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Growing Up a Cosmo Girl & Goodbye Helen Gurley Brown.
Former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown, died yesterday at age 90.
Today this one-time Cosmo Girl has an admission: I both respect and despise what Brown represented.
She was a pioneering woman of trendsetting vision. And she was a regressive woman who championed sex as a bargaining chip and made being sexy the female equivalent of male influence and power. In Brown's flashy world, a Cosmo Girl learned to put her make-up on perfectly, dress like a siren and flaunt her cleavage to get places in life.
And this message was delivered with blunt force.
If, like me, you were a post-puberty female in the 1970s or 80s, you couldn't escape the check out-stand clarion call to sexually liberated womanhood. Cosmopolitan magazine covers blared out in Helvetica bold and Times Roman italics messages on how to get a man, please a man, be better in bed, dress like a sex symbol and act like, well, a slut.
Granted, this all happened in a pre-herpes and HIV era, and at a time when birth control pills liberated women to live up to Sex and the Single Girl, the sensational 1962 bestselling book by Helen Gurley Brown, published three years before she would captain the Cosmopolitan ship through thirty-two years of selling the virtues of sex and sexy to young women.
I lost my virginity at age 19, in 1981. Just before I surrendered my cherry, I began pouring through back issues of Cosmo in the university library, keen to bone up on my non-existent sex skills. (Factoid: Helen once told Time magazine that she looked after her husband like a geisha girl.)
Well, I wasn't going to go into my sex life unprepared—by the time I finished reading a year's worth of Cosmo issues, I'd memorized a list of sex tips to make me a better lover. (My favorite: when performing fellatio, try tugging gently on his testicles.) Never mind just asking the man I was dating, what might please him. Cosmo Girls came to the bedroom well-educated sexperts, equipped to provide pleasure.
To give Helen Gurley Brown deserved credit, she stewarded a lackluster publication focused on home and hearth from 800,000 subscribers in 1965 to 3 million by the 1980s peak. She broke ground for women by cutting the cord that for so long bound sex to shame. Now it was no longer sinful to have sex without marriage—it was instead a sign of freedom and power to be a single woman playing the field.
But the message of Cosmo was mixed. The content exhorted women to be sexy and sexual, but not for the sake of celebrating the female body or the inherent wholeness of orgasmic pleasure. Rather, the underlying message was always about sex as a means to an end. That end was to get or keep a man.
Ultimately, Helen Gurley Brown was not liberating women to be powerful players on the same playing field as men. She was teaching women to be powerful geisha girls, armed to the teeth with tips on how to capture, please, serve and maintain a man.
My mother was a housewife who, like Brown, spent several years as a secretary before settling down in 1962 to marry and raise children. But unlike Brown, my mother did not write a book about how having sex with male employers was worth the furs and mistress apartments. Instead, my mother always encouraged me to have a solid career of my own so that I could be fulfilled without a man. Such a different message than the grand dame of Cosmo had for me.
In the end, both messages merged into a conflicted bi-polar life. I was a wife with children, struggling to seductively love my man with sexual prowess and to keep that post-baby body hot while maintaining a career in journalism. I had to be sexy, motherly and business savvy. Something had to give, and in the end, my mother lost to Helen Gurley Brown and all the other media messengers promoting feminine value as measured by sexual desirability and ability to get, keep and please a man.
By my thirties, my career took a back seat to my Cosmo Girl mandate to be a sexy, physically fit wife who aimed to play the concubine. I missed the mark during my first-born's first seven years, a time in which I let my fear of being a bad wife overrule my instincts to be a good mother. Romantic trips when he was a baby, weaning too early, the roster of sitters and the sense that my time at the gym was more important than time with my toddler are just a few of my Cosmo Girl mistakes.
It's not all Helen's fault. Let's face it. She was just the spearhead for a whole onslaught of sexification of women's magazines. Ironically, Cosmopolitan magazine, pre-Gurley Brown, featured periodic current events pieces—articles that engaged women readers in areas of political and social commentary. Articles that appealed to women's minds rather than plea-bargained with their sexuality.
Helen Gurley Brown, you were a part of my coming of age and you informed generations of women it was okay to be sexual. I just wish you hadn't at the same time messaged it was most important to be sexy.
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15 Responses to "Growing Up a Cosmo Girl & Goodbye Helen Gurley Brown."
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Thank you for your thoughtful piece. I heard nothing but praise for her in the media outlets even NPR. While I think she pushed the envelop, she did it with what I think is a lack of authenticity. We men became victims of this too. The American male psyche saw women as sex objects and it seems women did too. Now granted most of us want to connect on a deeper level but her approach put barriers to getting to that type of connection. I think in someways even pointed us in the wrong direction. I hope that we are coming back to a place where sex and sexuality are used to show authenticity and create truer connections. I see the beauty of a woman in how she holds her self not in her makeup or her perfect body or her stylish clothes. When she is in touch with herself and is able to share herself honestly and openly, now that is sexy.
