Comments for The Anti-Room

Comment on It’s A Mad World by thecreme

thecreme — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:43:23 +0000

I agree with you and your friend. I found the first season a bit hard to get through – thankfully I had downloaded the entire thing, so I had no choice but to watch. It was drenched in sexism without adequate irony. But it was only (riskily) laying the foundation for the richness of season 2. Now I’m totally hooked.

I think the writing is good, but I think the acting is even better. Betty is so appealing, and she’s the one I thought I’d like the least. Joan is amazing, I don’t know where she’s been hiding in Hollywood, but I’m so glad they found her.

I hope they are silly enough to cancel it like they do with anything else worth watching!

Comment on The Beauty Myth by Sebastian Flyte

Sebastian Flyte — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:55:12 +0000

An astonishingly large amount of female journalism consists of demands that society be reorganized so that the author be considered more attractive.

Comment on All in the Mind by Dobby

Dobby — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:31:39 +0000

Definitely Aragon, Heathcliff and Darcy.

I can’t believe that nobody mentioned Rupert Campbell Black from Jilly Cooper novels! Phwoar! (Though what that choice says about my taste in books I don’t want to think about! However, I still stand by my unashamed love for her stuff.)

Comment on Blast from the Past #2: Laura Nyro by Sam Corry

Sam Corry — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:45:43 +0000

Forget Sgt. Peppers and Pet Sounds; Eli and the 13th
Confession is the greatest album from that wonderfull era.
Thanks Laura. Still missing you
x

Comment on Lovely Girls by I'm Not a Tree

I'm Not a Tree — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:07:18 +0000

Great post Aoife.
The Emma Kiernan photos just made me feel that a creepy old Fine Gael was trying their best to sex up their campaign using ‘young, straight, white, irish girl involved having lesbian fun’ photos.

By the conversation you heard on the bus it was working – no suprises.

I think we’re all programmed to be initially attracted to good looking faces.
Don’t they do experiments with children to see which strangers they’re quicker to go to?
and if you’re face has good symmetry – you’re onto a winner.

You’d think as adults though we’d have the intelligence/desire to look beyond the image to see whats really going on underneath?!

Comment on Radio Ga Ga… and not a Lady in sight by deena

deena — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:53:58 +0000

Ruby, you wouldn’t know good radio if it jumped out and bit you on the clit.

Comment on Revoking your crushes or ‘How Giovanni Ribisi broke my heart’ by Ren

Ren — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:09:24 +0000

Leigh, i’m with you – those crazy green eyes, sexful lip and general hot mess thing he’s got – strike – had going on (damm him, the chlamydic vegan) … but oh-my-goodness was i spaz over him.

I even left my hometown in Oz to get a glimpse (read, meet and marry) of him in NYC whilst he was filming 2 lovers, a couple of years ago. Alas the whole dirt ball thing has turned me off … lucky, as i was becoming a maniac. Sis, i share your pain.

Fuck it … me too, I still would.

Comment on Lovely Girls by Gamma Goblin

Gamma Goblin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:11:07 +0000

pfff… I once voted for a candidate simply because he looked a bit like Jon Lord. Make of that what you will.

Comment on Lovely Girls by mollydot

mollydot — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:42:36 +0000

It’s amazing the difference one word makes. “I think this is starting to apply to some of the male candidates too” sounds like you’re agreeing. “I think this is starting to apply to some of the male candidates too though” sounds like you’re arguing.

Comment on Lovely Girls by David

David — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:17:28 +0000

Great guest blogger!

I think this is starting to apply to some of the male candidates too though. I overheard a few women saying that they were voting for a certain candidate because he was ‘cute’.

Perhaps we’re just entering a more vacuous, celebrity-oriented, looks-obsessed era?