A vid take on MoF’s Sparks:
First up, Stuart Shepard, who I’d not heard of before today but is apparently a member of Focus on the Family’s activism arm, is encouraging everyone to encourage his God to rain on Obama’s acceptance speech. Which seems to me to be incredibly petty: pray for peace? pray for a […]
Entries Tagged as 'Pop Culture'
Sunday Morning Video Lineup
August 3rd, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments
Tags: Activism · Art · Best · Christianity · Church and State · Classic · Creativity. · Current Events · Environment · Fantasy · Fiction · Gods · Humor · Media and Design · Meditation & Prayer · Nature · Politics · Pop Culture · Spark · Video
Spark: Training
July 22nd, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments
I’m sorry for all the sparks recently, but I couldn’t resist this one. Enjoy!
Tags: Art · Atheism · Belief · Bible · Christianity · Comics · Creativity. · Fiction · Getting over Religion · Gods · Humor · Pop Culture · Religion · Satire · Skeptic · Spiritual Progressives · Spirituality · Undead
Spark: Women in the Box Office
July 20th, 2008 · by xJane · 2 Comments
“Could It Be? Did Hollywood Execs Get The Memo?” speculates on the reason for the number of movies-about-women (which seems to correspond with movies-by-women). I would take issue with her assertion that Mama Mia! or Kit are any great leaps forward for womankind, but I’ve not seen either, so I won’t get into that here.
Tags: Art · Current Events · Fantasy · Feminism · Fiction · Gender · Movies/Hollywood · Pop Culture · Women · Writing
Swingtown
July 20th, 2008 · by xJane · 3 Comments
I’ve been watching
Tags: Activism · Art · Feminism · Fiction · Gender · Pop Culture · Women
Societal Norms & Sexual Experimentation
July 15th, 2008 · by xJane · 11 Comments
I Kissed a Girl (& I Liked It) is the title of the “#1 Pop Hit” of the summer. I even heard it on the radio the other day (although not before I heard the article).
This hits on something I’d been thinking of bringing up around here: the fact that female-on-female, shall we call it […]
Tags: Current Events · Ethics · Feminism · Gender · Homosexuality · Music · Pop Culture · Sexuality · Women
Spark: Google Stats
July 10th, 2008 · by xJane · 2 Comments
A legal team attempting to defend their client against (among other things) “obscenity” charges is trying to get Google to release certain stats about search terms in the area the trial is taking place. This is because part of the “obscenity” definition relies upon what “the average person, applying contemporary community standards” would find obscene. […]
Tags: Current Events · Humor · Justice · Law · Links · News · Pop Culture · Sexuality · Spark · Web 2.0
John and xJane’s Excellent Adventure in the Land of Anime Expo.
July 6th, 2008 · by John · 2 Comments
Death *heart* Hello Kitty, originally uploaded by mind on fire.
A photo commentary on the export of various Japanese media phenomena and the increasing incorporation of anime and manga-inspired sexist and escapist fantasy elements into American popular culture
Pictures of anime babes and stuff.
Tags: Japan · Photos · Pop Culture
“We are so blogging this!”
May 26th, 2008 · by xJane · 10 Comments
(overheard between a drunken John & a drunken xJane at last night’s Abney Park concert)
Background: Yesterday, xJane was sitting around, slightly ill, and generally feeling sorry for herself. Whilst innocently watching Emmy consideration DVDs, she received a call from John, who asked if she was busy (she was not) and if she was interested in […]
Tags: Art · Blogging · Fantasy · Fiction · Folklore · Gadgets · Pirates · Pop Culture · Science Fiction and Fantasy
Science Fiction & Religion
May 20th, 2008 · by xJane · 2 Comments
By now, many of you will have heard that one of the Vatican’s astronomers has indicated that there might be life on other planets. Even that they might be without sin. Many of my favorite science fiction books involve the intersection of religion and space travel (Dune and Ender’s Game chief among them). But really, […]
Tags: Art · Atheism · Belief · Fantasy · Fiction · Getting over Religion · Gods · Pop Culture · Science Fiction and Fantasy · Spirituality · Writing
Spark: Why Calling Out Misogyny Matters
May 20th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments
over at Feministe. Verbose, but worth the time.
Spark is a category for sharing links. No intense commentary, just a link & a brief reason you might want to click on it. Something to Spark your Mind to Flame, if you will.
Tags: Politics · Pop Culture · Sexuality · Spark · Women