Thanks Scott for your feedback. Yes, media representation of sex and sexuality IS maturing and beginning to represent the once taboo topic in an authentic way. That's one of my goals at elephant love and relationships, to take the discourse beyond surface level objectifcation and sexification. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
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Really good, Lori Ann, You managed to thoughtfully criticize the message without demonizing the messenger. HGB was a product of her times, and, as such, she was brave, misguided, gutsy and energetic. Now it's up to us to steer the ship of femi-macho-humanism in some rational and heart-ful direction.
I never saw Helen G. B as darth vader, and yes! she was gutsy and full of vim, vigor and vision…ironically, she was 'fired" more or less in 1997 as cosmo head honcho, because she was seen as not keeping up with the times…for instance, diminishing HIV risk in hetero sexuality…I am glad she created a freedom around sexuality. I am no so keen that it became about being sexy…which is a gambit for getting a man.
With all due respect, Lori Ann, you are too young to appreciate the climate of man/woman relationships in the '60's, when this publication came of age. Sex at that time was something women tolerated because men expected it. You say "never mind just asking the man what might please him"…. the truth is that men didn't know either. Men were like rabbits pumping away, while women were tolerating it. Not too balanced. Helen Gurley Brown helped get us together in a sensuous way so we could enjoy each other, which was really her whole point. It was the '60's when everything was being let out of the box. What I see today in boob jobs, face lifts, never-ending botox is not at all what she promoted. She promoted confidence, definitely not empty-headedness. That actually was more the wife's role of the time. I remember one chapter of her book that focused on how an "ordinary looking" woman could be as sexy as a beautiful one. Women's liberation got a good start in the '60's that many young women don't understand or appreciate. I think where it went wrong was the commercialization, and the selling of sex, the almighty dollar that seems to ruin everything, but that was not what Helen Gurley Brown was about. If you read her book and skip Cosmo, you'll get a different viewpoint.
Thank you Kuru for this perspective. I can see how HGB's ship could have steered away from her, for advertising dollars and top-down directives–at least to some extent….I will read her books (there are at least three). She was a pioneer and due credit given.
Sex and the Single Girl is the book I was referring to. I wonder how it would read today. She was truly a sexy feminist just like me, as you might have guessed.
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Well done Lori Ann Lothian! I loved reading your piece. I absolutely agree with you that Helen was both pioneering as well as regressive. Empowering and disempowering at that same time. Bizarre, but true. I think there's a way to empower women with their sexuality that isn't about, as you say, "championing sex as a bargaining chip." I think it's important to look at the difference between sex and sexuality and how one serves (or doesn't serve) the other.
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Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, Beowulf -- The Script Book (Harper, 2007)
Unlike most people, I have fond memories of reading Beowulf in high school. Maybe that's why I'm writing for GMR rather than some other site. But the tale of a hero riding in to save the day -- and rip the arm off of a monster with his bare hands -- was fantastic to my highschool D&D playin' eyes. I like barbarians, what can I say? So I figured the script book would be just as interesting. The fact that Neil Gaiman is one of the scriptwriters added to my initial interest. I resisted the urge to grab a turkey leg (it'd set the mood, y'know?) and dug right in.
At the very beginning of the book is a map drawn by Roger Avary, showing Northern Europe at the time Beowulf would have been alive (if he had indeed been a real-life hero.) It's a nice bit of information, as some of these tribes of men are referenced in the scripts. There's a foreword by Roger Avary that describes the process of getting this film made, including his first "treatment" of the material, back when he was in high school (which was well done; no, seriously.) I'm glad that he mentioned the questions he'd had back when he first read the poem, because I'd had a few of those similar questions myself. Why didn't Beowulf bring back the head of Grendel's mother; why the head of Grendel? Beowulf had already killed that monster, why the additional proof with no proof of the mother's death? The script shows a very interesting -- and entertaining -- possibility.
The first draft is riveting. It reads, for those of you who have never read a movie script, like a play . . . with more oomph. Not just because of the subject matter, but because the writers took the time to invest their characters with more than just primary motivations. There's no black-and-white here, but the shades of gray are compelling nonetheless. The good isn't completely innocent or pure (or even honest), and the evil? There's enough background and characterization for readers to see that these monsters aren't mindless killing machines; they have motivations of their own. Maybe not completely peachy-keen with the non-monster crowd, but they can at least be understood. This Beowulf is a self-involved, self-absorbed Big Man On Campus, seemingly uncaring about the men he loses, or the townspeople who get hurt when he's doing what he does best. And Grendel is a monster, but is also painted as a childlike naif who acts out and needs to be kept by his mother. I'm sure there's something Freudian in that, but that's just me. The script itself is lyrically beautiful and drew me in immediately.
