>> Four of the film’s main characters are openly queer or gay in real life. <<
It always amuses me when dipsticks can't figure out how to write a sentence that doesn't portray fictional characters as real.
The ACTORS are queer or gay you dumb cluck. Not the characters. "Four of the film's starring actors ..." It's that fucking easy to tell the difference between fiction and reality. You should try it some time.
Thank you for that! Proofreading is a lost art. It's one thing to post something confusing as a non-comment, but if you are writing an article, make sure you proofread what you wrote, and that it makes sense.
As for the actors being gay, so what? They are ACTORS, so should be able to play straight characters, gay characters, or trans characters. Some people are such snowflakes!
I'm very sympathetic to mistakes and imperfect wording in comments. But when you're writing a press release or an article for a newspaper, etc., then you better write and edit to standards higher than "some internet rando."
"Ted Cruz thinks people don't have the right to 'stimulate their genitals'. I was his college roommate. That would be a new belief of his." - Craig Mazin
Dildos are sold at Walmart and at CVS? I had no idea until I read this post. And all this time, I got mine via mail order, the package wrapped in a plain brown wrapper! And it makes me realize that those stores don't have them just sitting out in the open for the kids to see, but that didn't stop the assholes from whining about it.
All the right people getting their knickers in a twist over "Wicked" makes me want to see it.
The gadgets I've seen at Walmart and Target are the classy looking vibrators that are irregular curvy bloop shapes in colorful silicon, and the boxes are near the tampons and condoms and look like more of the same stuff to a disinterested kid. The packages for the tampons are more explicit. Tiny eyes are already horrified to be in that aisle and could we please go look at the kids' toys already?
In those stores, I haven't ever seen any regular dildos that are just a dong-shaped hunk of rubber. No super long rainbow tentacle tongues or fists or any of the fun stuff.
Now, when you take your elementary school kids to Spencer's for a birthday gift for a 21-yo auntie, well, the kids will let you know right away about all the great things they've discovered.
Yeah, Wicked was fun! DEFINITELY see it...As a lover of classic musicals though, I'm not a fan of the music in it unfortunately, but that's a problem with the music in all contemporary musicals. Its kind of chatty and formless, but that's the prevailing style now. IOW you don't walk out of the theater with any tunes stuck in you head...But the music wasn't terrible and it didn't take away from the movie at all.
Oh, and I saw that atrocious film production of Cats that came out a few years ago...I'd actually never heard the music before, and it is fucking TERRIBLE...Just REALLY poorly constructed and clumsy.
Outlawing dildos is essentially outlawing a fucking SHAPE...There are a lot of things in the produce section of Kroger that match that 'shape' criteria...
I've lived in Texas my entire 72 years and have never seen a dildo in CVS or Walmart or Tom Thumb or any other "family friendly" store (not that I was looking for them). Now I DO sorta want to go a-lookin'.
On the subject of Texans and sexual behavior/content:
My distant cousin John Henry Faulk (removed from CBS during the McCarthy blacklist but won an important court case later) used to tell a story about attending a city council meeting in Austin long ago. The council was debating a proposal to outlaw the sale of Playboy magazine in convenience stories, on the grounds that it "encouraged masturbation."
After a number of speakers rose in support of the idea, John Henry was recognized. He said that, having grown up in south Austin, he was certain that masturbation had been going on in the city for many years before Playboy ever commenced publication, and that the practice was likely to continue long after Playboy was banned from stores.
There were a number of guffaws from older gentlemen around the room. The council chair banged his gavel, the proposed ordinance was quickly tabled, Austinites remained free to pleasure themselves without governmental restraint.
Let's see, Texas, 2003, what were they up to? Oh yeah, that was Enron/Ken Lay, WMD's and Cheney/Dubya and Haliburton war profiteering. I forgot about Cruz's impotent WAD (war against dildos).
“[t]here is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one's genitals for non-medical purposes ..."
So, should I apply for my medical dildo card right now? I get these headaches and my vibrathrust 5000 is the only thing that brings me relief without upsetting my stomach, doctor.
Seriously, the cons are ridiculous, and worse are those who fall for their ridiculousness - looking at you, media, and the voters who keep voting for these assholes.
