1/23/11 – Links I Like

It’s Sunday and time for another quick list of links I’ve enjoyed from this past week.

The Male Beauty Contest Judged by Women – from BBC News.  A really interesting article about the Wodaabe men in the Niger who participate in beauty contests judged by women.  The female judges may take the winners as lovers afterward.  It’s a fascinating look into what constitutes beauty in another culture.

Are You Miss Represented? – from The Salt Lake Tribune.  Information about a documentary that spotlights the lack of good roles for women in film.

Hey Girl, Bet You Didn’t Know I Was a Feminist – from Feminist Fatale.  This post is about a month old but I just stumbled on it and thought it was worth posting.  Ryan Gosling speaks about his movie Blue Valentine, how it was originally rated NC-17 before the film won the appeal to change it to being R-rated, and how the movie industry will rate films depicting violence against women as PG-13 or R, but a woman enjoying her sexuality can be slammed with an NC-17 rating.  I never had an opinion either way on Ryan Gosling, but now I like him and will make a point of seeing his movies.

Hipster Superheroes – from College Humor.  Just watch.  Very good for the LULZ.

And finally, a YouTube video that I cannot believe I wasn’t aware of until now: Jane Austen’s Fight Club.

Poor Catherine Morland and Anne Elliot don’t get to play.