This summer, I have watched more movies (and more kid movies) in the theatres than I have this past year. There were some bad ones (Mr.Bean's Holiday) and some amazing ones (SUPERBAD)

And thus my,

Why is feminism always associated with lesbianism. I mean, it's not like feminists want men to be inferior to women, it's just equal treatment that is not only desired, but wanted. I don't understand how that equals to being gay.

And why is being a feminist so bad. I mean, what makes me so inferior where they can call someone a feminist like it's a bad thing. It's not completely illogical that women should be treated the same as men. Yet there's such a divide in our social standing. A man can have sex with a lot of women and be praised for it, yet when a woman sleeps with a lot of men, she's labeled a slut. The situation is the same, yet the judgment is different.

It isn't only in a social context. Women are constantly beat out for jobs by men merely because they might not be able to handle it "emotionally". If she is hard-edged enough for the job, she is labeled a "bitch".

Consider, in third world countries, women are still treated as second rate objects. They are something to own. They are raped, disgraced, and ignored.

On a political stance, the number of female leaders could be held in my hand. The United States of America and China have both never had a female leader. China is a dictatorship, which pretty much explains that anomaly, but the U.S. have no reason to not have a female president. In fact, they are supposed to be the forerunner in all things equal, and yet they have never had a president beside the regular white (normally old) man. Sri Lanka, Peru, Lativa and others have all had female leaders. But their number is nearly nothing when placed next to the number of male leaders. In a world where we boast equality between male and female, the actual situation is far from equal.

There are few female role models. Looking at T.V., movies, books, even comic books, the female role models are weak, horribly cruel, or non-existent. There are few female leads.
Let's examine today's television:

Male
Lost (Don't deny it. The males are prominently featured on this show)
Heroes (Two women vs. many men)
24 (Jack Bower, 'nuff said)
How I Met Your Mother
Two and a Half Men
House
Prison Break
The O.C. (Some may argue that Mischa Barton is the lead, but it's about Ryan and Seth)
Studio 60
ER (Mainly testosterone fuels this show, but feel free to repute)
Friday Night Lights
Law and Order
The Office
Scrubs
My Name is Earl
One Tree Hill
Supernatural
Everybody Hates Chris
Smallville
Without A Trace
CSI (:Miami, :New York)
The Unit
Jericho
Criminal Minds
Shark
Numb3rs
The Sopranos
NCIS
Big Love (It's about a man with three wives. Honestly.)
Six Feet Under
Oz
Deadwood
Rome
Entourage (possibly the biggest male stroke ever)
Dexter
and so the list goes on.
Total : 37

Female
Ghost Whisperer (Not that positive)
Close to Home (Haven't really watched it)
Gilmore Girls (Used to be very good, lately, a bunch of weak females. Besides Emily)
Veronica Mar (To me, the most empowering female show on)
Sex and the City
Girlfriends
Reba
Bones
Crossing Jordan
Law and Order : SVU (that's the one that won the award right?)
Medium (sadly)
30 Rock (also very good)
Total : 12

A very unequal ratio to be sure. There are a couple shows out there with equal gendered leads, such as Friends, but the majority of television is male dominated

Even when females are the lead, they sometimes aren't portrayed like men are. It's very sad and I wish that the only thing that defined us was not our romantic relationships.

Although I don't read comic books I understand that females normally have the worst things happen to them, such as rape, dismemberment, assassination of character, etc. In Watchmen, a book I did for English class, there were three females. One, a lesbian who was killed, the others a mother/daughter pair. The mother disregarded her rape, and the daughter seemed to need romance no matter what.

It isn't as though I want everything to be female-centric. I like some of those shows. I just want the genders to be equally portrayed. I don't understand how that is bad and makes me a lesbian.

I should probably explain how these feelings of discontent over the meaning of feminism came about. In my film class, we are making a short movie. I wanted to female to be the lead in the noir film. I argued my point very well, but everyone said it would be "better" with a male lead, merely because having a man as the seductress doesn't make sense. Apparently, only females can seduce people. I find this assumption unfounded and unfair. Men can seduce just as well as women. They just didn't like the idea of a hard-boiled female. They continue to perpetuate a mainly male ideal in media. I talked to my film teacher about this, and asked him how many female lead films he could think that our school had made over the past five years. He could think of one. One film out of at least fifty.