Why oh why do we still have sex police. I missed out on the dildo nonsense. How did they determine six was the magic number. Do you have to use them all at once, or one a day for six days, but never on Sunday.
I actually saw an uplifting play about a hundred years ago. It was "Oklahoma". It was so fucking boring. I can still sing the title song if anyone would like to hear it.
Well, sex police have been around at least since The Village People and too many people fantasize about handcuffs for them to go away soon.
>> I missed out on the dildo nonsense. How did they determine six was the magic number. <<
The rationale was that it was like drugs. If you have a small amount for personal use that's one thing, but if you have enough on you -- even if they never catch you selling it to anyone, they assume it's for "distribution".
They decided it was one thing if you had a dildo you bought out of state and kept discreetly hidden beneath your camisoles in your underwear drawer, but it's quite another if you're passing samples around for your friends at a Fuckerware Party.
"Children's movies"? Where'd that come from? Wicked is not in L. Frank Baum's portfolio. The whole series (yes there's more out there, just waiting to offend Ms. Cole's sensibilities) was written by Gregory Maguire as an adult tribute to the Oz we all wondered about as we got older.
"This year, though, he said to Ben Shapiro that gays serving openly in the military is when they started to do social justice “tinkering” to the military"
"Beat that with a stick!" (tossing back the half-eaten pastry on the plate remains the most aggressive "I outrank you worms" move I have ever seen on TV. )
>> Four of the film’s main characters are openly queer or gay in real life. <<
It always amuses me when dipsticks can't figure out how to write a sentence that doesn't portray fictional characters as real.
The ACTORS are queer or gay you dumb cluck. Not the characters. "Four of the film's starring actors ..." It's that fucking easy to tell the difference between fiction and reality. You should try it some time.
The objext is to make you think that 𝙜𝙖𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮. No more, no less. One Million Mom Monica is a bigoted shithead.
Thank you for that! Proofreading is a lost art. It's one thing to post something confusing as a non-comment, but if you are writing an article, make sure you proofread what you wrote, and that it makes sense.
As for the actors being gay, so what? They are ACTORS, so should be able to play straight characters, gay characters, or trans characters. Some people are such snowflakes!
I'm very sympathetic to mistakes and imperfect wording in comments. But when you're writing a press release or an article for a newspaper, etc., then you better write and edit to standards higher than "some internet rando."
Exactly!
Shorter Monica Cole: Queer actors shouldn't be allowed to work.
The objext is to make you think that 𝙜𝙖𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮. No more, no less. One Million Mom Monica is a bigoted shithead.
"Ted Cruz thinks people don't have the right to 'stimulate their genitals'. I was his college roommate. That would be a new belief of his." - Craig Mazin
Dildos are sold at Walmart and at CVS? I had no idea until I read this post. And all this time, I got mine via mail order, the package wrapped in a plain brown wrapper! And it makes me realize that those stores don't have them just sitting out in the open for the kids to see, but that didn't stop the assholes from whining about it.
All the right people getting their knickers in a twist over "Wicked" makes me want to see it.
I had no idea either..I'm looking forward to going to Walmart and asking "Where y'all didlos at"?
The gadgets I've seen at Walmart and Target are the classy looking vibrators that are irregular curvy bloop shapes in colorful silicon, and the boxes are near the tampons and condoms and look like more of the same stuff to a disinterested kid. The packages for the tampons are more explicit. Tiny eyes are already horrified to be in that aisle and could we please go look at the kids' toys already?
In those stores, I haven't ever seen any regular dildos that are just a dong-shaped hunk of rubber. No super long rainbow tentacle tongues or fists or any of the fun stuff.
Now, when you take your elementary school kids to Spencer's for a birthday gift for a 21-yo auntie, well, the kids will let you know right away about all the great things they've discovered.
Buttplugs too! Look in the Health and Beauty Section next to the Pharmacy, at about adult eye level.
Yeah, Wicked was fun! DEFINITELY see it...As a lover of classic musicals though, I'm not a fan of the music in it unfortunately, but that's a problem with the music in all contemporary musicals. Its kind of chatty and formless, but that's the prevailing style now. IOW you don't walk out of the theater with any tunes stuck in you head...But the music wasn't terrible and it didn't take away from the movie at all.
