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Alyse — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:58:34 +0000

From the comments section at “The Discovery Channel and the Solutrean Hypothesis“

Solutrean hypothesis?

What’s far more credible is the “Soul Train hypothesis”, which posits the Americas were first settled by
ancient dancers capable of wielding the unique civilizational powers of funk. –Woods

Quote of the Day

Alyse — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:19:24 +0000

“Girls, playing any instrument is hard. But when it is attached by muscle and tissue to your body, like your voice is, there is no comparison to just how personal it is. Your instrument is your body. And being a part of this world, we all know that hardly anything is subject to more criticism than the female body. The whole thing: the feet, the hands, the face, and the mind. When you sing, you claim your body back. Everything goes out of your throat, over your tongue, and through your teeth, out into the world. Once it’s out there, you can’t take it back. It’s caught in the ears of others.” –Beth Ditto

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Alyse — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:28:58 +0000

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

- A.A.Milne (1882-1956)

Quote of the Day

Alyse — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:30:04 +0000

From A Gay Pride Parade for Bigots

“The final insult to oppressed people, is always to make them responsible for the venal stupidity of their oppressors. The bigots core refrain is never “I hate you,” but “Why are you making me hate you?” Left unsaid in all this is why, precisely, some guy in San Fran wearing a thong is so offensive. Instead it asks gay people everywhere to adjust. It’s not enough to be hated by the homophobe, now you must wash his laundry too.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Missing Women of Pixar

Alyse — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:19:45 +0000

So my friend Mary wrote on a similar subject a few months ago – and today I saw this post at the Post Game Show – All the Pixel Ladies:

“Lack of representation is a problem that a lot straight white men perhaps don’t understand. If you’re one of them, trust me when I say that, if you’re forever presented with a vision of the world that does not have you in it, where you can’t see any options or get any idea of where you might fit in, it does have an impact. And maybe if you’re, say, a redheaded guy, or a nerd, or a Canadian, and one day you see a hero up on screen who shares those qualities with you, then maybe you do understand the difference it can make, at least a little bit.”