Before the second script, there are a few concept art illustrations; Grendel looks very, very Marilyn Manson in them, I've gotta say. They didn't stick to them exactly in the final product, but you'll get a general idea of what type of monster will be on screen (even more so if you've seen any of the bus/subway posters that are around right now.) I always pictured Grendel as a sort of Swamp Thing creature, but that's because those were some of the comics I read back then. Roger Avery comes back with a "Middleword," where he fills readers in on more of the film-making process, and how he let his option on directing the film go, not without some reluctance.
The second draft is closer to the final film than the first, of course, but there are plenty of scenes from the first draft thrown in to the final product. There are also a few changes outside of both scripts, which were probably last-minute rewrites and/or directorial changes. It's pretty amazing to see where it started, where it finished, and how things finally wrapped, thanks to this book. The more visceral and vulgar parts were excised for a PG-13 rating (c'mon, this movie is available in 3D, so kid-friendly is a definite plus for the producers.) I caught myself saying "oh man, they'll never let that into the final film!" And I was right. Sigh. Woulda been cool though. Some of the more intricate bits of characterization are also gone, which is a shame. The film itself doesn't really suffer, but the characters do. Characters that were more realized would have made for a more compelling story. It's still enjoyable action (3D or no); this tale hasn't remained alive for over 1500 years for nothin', you know. Just one or two lines from the script put in here and there would have shown a more empathetic Beowulf, a more intriguing Wealthow, and even more interesting "monsters." Welcome to the Hollywood machine!
Some of you are probably wondering where Neil Gaiman is in all this. He's out back, in the Afterword, dropping an anecdote or two. He's quick to say that this is Roger Avary's piece, though Neil's voice peeks through in some places. The two writers blend very well in this effort (Neil is a fantastic collaborator; Good Omens, anyone?), but I gotta say I loved Neil's "rude songs," the lyrics of which are tacked on to the end of the book. Perfect for belting out on those drank-too-much-mead evenings. What? Like that's never happened to you. . . .
This book, in toto, is a fantastic look at the film-making process from a viewpoint most casual lovers of the medium don't see: the scriptwriter's. Less than twenty bucks isn't much to pay for a peek behind the scenes, guided by award winning (and let's face it, just plain ol' cool) writers. What was it that the Wizard of Oz said? Pay no attention to what goes on behind the curtain? Screw that. Pay these two every attention. You just may learn something. And if not? You'll be entertained in any case. And ain't that what the movies are all about?


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I'd like to see Cal play some higher caliber teams before we go conference, just to get used to competitive teams..IMHO. Playing cupcakes then going conference thinking we're better than we really are..not sure about that one. Either way, Dykes is the man....I'll trust him to do what it takes to make Cal a great program.
I'm in favor of the C + B + A model as long as the A team is not a lower half Power Conference team. C=FCS, B=Non-Power Conference team that is not Boise St/or Boise Statesque, A=Upper half Power Conference team.
I'd also be in favor of a C + A-minus + A-minus schedule which features one FCS team and two typical mid - lower half Power Conference teams (like playing Purdue/NC State/Georgia Tech/Texas Tech [y'know the also rans])
My only quibble would be to request having the C team as the first game of the year. I can get excited watching Cal trounce a bad team the first week. I get to see the young players, see what the offense is going to be like, gain basic familiarity. If the game is later in the year, this excitement dissipates.
I'd like to see conference play go down to 8 games like the other conferences. Then in an ideal world there would be an unwritten gentlemen's code that teams should schedule no more than two cupcakes. Some of the most exciting games we've played have been those against major OOC programs like Tennessee and tOSU. It's even fun to watch the other Pac schools against these programs, like the Stanford and SC vs. ND matchups.
What did you like more:
Tennessee, Michigan State, Maryland
UC Davis, Fresno State, Nevada?
I know whether we won that game or not matters, but I think nothing beats opening our season with a school that's more of a name. Facing B schools or worse where we get no credit if we win cause we were supposed to and get dinged if lose or don't win as much as we should.
A, B, C schedule is fine...anything less..and fans just won't show up till pac12 play. You can bitch about it..but its not gonna change. The west coast likes showtime games...let the SEC enjoy paying top dollar to watch Prairie View.
Reading way too much into a short response...it was about 'building momentum'...so it could mean only that he would prefer a "C-B-A" approach, with successively stronger opponents. What new coach, introducing a new system, wants a formidable foe in his first game? That's all that can fairly be read into this quote.
1st step in changing Cal fans outlook: its about Cal winning the conference games. The OOC games are all about doing whatever is necessary for the Bears to win in the Pac-12.
You hope that just being at the game is a great experience, being in Strawberry Canyon on a wonderful fall day. Great tailgating, exciting Cal football, and a great Blue and Gold time had by all.
This isn't a new thought. I experienced a season of LSU football the year they won the National Championship in '03. It was a packed house for no name opponents. It was a more intense crowd for end of the season Arkansas. Right, its not how ND does it, but it becomes about your team winning.
But, with the tv demands, yeah, A-B-C isn't going down the tubes completely. The reality for 2013: calling Northwestern the "B" game is a stretch; its two "A's".
Cal Poly, Davis and Sac State is what we need.