Oh, and I saw that atrocious film production of Cats that came out a few years ago...I'd actually never heard the music before, and it is fucking TERRIBLE...Just REALLY poorly constructed and clumsy.
Outlawing dildos is essentially outlawing a fucking SHAPE...There are a lot of things in the produce section of Kroger that match that 'shape' criteria...
First they came for my dildo and I said nothing
Then they came for my cucumbers....
I've lived in Texas my entire 72 years and have never seen a dildo in CVS or Walmart or Tom Thumb or any other "family friendly" store (not that I was looking for them). Now I DO sorta want to go a-lookin'.
On the subject of Texans and sexual behavior/content:
My distant cousin John Henry Faulk (removed from CBS during the McCarthy blacklist but won an important court case later) used to tell a story about attending a city council meeting in Austin long ago. The council was debating a proposal to outlaw the sale of Playboy magazine in convenience stories, on the grounds that it "encouraged masturbation."
After a number of speakers rose in support of the idea, John Henry was recognized. He said that, having grown up in south Austin, he was certain that masturbation had been going on in the city for many years before Playboy ever commenced publication, and that the practice was likely to continue long after Playboy was banned from stores.
There were a number of guffaws from older gentlemen around the room. The council chair banged his gavel, the proposed ordinance was quickly tabled, Austinites remained free to pleasure themselves without governmental restraint.
Do butt plugs count as dildos or are they regulated separately?
Let's see, Texas, 2003, what were they up to? Oh yeah, that was Enron/Ken Lay, WMD's and Cheney/Dubya and Haliburton war profiteering. I forgot about Cruz's impotent WAD (war against dildos).
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"...by ensuring parents can shop with their children without encountering sexually explicit items that compromise their innocence.”
But what about the sexually explicit dildo she undoubtedly supported for president?
“Like, did you know the “no more than six dildos” law was passed in 2003? Yes, that’s what Texas Republican lawmakers were doing in 2003.”
Same year as Lawrence v. Texas. Probably in response to the verdict, back when SCOTUS did good things sometimes.
And, if it makes the wingnuts mad, I guess I’ll go see Wicked for a third time!
“[t]here is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one's genitals for non-medical purposes ..."
So, should I apply for my medical dildo card right now? I get these headaches and my vibrathrust 5000 is the only thing that brings me relief without upsetting my stomach, doctor.
Karl Marx was a lesbian mom?
Seriously, the cons are ridiculous, and worse are those who fall for their ridiculousness - looking at you, media, and the voters who keep voting for these assholes.
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Why oh why do we still have sex police. I missed out on the dildo nonsense. How did they determine six was the magic number. Do you have to use them all at once, or one a day for six days, but never on Sunday.
I actually saw an uplifting play about a hundred years ago. It was "Oklahoma". It was so fucking boring. I can still sing the title song if anyone would like to hear it.
>> Why oh why do we still have sex police. <<
Well, sex police have been around at least since The Village People and too many people fantasize about handcuffs for them to go away soon.
>> I missed out on the dildo nonsense. How did they determine six was the magic number. <<
The rationale was that it was like drugs. If you have a small amount for personal use that's one thing, but if you have enough on you -- even if they never catch you selling it to anyone, they assume it's for "distribution".
They decided it was one thing if you had a dildo you bought out of state and kept discreetly hidden beneath your camisoles in your underwear drawer, but it's quite another if you're passing samples around for your friends at a Fuckerware Party.
Thank you. I apparently didn't think it through.
The only versions of anything from "Oklahoma" I want to hear are all in Watchmen the series, with Regina King
Good gracious these people are exhausting
Bravo for black Oklahoma !! I love that series.
"Children's movies"? Where'd that come from? Wicked is not in L. Frank Baum's portfolio. The whole series (yes there's more out there, just waiting to offend Ms. Cole's sensibilities) was written by Gregory Maguire as an adult tribute to the Oz we all wondered about as we got older.
"This year, though, he said to Ben Shapiro that gays serving openly in the military is when they started to do social justice “tinkering” to the military"
April 26 2000, TWENTY FOUR years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jWOamlD9_8
"Beat that with a stick!" (tossing back the half-eaten pastry on the plate remains the most aggressive "I outrank you worms" move I have ever seen on TV. )
I have not read your Substack until today and this one is brilliant! Kudos to you!