Harry Potter is the most recognizable fictional character in our world – the boy with the lightning scar and glasses. Despite a clear description by Rowling, we seem to imagine him to be attractive – very attractive. Devastation and dissatisfaction filled us when Daniel Radcliffe took the role with his unsightly face. Suddenly, the disappointment we felt, when the letter from Hogwarts didn’t come, vanished.
In the face of this letdown of Radcliffe being casted and the peril of Radcliffe’s face itself, we watched Philosopher’s Stone… and Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire and Order of Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince. We could no longer picture that impossibly gorgeous face we thought Harry Potter had. Instead, we could only picture Radcliffe - but over a long period of time, we accepted him with great voluminous reluctance.
Does this mean we will stop criticizing actors purely on their looks? Maybe. Does this mean we will stop being so shallow? Maybe. Does this mean we will stop checking out Taylor Lautner’s* undeniable 8-pack? Hell no.
*actor who plays Jacob Black in the Twilight series
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Animals
Since the dawn of humankind, we have been curious about animals. Therefore, with the number of hormonal teenagers in the world right now, it’s not surprising that the first couple of hundred results on Google are on the sex habits of animals:
Squids have sex all day long only pausing to deposit eggs. This hasn’t been achieved by anyone yet but there are people such as Usher who aim to accomplish this feat meaning they’re going to ‘give it to you non-stop.’ (Love in This Club - Usher) Yeah right.
An animal called the ‘Histiostoma murchiei’ lays eggs without needing to be fertilized - and then she has sex with her sons. People sitting behind the computers thinking ‘Eww...’, stop. I can tell you with confidence that the word, ‘incest’ was made before the discovery of this animal. If it makes the world seem any better, the sons die soon after sex.
Sex has been talked about for centuries. It is often featured prominently in popular films and songs. There is a sex industry that is legal and illegal. Our habits, at least our sex habits, are so similar to other animals - does it make you wonder if there is something about sex that we haven’t yet known about?
As a teenager myself who has two friends (whose first names both start with 'C') who can’t resist talking about sex when words such as 'hard', 'up' and 'rock' come up in innocent conversations, I find it shocking that there may be something about sex I don't know about.
Squids have sex all day long only pausing to deposit eggs. This hasn’t been achieved by anyone yet but there are people such as Usher who aim to accomplish this feat meaning they’re going to ‘give it to you non-stop.’ (Love in This Club - Usher) Yeah right.
An animal called the ‘Histiostoma murchiei’ lays eggs without needing to be fertilized - and then she has sex with her sons. People sitting behind the computers thinking ‘Eww...’, stop. I can tell you with confidence that the word, ‘incest’ was made before the discovery of this animal. If it makes the world seem any better, the sons die soon after sex.
Sex has been talked about for centuries. It is often featured prominently in popular films and songs. There is a sex industry that is legal and illegal. Our habits, at least our sex habits, are so similar to other animals - does it make you wonder if there is something about sex that we haven’t yet known about?
As a teenager myself who has two friends (whose first names both start with 'C') who can’t resist talking about sex when words such as 'hard', 'up' and 'rock' come up in innocent conversations, I find it shocking that there may be something about sex I don't know about.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Bralessness
Bralessness is a foreign dimension. Women have nightmares about having no support. Long gone are the days when women burnt/stopped wearing their bras against the oppression of women. Germaine Greer once stated that ‘Bras are a ludicrous invention.’ Those women (and the occasional man) reading this post might be looking down at their bras thinking, ‘But this is God’s greatest creation!’ I agree.
Although Greer strives for the equality of women in society, I cannot completely agree with her reasoning and methods. Equality for women and men cannot be achieved completely but we can get as close as possible to it. If you haven’t noticed, men and women have different body parts. Unless we are seeking to become hermaphrodites in the next decade, we will always be different physically and there are different needs for different body parts.
Bras support breasts and slow down the process of sagging. Thus, connotations of bralessness often include saggy boobs or wrinkled breasts. Now imagine the damage of Greer’s braless movement did to those women’s breasts! Am I the only one thinking of rotten kiwis?
Although Greer strives for the equality of women in society, I cannot completely agree with her reasoning and methods. Equality for women and men cannot be achieved completely but we can get as close as possible to it. If you haven’t noticed, men and women have different body parts. Unless we are seeking to become hermaphrodites in the next decade, we will always be different physically and there are different needs for different body parts.
Bras support breasts and slow down the process of sagging. Thus, connotations of bralessness often include saggy boobs or wrinkled breasts. Now imagine the damage of Greer’s braless movement did to those women’s breasts! Am I the only one thinking of rotten kiwis?
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