I'll have plenty of space to stretch out in the repossessed, newly renamed, Google Stadium.
This is why I hate any kind of playoff talk, and the direction of college football in general.
Hopefully dykes does not get his way.


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James Tredwell believes that his breakthrough tour of Bangladesh was also the biggest test yet of his mental resolve to get to the top.
The 28-year-old Kent off spinner was so "mortified" at being left out of England's first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong last month that he said it would have been easy to have let his disappointment get the better of him.
"I was expecting to play in the first Test, but then the decision was made to go in with just four frontline bowlers, and with Graeme Swann as the only spinner, and it was a big blow for me.
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After being away with England for four months overall, first in South Africa and then in Dubai and Bangladesh, Tredwell was finally given a Test debut – at Dhaka – and responded with six wickets in the match and a handy 37 from number ten in the England victory which wrapped up the series 2-0.
"It was obviously a proud moment for me, and for my family, and I was happy that I had the chance to show what I can do with both bat and ball. Then, to come home and learn last week that I have been selected in England's squad for the ICC World Twenty20 was another big boost for me."
Tredwell has yet to play a Twewnty20 international, but did make his 50-over one-day international debut earlier on England's tour to Bangladesh and has shone for Kent in both forms of the limited-overs game.
He added: "Overall, I feel I have learned an awful lot while being away with England this last winter, and from chatting and working with all the players and from watching Graeme Swann in particular. He has had a phenomenal last year or so, and he has shown just what an off spinner can do at the top level.
"I'm a few years younger than him, so it is up to me to learn from him and to try to improve myself still further.
"As I prepare to go away to the World Twenty20, where hopefully England will want to play both Swanny and myself in at least some of the games, I also want to help Kent to start the new season well.
"Playing for my county, and performing consistently and well, is what got me into the England squad in the first place and I have much to thank Kent and county cricket for in terms of the structure and opportunity that has enabled me to work and improve.
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If you believe New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, the Green Bay Packers are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Here are some snippets from a Belichick conference call today. On the Packers in general: "It's been the last day and half or so here on Green Bay and it's a pretty impressive looking team. They can really move the ball. [Aaron] Rodgers is having a terrific year. [He's] very athletic, can run it, can throw it. He's got a great set of receivers [and] tight ends. They have a very good offensive system with Coach [Mike] McCarthy there. They really use a lot of different personnel groups, a lot of different formations. It's very hard to prepare for. Defensively, [with] Dom [Capers], they've been playing very well. They can rush the passer. They have excellent coverage players, real good corners. They have a nice mix of pressure and coverage. Again, they mix it up on you enough where you have a lot of things to defend. But, they have a lot of good players and they can pretty much play whatever they want to play. It looks good: third down, red area, man-to-man, zone, [and] blitz zone. They haven't given up a lot of points and they make you really work for whatever you get. They've got a number of disruptive players on the whole unit. [They're] a good football team. They're another challenge for us, different from what we've seen in previous weeks. [They're] a very talented team that's well coached, disciplined, very sound fundamentally and we'll have to really have a good week of preparation here so we can get ready for them this weekend." On the challenges in trying to block Clay Matthews and how disruptive is he on a play-by-play basis: "Well, you know, Clay is fast, quick. He's got real good balance. He's a guy with a high motor, so even at times when it looks like he's blocked, he can still come out and get in on the play. He's a good pursuit player, but I'd say his speed and his quickness are big assets. He's a guy that's never really out of the play. You can run away from him but he can run you down or you can run to him and it kind of looks like you might have him blocked, but he spins out of things and uses his quickness and his athleticism to get out of tight situations, stay alive and make plays. So, [he's] a good football player. On evaluating Matthews coming out of college as a possible fit in the Patriots defense: "Well pretty much as what he is now. He's an outside linebacker, playing in a 3-4 defense. It's basically what he did at USC his senior year. He was very productive in the kicking game. You could definitely see him play in space and run well and cover kicks and do all those things. And his senior year, [when] he was able to get some more playing time, he became a productive defensive player there as well." On the differences between the Patriots' and the Packers' 3-4 schemes: "Well, I'd say that the Packers system is definitely similar to the Steelers system. They use some of the same alignments and adjustments and that type of thing to what Pittsburgh does. But, of course it's with different personnel and different players, so even if it's the same defense, it plays differently because of Charles Woodson and [Tramon] Williams and Matthews and all the other guys that they got playing. It's different than the guys that Pittsburgh would use with the same plays [and] same calls. It's certainly unique and you have to match up personnel-wise to their defense. They give you a lot of problems because they have so many good players at every position on the line, at linebacker, at