Confessions From A Black Rose

Yesterday my big fat feminist mouth got me in trouble, actually it got me noticed. I was watching Trading Spouses which I should have know would get me trouble because recently have been overtly critical of reality shows. So in this episode a woman from more of a working class in Massachusetts switched places with a woman from a upper middle class in California. These two women were also different in appearance, it was safe to say the spouse from California cared about her appearance and was thin. The other woman did not care much for her appearance and was more heavyset. I was not feeling the way they were portraying the woman from Massachusetts, it appeared that she was loud and obnoxious. It was obvious to me that she did not fit into white middle class femininity because she was outspoken and loud. The women she came into contact with did not like her because she was different, I sympathized with the woman but one of my roommates hit a nerve when she called her disgusting. Wait a

1. I am a Feminist My feminist voice is like a butterfly coming out of its cocoon. It is not strong enough to fly away but it does not stop it from being beautiful. I do not believe in the bull crap that is gender roles or there being specific colors assigned to genders. There are some people who are strong and some people who are emotionally vapid but it has nothing to do with their biological sex. People are socialized to fit neatly into gender roles and I for one am trying to fight against it. I am a strong girl and I felt overly masculine as a child for it. Why does having the ability to lift heavy objects have to be considered a masculine quality. I hate heels but I love to get dolled up. Growing up my favorite color was pink and I loved my horror movies. I was not one of the boys, I was one of the girls who could kick anyone's ass during tug of war. Just because I am a feminist does not mean that i am a bra burning men bashing hairy lesbian. For one thing, I love my men, a li

Hey Y'all, I am back in Ithaca now preparing myself for my last semester as a college student. It is a scary thought but I am hopeful about what the new year will bring. Nothing can be worse than last semester. As promised I wanted to make my Oscar predictions prior to the nominations being announced on Thursday. Here it goes, Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk Doubt Wildcard: The Dark Knight Best Actor Sean Penn- Milk Brad Pitt- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke- The Wrestler Clint Eastwood- Gran Torino Frank Langella- Frost/ Nixon Wildcard: Richard Jenkins- The Visitor or Leonardo Dicaprio- Revolutionary Road Best Actress Anne Hathaway- Rachel's Getting Married Meryl Streep- Doubt Kate Winslet- Revolutionary Road Kristin Scott Thomas- I've Loved You So Long Angelina Jolie- The Changeling Wildcard: Sally Hawkins- Happy Go Lucky( I really want her to be nominated but she was shut out from the BAFTAs.) Bes