http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp Feminism, film, computers and cookies Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:18:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Films and Comics by Lev I gotta start making tiny movies like this. Seriously. I got no excuse. http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/07/03/tales-of-mere-existence/ (Reprinted without permission, and without commentary.) "Osama bin Laden understands that he cannot defeat or even incapacitate the United States in a conventional war. What he and his allies can do is inflict enough pain to provoke a reaction of the sort we've seen in Iraq -- a botched and ill-advised ... http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/07/03/your-daily-obama-fighting-terrorism/ Um. I don't really know what this is about. I was going for a more sophisticated concept, but this ended up like something out of a naughtier Harriet Carter catalog: And I put this on a poster at Zazzle for printing. You know -- for that niche Bible/Greek mythology/Renaissance market. Somewhere Kate ... http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/07/02/song-of-solomonbernini-mashup/ (Reprinted without permission from The Audacity of Hope. Presented with no commentary, because Obama speaks for himself, which is nice.) The story of Abraham and Isaac offers a simple but powerful example... Of course, we know the happy ending... And yet it is fair to say that if any of us ... http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/07/01/your-daily-obama-faith/ Heh heh. This was commissioned by Stephan Zielinski, science-fiction author, photographer, and fellow zombie-enthusiast, as he sought a caveat for his photographs of this year's Dyke Festival in San Francisco. Good times. Good ti-i-i-i-i-imes. http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/07/01/warning-male-gaze/ Wow. They just keep coming. I don't even have to look offa Facebook for them. And this one has the super-exciting combination of: Crotch Pulling off undies Phallic bananas pointing at lady parts Wow. Just. Wow. This is 100 pixels away from a Hustler cover. I give it three out of five Leers. http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/06/30/dfa-below-the-belt/ I would enjoy Bejeweled more if it didn't make me think of The Gift. "TRY TO THINK A NICE THOUGHT ABOUT A BLUE DIAMOND!" I guess if I ate Lucky Charms, that would be weird, too. http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/06/30/problem-with-bejeweled/ India is doing more about climate change than we are. India, people! Oh, those tax and spend Democrats and those fiscally responsible Republicans. Waitaminnit: Hmm. I know you gotta account for inflation, and look at the debt as a percent of GDP and blah blah blah... Non-defense discretionary spending as percent of GDP 2001 ... http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/06/30/political-roundup/ R U Ri U R U U Ri Um. I am so sorry. I think there's something wrong with me. When a movie has 98% Fresh on RottenTomatoes, and it doesn't quite do it for me, I think the problem is obvious, and it starts with T. So if I tell you I preferred Kung ... http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/06/29/wall-e/ Dear Facebook, Please stop taking pictures of me on the beach. This one must be old, as I haven't been on a beach in a bathing suit since the shrimp larvae incident of ninety-nine. Sincerely, Tory http://www.thetoryparty.com/wp/2008/06/28/dfa-this-time-its-personal/