safety, at corner. They use a number of different people. They give you some tough looks on third down. It's definitely a challenge for us, but it certainly has its roots with the Pittsburgh system. I don't think there's any question about that." On whether the Packers have made up for their struggling running game with their passing: "Well, I think they use some elements of their passing game, really, just as runs. They throw quick passes out to their outside receivers, to [Greg] Jennings and [Donald] Driver. On the coverages, people come down and play a lot of guys against the run and they'll throw it out there to them. They throw the ball quite a bit to [Brandon] Jackson [with] screen passes. They're a very good screen team and they use the check downs and plays like that, some three-step drop passes to get the ball to the tight ends, slot receivers or outside receivers. So, I think those plays - like any West Coast Offense - those plays are just as much a part of moving the ball and getting first downs and getting into scoring position as handoffs. So, no matter how they get it down there, I think the big thing, defensively, is to try to keep them from moving the ball and getting into scoring position. And I'm sure from their point of view, whether they throw a screen pass or run the ball and gain the same amount of yardage, I don't think it really matters too much to them. They're just trying to get first downs, make positive plays and stay out of long yardage. They do a really good job of that. They're not in long yardage very often and that's because of the efficiencies of their first and second-down plays, whether those are runs or short passes or play-action passes or shots down the field - which they do all them - they just do them pretty well." On Charles Woodson and his skill set: "Outstanding. Outstanding. He does everything well: man-to-man coverage, zone coverage, reads the quarterback well, has good anticipation of route and route combinations, outstanding ball skills, blitzer – [he's an] excellent blitzer – [and] good run-force player. When he plays inside in the slot position, or even in the perimeter, he plays very well. I'd say Woodson, [Antoine] Winfield, there are a handful of guys that really stand out in that area [and Woodson] would be in that group. [He's] an excellent tackler. You rarely see him miss. So, I think he's as good and complete player in that position that you will find in the league. Although I will also say that I have been impressed with Williams, playing on the other side. I think he's an excellent player, too; I think they have two real good corners. Woodson's outstanding, but Williams is really good, too. So, that's going to be a big challenge for us in terms of getting open and making good throws. Little mistakes, sloppy routes, bad throws or not having good distribution in the passing game with our route depths, those guys can take advantage of it and they can kill you. They're a ball-hawking secondary. They get their hands on a lot of balls and they catch them. Those two corners, in particular, are very good. They're as good as we will see or we have seen as being complete players."
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I have been spending some recent afternoons and evenings near the base of the Crazy Mountains here in Montana. With their giant mass situated to the east and the sun dropping in the west, it makes for some of the most amazing sunset I've seen. However, the Bridger Mountains sit just across a valley bottom to the west of the Crazies and often produce weather that blocks those last precious rays from getting through…as was the case on this day. For about an hour the sun teased back and forth through breaks in the cover, exposing a bright ridgeline at one point, and then later provided the scene for today's image.Signed prints available for $250.00 USD.


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I can't speak for the other series they've renewed, by The CW should be sticking a fork in Smallville. It's done. This season would have made a good final one but dragging it out for another year seems fatalistic. Who will be showing up next? Darkseid? The cow is dead. Stop trying to milk it.
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Since its inception in 1970, Shel Dorf's comic-book conference has grown like a planet-hungry Galactus. At the first Comic Con, 500 were expected; 145 turned up. This year, 125,0000 fans will descend on San Diego's Convention Center for the geekiest show on earth - a fanboy mecca of superhero worship that caters for every faith, cape and creed imaginable. To the layman, the spectacle looks like a Technicolor nerd circus. To Hollywood, it's a hype machine with a captive audience. Kevin Smith is wary of Con's increasing geeksploitation. But what Spurlock sees is an absurd outpouring of geek love.
Shot in 2010 (aka Tron Year) Comic-Con: The Movie, or Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope to give it the full nerdy scrolling title, follows six attendees over the four-day event: two aspiring artists, a comic-book dealer, a cos-play performer and a geeky boy and girlfriend. In terms of size and ambition, it's the biggest movie Spurlock's been involved with. "Oh, it was huge - 15 crews, two cameras each, me bouncing around working 21 hour days. But the rewards were immediate - I got to watch the narratives unfold, all in real-time." Of the 2,000 applicants, it's fair to say Spurlock hit the geekpot. There are surprising turns, genuine drama, a marriage proposal, heartbreaking rejections and, in dealer Chuck Rozanski, an agitated suspense as he tries to sell the first edition of Red Raven, the rarest of all Marvel comics. A comic so rare, in fact, that hardly anybody has heard of it, let alone seen it. Asking price: a Dr Evil-esque half-a-million dollars.
While he doesn't appear, or even narrate, the documentary still has that unmistakable Morgan Spurlock Feeling. In fact, it's heaving with priceless details that capture the surreal jamboree that is Comic Con: the platoons of plus-size Bobba Fetts, the Princess Leia bikini pageants, the photographer shouting, "Stormtroopers! You're not smiling!"
