Ow, ow, ow, ow!

OW! I reached over to pick up a piece of paper. Next to the piece of paper was a rather large box. Somehow, I missed the paper and instead ended up punching a very large and solid box. I think I've bruised my point finger. *sighs*

Two WTF links.

One on ducks....

And one on women and sports.

( Commentary on the second article )

I didn't get all of it, I was torn between sick and amused.

I guess this guy did too much sports as a child...

Fucking stupid discriminatory practices.

Thanks again to griffen

And another griffen link.

I hate this country, I hate this country, I hate the people, and I want to move. Anywhere. What do you guys think of finding an uninhabited island somewhere? Do you think I'd be uninterrupted by stupidity?

Another article about the Girl in the Tux

Here, taken from alternet

Another alternet article or more...

This one is about a real WTF censorshippy decision at ABC. Not actual censorship, the type imposed by the government, the other type. I think.

Another one on censorship is here.

And finally, one on the peace movement.

Help, help, help-y help help!

I'm asking people to do massive searches at scholar.google.com (or just google) because... well, because I'm stupid. I lost my lang & culture thingy, so now I need to find online an article by *checks sheet* Haarman on "how the appearance of different languages in media forms can signal different characteristics and values stereotypically associated with those languages" and by Shankar on how "bits and pieces of media can be incorporated into everyday talk as a pleasurable way to share and display in-group membership" (damn, I told the rest of my group in Lang & Cult to do Princess Bride instead!) and Hill about how "language in the media can help us explore social prejudice and inequality among social and ethnic groups".

And I also need to watch a movie. So I'm asking for help searching, because the more people search, the faster I find the articles, and the sooner I can get to bed.

Oh, fun! Another anti-abortion article

Here.

( You know where I stand, so don't be surprised at my commentary )

For cryin' out loud!

SCHOLARLY ARTICLES SHOULD NOT, IN ANY PLACE, INCLUDE COMIC SANS!

It's called comic sans for a reason!

Update on the article-begging

Now I need to find an article by a Haarman which is some 15-20 years old, about foreign language use in ads in Japan. And it seems to be cited a lot, but I'm not finding the article I'm trying to look for. Has anybody read this? Just, like, as light reading? *sighs*