the song is nowhere new, but i’ve had it on repeat and been dancing all over the place. it’s also made me give Spoon a second listen to -> they might be one of my new/”old b/c they haven’t come out with anything lately” bands. i didn’t buy too much into that little yellow rollie-pollie thing at first, but it does become cuter and cuter the more you watch.
WikiHow’s How to Create a Calder Mobile
guess which is the joint effort attempt of DF and me at a mobile, and which one is the calder.
where did we go wrong?
i need a couple more visits to the Hirshhorn for further inspiration, but the more i look at our ‘work of art’, the more i see the potential to add more on to it and make it a more LEGIT mobile. hopefully this creative crafting itch is here to stay, i need something new to keep me occupied.
BBC article: Kenyan women hit men with sex ban
looking at the last two post and now this, i’ve got sex on the mind. come to think of it, i wouldn’t mind devoting this entire blog to sex – the culture, how to, how not to, my lack of it, etc. but this post has more to do with than just sex… or actually i guess it doesn’t. if anything, the women’s activist groups are more hoping the kenyan unity party government will stop fighting under the subtext that ‘they did it all for the nookie’ (oh, limp bizkit – how pop culturally relevant you are). at first, i thought this ban was an interesting move in demonstrating the power women can possess over men, like that phrase “behind every good man is a woman” – i think that talks specifically about men in power, whether it be business or government.
wouldn’t it be great if the government infighting really did stop after the week-long sex ban, especially if the wives of the PM and President join in. but wait – what’s to stop these men from just getting their need for ass somewhere else? a politician sleeping around with people other than their spouses is nothing new. the women’s activist groups say they will pay prostitutes to abide by the ban, as well. but surely there are more women in kenya that aren’t the wives of politicians or prostitutes that might still be intrigued and willing to sleep with a married government man.
Jimi Izrael of The Root brings up a good point that this ban may have ‘women’s empowerment’ written on it, we’re almost going backwards to tarzan/neanderthal thinking that men are ruled by their penises. Does one withholding sex really motivate the partner to get their shit together? kelly moore argues it has the opposite effect and can be more damaging in the long-run, perhaps that’s why this ban is only supposed to last a week. but sex is one of the enjoyable parts of being a human being, can we really say we are above physically needing it because we are now ’sophisticated’, ‘advanced’, and ‘developed’ people with better things to do?
Categories: politics · sex · sustainability
May is the month of many things: flowers, Asian Pacific American Heritage, Jewish American Heritage, Mental Health Awareness, Bike-to-Work Day, Better Sleep Month, Date Your Mate Month, National Waitresses/Waiters Day, National Hamburger Month, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day… and now to add to the list National Masturbation Month. this is something i can actively support. everybody can use more loving, even especially self-loving.
to help you get inspired, if you aren’t already….
Categories: love · reproductive rights · sex · sustainability
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