What's notable by its absence, however, is any sense of snark. Born out of a chance meeting with Stan Lee (if you ever bump into Spurlock, ask him for his Lee impersonation), the production team is "a geek dream team": Lee, Joss Whedon, web walrus Harry Knowles... "Joss thought we were just gonna come in and make fun of the freakshow," says Spurlock, "but it didn't take long to win him round." Mainly because Spurlock is, in fact, a closet comic-book geek himself. "Oh, I've read them - Spider-man, X-Men, GI Joe... But what I was most into was Plastic Man. I mean, /the/ most uncool comic-book! I had a huge collection... Well, up until my mom threw them all away."
Whether you're a fanboy, fangirl or curious onlooker, the film's great success is in its affable assertion that, ultimately, obsession is just different-coloured anoraks. Spurlock also reveals that he's still in regular contact with his subjects. Chuck, you'll be relieved to hear, has finally sold his Red Raven comic. And Eric, one of the two aspiring artists at the Comic-Con job fair, is now actually working for Spurlock on a superhero project.
And, in a bizarre marketing twist for the movie, along with Stan Lee, Joss Whedon and Harry Knowles, Morgan Spurlock now has his very own action figure. Which begs the question - what's his superpower? "Oh, it's gotta be something like The Moustache Of Death or... no, that's not right... The Moustache Of Knowledge? Yeah! Behold, I am the Moustache Of Knowledge!" Pleased to meet you: we're Empire - but you can call us Stink Line Boy.
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You may not know his name, but you've probably seen his face. His name is Robert "Pat" Patterson. His picture was in magazines and newspapers throughout the country as he sat patiently waiting to be served at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960. African Americans were struggling for their civil rights in that era, and had won some victories. They had also endured several tragedies. The efforts, victories, and losses of those fighting for civil rights in this country is worthy of remembrance.
Pat Patterson was one of the students from North Carolina A&T State University who took the non-violent struggle to downtown Greensboro. Patterson went on to have a 28-year career with Wachovia Bank. (Wachovia merged with Wells Fargo in 2009.) Patterson worked in the very city where he helped break down racial barriers. Just before Christmas, I had the privilege of talking with Mr. Patterson about his life with Wachovia. During our visit, we discussed his role in the Civil Rights movement, and by the end of the conversation I felt very small compared to this humble man.
In February 1960, the spotlight of history was shone on Greensboro. Jim Crow laws throughout the South barred whites and blacks from social interaction in public areas, from restaurants to businesses to drinking fountains. At the F.W. Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, you could get a roast turkey dinner for sixty-five cents—if you were white. On February 1, four young men remembered as "The Greensboro Four" made the short trip from the A&T campus to Woolworth's downtown. Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, David Richmond, and Ezell Blair, Jr. (Jibreel Khazan) arrived around 4:30 p.m., made purchases, then sat down at the lunch counter and ordered. They were not served, but remained until 5 p.m. when the store closed early.
The following day, though "peaceful," was anything but uneventful. Patterson and twenty-four other students arrived at 11 a.m., and stayed through till 3 p.m.; they brought their school books to keep themselves focused during the sit-in. They were not served, but were heckled by white patrons at the lunch counter. Reporters from two local newspapers, and a local TV camera crew captured the scene, including one image of Patterson published in JET magazine. Police stood by monitoring the situation, but took no action.
A few days earlier, several students had gathered together to study. The discussion turned to the upcoming sit-in. In a 1979 interview, Patterson described what followed:
Well, as I remember in 1960, about January, there was a group of fellows, and one night we were studying for chemistry—a chemistry examination. The question came up concerning a boycott that was being conducted in Wilmington involving Pepsi-Cola, and one of these fellows came from Wilmington, Joe McNeill. Joe McNeill, and David Richmond, Ezell Blair, and Franklin McCain were very good friends. And at the time, there was about seven or eight of us studying some phases of engineering, and consequently was taking chemistry.
So, I remember the night before the first of February in 1960. We were studying for this examination, and this topic came up, Why didn't we do something like this in Greensboro? It was decided at that time we would do something, sort of—I thought that it was a kind of half-hearted kind of decision and didn't think any more about it, really, until the next day. And I was on my way to an electrical engineering class when Joe McNeill and Ezell Blair, Frank McCain and David Richmond passed me going to class. And they indicated that they were going to go downtown, and they were going to sit-in. I said, "Fellows, I really don't have time to just go downtown to drive around if you are not going to do it." Well, obviously I didn't believe they would do it.
But they did do it. And it effected history, it also helped shape Patterson's life and his career that followed. (To be continued…)


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By Daniel Drezner
In the wake of Michael Richards' on-stage meltdown, I see that Jesse Jackson, U.S. Rep Maxine Waters, and the usual suspects are clamoring this morning for an entertainment boycott of the "N-word."
According to the AP, "Asked about free-speech issues, Jackson said the word is 'unprotected.'" Jackson is also calling for a boycott of the DVD release of Seinfeld's 7th season.
According to the Los Angeles Times' Valerie Reitman, "'We're not trying to penalize anyone,' Waters said at a news conference at the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper, 'but don't use the N-word, no matter who you are, whether you're black, white, young or old.'"
