According to one school of thought, pornography participates in the enforcement of traditional male-female power relationships. By representing women as passive agents who exist for no other purpose than to satisfy male sexual urges, women are reduced to their most basic physiological function. Thus, not only is the rule of the man over the woman naturalized by representing the sexual act (in which women are invariably passive) as both the reason and justification for patriarchal domination, but the value of women does not extend beyond the value of their sexual function.

Ah. Well that settles that then.

The article also has several revelations about porn, such as:

Not only are these women thin, but they have enormous breasts.

Interesting stuff.

Hey, while we're on the subject... look at this girls boobies!
[posted by gavin on Thursday, November 29, 2001 | link this | talk]

It's all done gone lookin' a-different!
So I updated the look of Pixilated. Gone, finally, are the WTC twin towers, which looked rather out of place given their new found non-existence. Tell me if you like, dislike, or are sexually aroused by the new design. For comparisons sake, here's the old design.
[posted by gavin on Friday, November 23, 2001 | link this | talk]

My ass
I was talking on the phone with an old buddy of mine for about 5 hours straight, and now my ass has created a permanent groove for itself in the chair. If my butt didn't hurt so much, this would be the most comfortable chair in the house.
[posted by gavin on Friday, November 23, 2001 | link this | talk]

Curse you, Bill Gates
I remember seeing a general interest story on the news several years ago about a kid who was working in computer store. The reporter acted like it was amazing that someone his age could know so much about computers that they'd actually be selling them too.

This pissed me off slightly, because, at that same time, I was also working in a computer store, but no news reporters were talking to me. I guess difference was,.. I really didn't know what I was doing and was awful at my job. Whereas the kid look relatively competent and even claimed to be the next Bill Gates.

I’m really not very good with computers. I mean, I know how they work; I even used to be a Computer Science major at school. But as soon as I sit down in front of one, it just refuses to do what I want. It’s like trying to get a cat to look at itself in the mirror.

I just spent the last 18 hours fighting with my computer to fix one tiny little mistake I made whilst trying to make it go faster. And now it’s fixed, it’s just as slow as it ever was.

I know he didn’t program Windows by himself, but dammit, Bill Gates owes me 18 hours of my life back.
[posted by gavin on Sunday, November 18, 2001 | link this | talk]

Ouch
I'm in a Drama Improv class at the moment, and today I did a performance project. It was going fine up until the point where, as a sign of defiance, I was supposed to reach down and grab my testicles.

Unfortunately, I was a little too into the action of the show, and I hit myself in the nuts pretty hard. I managed to finish the rest of the play, but after it was done I went to the bathroom and wept uncontrollably.

Ow. Acting hurts my genitals.
[posted by gavin on Thursday, November 15, 2001 | link this | talk]

So very long
Looking for the girl with the worlds longest tongue? Well, here she is: Annika Irmler from Germany has gotten into Guinness with her slightly disturbing 7 centimetres-long tongue. The downside: she's only 12. The upside: she could use it to pick locks.
Random Quote: "I'm just proud that now people everywhere can read about me and my tongue"
[posted by gavin on Friday, November 09, 2001 | link this | talk]

What a terrible waste of beer. And life.
An employee at Coors accidentally flushed 77,500 gallons of beer into a creek where it then proceeded to kill countless thousands of fish. On the plus side, these could be some of the tastiest fish ever.
[posted by gavin on Tuesday, November 06, 2001 | link this | talk]

Celebrities XXXposed... *not really*
What do Hollywood’s brightest stars look like without their makeup on? Well take a look here and see for yourself. (found via the Daily Vex).

Oh, and just a side note.. that photo of Michael Jackson without his makeup on... me cry a little.
[posted by gavin on Thursday, November 01, 2001 | link this | talk]

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