1/9/11 – Links I Like

It’s another Sunday and time for me to post 5 links I’ve liked over the past week.

That’s What She Said – a tumblr that posts funny, insightful, or interesting quotes from famous women.  The latest one is from Lady Gaga; the first was from Virginia Woolf.  I also just plain enjoy anything attached to “That’s what she said” (which I was saying long before I ever watched a single episode of the US Office, mmmkay?)

The Janeite Times, No. 2 – over at AustenBlog.  Basically, Jane Austen is still everywhere, and that makes me happy.

It Gets Better – The MUSIC VIDEO! – The It Gets Better campaign becomes fun! A great message packaged in a bouncy dance number!

Film Corner – At Shakesville, Melissa McEwan talks about the sexism and implied violence in a movie advertisement for Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston’s latest work of “art.”  When I first read the post, I thought, “Okay, that’s reading a little too much into a poster, don’t you think?”  But then I looked at it again, and now I can’t un-see it.  I don’t believe the sexism there is intentional at all, but not all sexism IS intentional.  Worth thinking about.

A Turning Point in the Discourse, But In Which Direction? – On a much more serious note, this is an editorial that appeared in yesterday’s New York Times, related to the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Gilford.  It talks about the way politicians and activists use loaded language and hyperbole to make their points without considering the consequences.  How much I agree with this editorial, I’m not sure yet – I have to think on it a little more – but it’s definitely a worthwhile read.  Also worthwhile to notice?  It’s quite funny to me, in a “bitterly ironic” way rather than a “ha ha, that’s hysterical” way, that the advertisement posted right next to the editorial…is for a Firearms Training Institute. I just…I don’t even know.