The only reason I bring up any of this silliness is that Reitman's story contains one of those rare quotes that manages to crystallize the situation so perfectly that there is no need to read anything else on the matter. Without further ado, here it is:
Joe Hicks, vice president of the civil rights organization Community Advocates Inc., called the move to ban the word "just silly and outrageous." Outside the stray white bigot, the N-word is pervasive only in black communities and among hip-hop and rap artists, "not in the business world, not in the American court system, not in the government."
Hicks, an African American and former director of the Los Angeles Human Relations Commission, said Waters and others shouldn't be trying to alter the course of contemporary urban culture and accused them of "racial opportunism."
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WHO: 1 in 2 premature births missing life-saving drugs-A A +A
Friday, August 22, 2014
MORE than half of mothers, who prematurely give birth in hospitals, are not being given life-saving drugs, which could have prevent death and disability among preterm newborns.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only 52 percent of women, who are eligible for the corticosteroid treatment and who gave birth at 26-34 weeks, received them prior to delivery.
"Nearly half of women at risk of preterm birth do not receive cheap drug that could prevent millions of newborn deaths," said the December 2011 WHO study.
"More than three-quarters of preterm babies born in hospitals could be saved with cost-effective interventions like corticosteroids to the pregnant woman before she gives birth," it further said.
Similarly, the WHO study found out that 27 percent of the women, who were eligible to receive tocolytic drugs, were treated only with bed rest or hydration.
Also, less than one in five (18 percent) women in the study, who could have been given tocolytic drugs and antenatal corticosteroids, actually received both.
On the other hand, a total of 48 percent received no treatment at all, according to the study involving more 300,000 individuals involving 359 hospitals across 29 countries.
To note, a full-term pregnancy should be 40 weeks.
Such findings, according to the WHO, are unacceptable considering that tocolytic drugs and antenatal corticosteroids do not require refrigeration and cost less than US$1 per injection.
"All women in preterm labor, who are between 26 and 34 weeks pregnant in hospitals with access to newborn care, should be getting corticosteroids. They're one of the most effective, safe and inexpensive treatments for reducing newborn deaths and disability," said WHO – Department of Reproductive Health and Research Director Dr. Marleen Temmerman.
The WHO said an injection of corticosteroids given to a mother in preterm labor or at risk for preterm birth triggers production of surfactant or a protein substance produced by lung cells to facilitate breathing in the baby's lungs.
On the other hand, tocolytic drugs are meant to slow down labor, thereby giving more time for antenatal corticosteroids to work.
The WHO said over one in 10 babies around the world are born earlier than the full pregnancy term.
Premature birth is the largest cause of death among newborn babies, and that complications of prematurity kill around one million children per year.
Complications of preterm birth include respiratory distress syndrome, bleeding in the brain, and long-term health conditions, such as learning disabilities and poor motor skills. (HDT/Sunnex)
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|Explore Others' Paths
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|Move to Action
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|Yeah, But
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|Putting It All Together
|Tools for Preparing and Learning
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|Afterword: What I've Learned About Crucial Conversations in the Past Ten Years
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The joy of creating your own Art in a highly original space.
Painting Drawing Sculpting Photographing
Hands on fun, wine, film, the joy of working in a group.
The warmth of a pot belly stove.
Creative work and personal growth.
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Still life, Landscape. Figurative imagery.
No experience is required. Just your curiosity.
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Be surrounded by all the right stuff to help you achieve your artistic dreams.
Sometimes our spirit for learning and creativity needs a home, and Paris for now, is just too far away! The Muse is no mere classroom; it is an artist's reflective working space, with all the traditional and modern tools to create your own brand of art.
Taking all that's inventive about an artist studio and creating a group friendly workshop space is the brainchild, and outcome of John Ellis' long career in the creative arts.
John's art career covers teaching and professional production of art, design, media and leading cultural tours and events here and overseas. He has an uncanny ability to see how all 'The Arts' (visual, performing, architecture, media, music connect).
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Still life, landscape and figurative imagery will be the core thematic approach using art history docos to inspire. If it is for the first or if you haven' picked up the brush for sometime, a great way to start creating art is with John and his studio environment.
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Art Saturday workshops, 2pm to 4pm.
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Jump Start Art is a practical program in the major themes and approaches when you under take year11 and 12 folio art work.
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John has been a teacher for 30 years teaching Currently is employed part-time by Ballarat Secondary College4 key arts subjects to year 12;
A wide range of approaches and practices will be explored.
Experimentation with media, techniques and ideas will help develop each person's unique style and vision.
All classes will incorporate media presentations concerning the art on the past.
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Holiday workshops, 10am to 1pm.
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The Ourees - Brilliance in Visual story telling and art creation.
Vision: The creation of a marionette performing art group based in Provincial Victoria.
Aim Developing unique story telling methods through workshops and production groups, The Ourees are the starting point for this exciting tradition, and creating opportunities for young people to become more involved within our local arts community.