So as I was fiercely making my point for a female lead, the guy in my group, who's being a complete ass lately, even though he is my friend, said that I should attend the Gay-Lesbian club in my school. He's an extreme homophobe, and apparently by wanting females in film, he made the assumption that I must be lesbian if I want equal opportunities for females and males. Obviously that must be the case.

This entire situation makes me angry. The fact that I'm labeled a lesbian for being a feminist and being a feminist is a bad thing just infuriates me. I probably shouldn't take this too seriously, especially this comes from a boy who wishes he were black, listens to only hard core rap (the stuff about objectifying females), and has had no sexual experience whatsoever. The closest he's ever come to a naked female is what he sees on TV.

Rant over.

52 Icon Post

01-47 Veronica Mars (Various episodes, mostly season two)
49      Kristen Bell
50-52 The Office (Back From Vacation)

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I'm really excited for 2007. Grad, college, hopefully not getting sick ten times. Although I had a great New Year's Eve (which actually became very close to a lame one), the closing week of 2006 sucked. But I guess 2006 didn't suck altogether. I made lots of new friends that I didn't even talk to in 2005 and I did very well in school. So I guess I should choose my battles. And so, the

So I was going to wait until I had more icons as school has been insane, but they've just been sitting in folders for months. So here's a couple and a wallpaper (my first!)

1-5 Veronica Mars
6-9 Scarlette Johanson
10-12 America's Next Top Model
13-14 Channing Tatum

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Wallpaper:

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It's my first wallpaper, so be nice. The lyrics are from Bad Dream by Keane. If you have any other questions, just ask. OH and the pictures is from vmcaps.com. I think that's the website.

Okay, and how awesome is the new Firefox? It SPELL CHECKS ITSELF!!! Kick ass.

Anyways, same rules as always (SPELL CHECK PEOPLE!!!)

- No hotlinking (it's not a word according to Firefox! Seriously, this is awesome)
- Credit is a must
- Comments are always nice to receive. And so is constructive criticism.

Have an awesome day!

Booyakasha! (NOT A WORD ALI G)

Okay, so my computer won't let me log on, so hopefully this will work.





I'll be updating with more icons soon.

[10] The Office (US)
[16] Veronica Mars
[4] Stock

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Some language.


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So this week I watched a lot of movies.  And it's only wednesday.  Saw two in theatres and rented three.  Okay, not rent, more like, got the movie store guy to give them to me.  I love my video place.  So I'm bored (as always), so here are some...

[9] Little Miss Sunshine Icons
[8] Cast Icons
[7] The Office Icons

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I had some troubel with these and am not entirely happy with the result, but here they are, in all their glory.  I watched Little Miss Sunshine today.  It is such an awesome movie.  One of the best of the year.  Actually, the best of the year.  Honestly, the acting and the script are solid.  It's not your average "try to be quirky and different" indie film.  It's A-W-E   S-O-M-E [/Katy] in everything.  And the cinematography is gorgeous as well.  I'm totally buying it.  But anyways...



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Another lazy summer day.  Before I go out tonight, I decided to post some of the Office graphics I've been hoarding.

[8] Office (US) Icons (mostly variations)
[2] Banners
[2] Colour bars

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01 - Step Up
02 - 33 Veronica Mars

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I haven't been this happy in like, FOREVER!!!  I just found out that this stupid program in my province, called the "Graduation Portfolio" has been cancelled.  So after two years of teachers telling us that "this isn't going away no matter how hard you wish it" and "they spent a lot of money, it's here to stay",  it's going away!  It was basically us having to write mind-numbing essays on stupid topics.  If you really care:

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/graduation/portfolio/

So in honour of this momentous occasion, I am posting icons!

Firefly/Serenity [1-9]
The Office (US) [10-14]
Veronica Mars [15-21]

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Sorry, I hated all of these, soooo, I deleted them....sorry!

So, this is my first time posting icons...actually, posting at all. All the screencaps are from http://still-flying.net/ and  http://www.leavemethewhite.com/caps/.  So here are my attempts at some icons:

[7] Firefly Icons

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Please credit and comment!  I'd really appreciate some feedback as I have no idea if these are any good.  Thanks.  Also, if someone could inform me as to what the regular size for icons are, that would be appreciated as well.

Edited:  Thanks to everyone for their comments. I've resized the icons to 100x100.  Enjoy!