Thoughts on being a Fursuiter
OnFirst of all, I am in fact, a card carrying member of the furry fandom. But when I refer to it, I call it Teh Furreh Fandumb, so that should show you how serious I take this fandom. (If you don’t know…
Category: Essays
Longer form pieces.
A Baffling Supreme Court Decision
OnOn June 18, 2009, the Supreme Court of the US made what appears to me to be an utterly baffling, shocking and deeply offensive decision. In Alaska, William Osborne was convicted of kidnapping, assault and rape, though he maintains he is innocent….
An Open Letter to Sarah Palin
OnImage via Wikipedia Dearest Sarah, I’ve been watching you the last few days, and I’d like to help you in your plight. Now, I know the two of us are on polar opposites of the political spectrum, but as a Liberal, when…
An Unpopular Proposal
OnWalking downtown, I noticed that gas prices are on the rise again — a few days ago they were around $2.63 a gallon, and now they’re around $2.75. (I’m sure our European readers are weeping in sympathy for us.) While they’re still…
An Open Letter to Lady Gaga
OnImage via Wikipedia I’ve just finished watching the new Lady Gaga video, “Paparazzi,” and I am sort of nonplussed about all of the attention she has been getting from all of the blogs, especially Perez Hilton (who I am NOT a fan…
Fighting for Your Right to Paradox
OnThe Implication of the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage in the 2009 Star Trek Movie and What It Means to Our Society Presented by Drew Meger (MWG) to the Fourth Spatial Intertemporal Time Travelers’ Convention at 42:21:36.025°N, 71:05:16.332°W 1178:05:07 (Altern-A Beta Continuity) Good evening,…
Nivea’s New Ass Cream, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ass
OnMy ass. 31 years of torment and tumultuous body hate have come to this – me gazing at my ass ceaselessly in the mirror. It used to be a quite nice ass, when I was around 22 years old – no cellulite,…
Feeling That I’ve Lost Control: Mental Illness in Pop Music
OnAnother night and I can’t sleep I need to cry but I can’t weep Feeling that I’ve lost control Where’s my spirit, where’s my very soul? Kevin Ayers, “Wide Awake” (from the album The Unfairground, 2007) Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shotgun…
American Apparel, Porn Mags, and the 1970s
OnI am no stranger to the advertisements of American Apparel, the clothing company headed by its hyper-sexualized CEO, Dov Charney. On Facebook, the ads for AA’s clothes are splashed all over the place, ironically enough all over my profile. They advertise something…