Artist John Ellis and his production assistant Anne Delmenico are teaming up together to make a truly joyful, eventful hands on creative arts and art making experience. Both teachers are currently employed by Ballarat Secondary College.
Puppet making and performance creation over a 2 day workshop:
Workshop 1 Second week of January holidays, Tues 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and Wed 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Workshop 2 Third week of January holidays, Tues 10.00 am to 1.00 pm and Wed 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
A holiday program for students who:
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• big on the telling of stories
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• to explore
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Creative learning in a studio environment Opening the doors of studio art practice: take an adult class starting week 2 term 3. It is not just a kid thing.
School skill ages from years 6 to 12 as a guide. Cost: $90 per student / all materials supplied. Location: the Muse studio /413 Armstrong streets south Ballarat Phone: 0422130298
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SENECA - Congressman Gresham Barrett, R-SC, and a native of Oconee County will be at the Oconee County Republican Party headquarters for a Meet and Greet at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The event will at the party headquarters, 102 W. North 1st Street next to King Cleaners in Seneca. Barrett faces Democrat Jane Dyar in the November general election for the Third Congressional District seat. The public is invited to attend and refreshments will be served.
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MIAMI (CBS Miami/AP)-Burger King said Monday that it reached out to Twitter to suspend its account after an apparent hack.
Starting just after noon Eastern time on Monday, the fast-food company's Twitter picture was changed to a McDonald's logo, the background picture changed to McDonald's new Fish McBites product and the account tweeted that it had been sold to rival McDonald's.
The perpetrator additionally changed the name associated with the account to "McDonald's."
In the past hour, some posts from the account have contained racial epithets, references to drug use and obscenities. The account has also tweeted: "if I catch you at a wendys, we're fightin!"
Burger King Worldwide Inc. spokesman Bryson Thornton told The Associated Press that the company reached out to Twitter administrators to suspend the account. The account has not posted since about 1:15 EST.
The Miami company plans to post a statement on Facebook later today to apologize, especially for the offensive posts. It hopes to have the account back up soon.
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Lesmeister, who wasn't wearing a helmet, was riding the ATV east on New York Avenue when he crossed into the North Myrtle Street intersection when the collision happened, police said. Nandalal Ranglall, 20, of Palm Bay was traveling north on Myrtle in a Dodge Ram.
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**WINTER STORM WARNING:** (In Effect for All Midlands Counties) 4 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Saturday.
A steady, consistent snow has been falling on a large part of the Midlands since about 3 p.m. Accumulations are already beginning to add up. As of 8:30 p.m., there were 5 inches of snow reported at the National Weather Service station at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. We have heard reports of five inches of snow in large parts of Orangeburg, Lexington and Richland Counties. We've heard an unofficial report of five inches of snow on Rosewood Drive. Submit It! Upload Your Snow Pictures from this Snowstorm | Upload Your Video
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Christening Green Wave Stadium with a relentless rushing attack, Easley overcame an early deficit to defeat D.W. Daniel 21-14 Friday night.
"Daniel's got a great defense and they're a very well coached team — but we're not bad, either," Smith said afterward.
Easley, which defeated Pickens 40-7 on the road in week 0, rushed the ball 67 times compared to three pass plays. Star running back C.J. Fuller got his yards — 149 on 19 carries — but Easley sent a literal Green Wave at the Lions from its double-wing attack, accumulating 343 rushing yards.
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Easley defeated Daniel 22-21 last year, spoiling the opener of the Lions' new Singleton Field. For a while, it looked as if the Lions would return the favor.
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The Lions increased their lead to 14-0 on their next possession. Oglesby rumbled for 55 yards up the middle, this time holding onto the ball all the way into the end zone.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded candidates of a provision that laid down the implementing rules and regulations pertaining to common poster areas.
Comelec-Eastern Visayas Director Dennis Ausan said Resolution 9615 provides that parties and independent candidates at, upon authority of the commission, through the city or municipal election officer concerned, erect at their expense common poster areas wherein they can post, display, or exhibit their election propaganda to announce or further their candidacy.
"Common poster areas shall be allowed by the election officer only in selected public places such as plazas, markets and barangay centers where posters may be readily seen or read with the heaviest pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the city or municipality," Ausan added.
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Toledo Clerk of Council Jerry Dendinger is expected to notify Mayor Carty Finkbeiner as early as Monday of his right to resign or face a threatened recall election.
The mayor's five-day window to resign, which he has said he wouldn't exercise, is the next step in the effort to remove Mr. Finkbeiner from office with just a few months left in his term.
Friday, with help from a co-worker and a couple of hand trucks, Mr. Dendinger transported the 45,500 signatures submitted by the recall group Take Back Toledo from the Lucas County Board of Elections to City Council's offices, all within the same 22-story building.
The elections board staff spent three days verifying 39,994 signatures, leaving about 5,000 signatures unchecked but available if necessary. Of those verified, 20,444 were valid, meaning just more than half of the signatures collected were from registered Toledo voters.
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