Dearest HON family,
In support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, my love (Elbows) and I took part in a Jog for Justice. This was a 5K run that raised money and support for the Office of the Victims Advocate on the University of Maryland campus. The purpose of this event was awesome! All proceeds went to the Victim Assistance Fund to help pay for victims' medical needs and mental health appointments. So we were pretty jazzed, because you know I don’t run unless someone is chasing my ass.
Anyways, we got there early, registered, and put on our matching Jog for Justice t-shirts. As we were waiting, Elbows and I took notice of the music blasting through the speakers…actually the phrase “bitches get low” kinda caught my attention. Song after song, I grew increasingly angry. It was all rap, not good rap, no, the “slap your ho, suck my (fill in the blank)” garbage, sexist, misogynistic kind of rap. At first, my optimistic Elbows thought they might be trying to prove a point, as they purposefully skipped over an awesome Matisyahu song. We quickly learned this was not the case, since they played a couple good songs and then returned to the hateful shit. I wanted to scream, “This is a fu*&ing event AGAINST sexual assault! Who the hell is in charge of the music, and why are they here?!?” (I’m getting pissed off just writing this).
Soon, groups of sorority and fraternity kids started arriving at the tent, all wearing shirts and shorts sporting their Greek letters. A couple guys, and even a girl, were all wearing shirts that read “Jungle Jiggle” with a caricature of two girls with bid boobs wrestling (I guess all their other Alpha Delta Asshole shirts were dirty). I don’t know exactly what bothered me the most…the lack of Jog for Justice shirt wearers, the girls shaking their asses to the insulting music, the frat dudes eating all the pizza and bagels, the other frat dudes taking pictures with their frat flag with the parking lot (instead of the Victims Advocate tent) as the backdrop, or the certainty I felt that none of them donated to the cause.
I am certain that the majority of those kids came for the free food, drinks, and socializing. I wouldn't be surprised if some douchenozzle woke his fraternity up by telling them that girls talking about their pu*%ies were gathering by the parking lot with free food. Ok, see, I am being a judgmental bastard, but the whole thing looked like a publicity stunt. Everyone knows that the rate of sexual assault within the Greek system is horribly shocking, and I’m sure there’s a great deal of pressure on these organizations to fix “the problem.” However, I believe they think “the problem” is their image. These kids did not act like they cared about the event; they just wanted to put on their website that they participate in Sexual Assault Awareness Month, it looks good.
I do not like the Greek system, I think they serve no purpose and I think they are dangerous. At one time, I had hope that these were philanthropic organizations where students found friends with similar interests. I do not believe those types of sororities or fraternities exist anymore. I do not understand how countless women have been encourage, and at times threatened, to hide their rape in the best interest of the Greek system. I do not know when this will stop. I wasn't expecting these kids to be as sympathetic to the issues surrounding sexual assault as Elbows and I are. They are young and they don't know anything. I just don't think it's that difficult to donate some money and pretend like you give a shit.
Signing off,
A Judgmental Bastard
Friday, April 18, 2008
Am I a Judgmental Bastard?
Feminists are Funny...all the time!
This is one of the funniest posts I've read in a long time. Some dumbass sent in hate mail to the feministing blog, from his college email. What happens when you piss off a group of strong women? They look you up and put all your shit, including your asshole myspace picture, on the web for all the lovely readers of feministing to see. Alex Kochno, I'm sure you've made Southern Illinois University very proud.
http://feministing.com/archives/009027.html
Thursday, April 3, 2008
This is how we will construct our commune
A house that defies death, House of Leaves meets Willy Wonka style. Check out the pictures, too.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
A Modest Proposal
From me to Mike Gravel. Mikey, would you live out your (few) remaining days with me? His ads never fail to make me all tingly inside. This is the best Wednesday ever =)
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Hee hee.
Yet more awesome. Nothing cool ever happens to me. I wonder what I would have done.
Also, what's with the comments on this page? Everyone seems really keen on bank interest rates, not the cool part.
Friday, March 28, 2008
For my Lawyer Friends
Larry H. Parker has nothing on Melanie Berliet! In her compelling defense of Adam and Eve, Berliet claims extortion on the part of, you guessed it, the Almighty. She fights, she claws, she wins!
"Humanity at Large asks not for monetary compensation. They do, however, ask for the right to premarital relations without guilt, or the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, especially herpes. Humanity also posits that the sacrament of marriage be redefined as a union between any two beings wanting to make such a commitment to one another, including alpacas."
Read more at:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/3/27berliet.html
Monday, March 24, 2008
Garfield Minus Garfield
My new friend Jim sent me this link to a blog called "Garfield Minus Garfield" - it's hysterical. Here's the blurb:
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb.
Jon Arbuckle's life disconcertingly resembles how I spend some of my selfunemployment days...but at least no one's trying to draw me.
Love
me
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Ah, the good old days....
Just thought people might be interested in this.. The relevant line is, of course, "...hedge funds and other speculators, desperate for a hot market in which to play, have been inflating oil prices..."
Friday, March 21, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Quote of the Month
Mathgimp: I have supreme confidence in the fact that Laura Bush does not give blow jobs.