine how much money it costs to buy all of those full page ad spaces in magazines and billboards. All that donated money and at the end of the day it looks like a black and white Maxim cover.

Comment on Drop act, not clothes by renee

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:57:32 +0000

You got it spot on: there’s nothing “controversial” about using women’s bodies to sell anything and everything. God, those PETA ads are awful.

Comment on Smart dad, smart choice by admin

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:20:16 +0000

Oh no doubt, the teamwork, physical fitness and camaraderie I imagine are just as intense as playing on a basketball or soccer team. And about 20 times more physically demanding than golf. But from what I know about cheerleading as a sport, as something that kids in high school and college do, it’s not exclusively the competitive “Bring It On” aspect of cheerleading, that is, doing routines, competing against other cheer squads but also doing that while cheering on the men’s (and women’s) teams at the football game, the basketball game. From what I was able to gather at my high school, the cheerleading squad only went to the most popular games which were football and basketball. They sometimes made nice cards with candy in them for team spirit for some of the other sports like soccer and tennis, but what I saw for the most part was women cheerleaders cheering on the men’s basketball and men’s football team.

There’s a great example right now in the thick of the NBA and NCAA post-season. In the NBA, it’s solely women cheerleaders. While the NCAA has a bit of a greater gender balance, I still mainly see scantily clad women doing cheer routines and some men thrown in there to do the other, I don’t know what it’s called, “moves” like hoisting folks up in the air, big old twists and the like in front of men’s teams. I haven’t seen a lot of women’s NCAA games (as they almost show zero on the free channels) but it’s hard to remember a time when they had cheerleaders cheering the Lady Vols or A&M’s women’s team.