Friday, March 30, 2007

Female Emancipation and Relocation



The wonderful ladies up there are The Pussycat Dolls, America's answer to the Spice Girls. If you don't know about them, they are a dance group that masquerade as a band because the lead singer (Nicole) does all the work. They sang Nick's favourite lyric (Don’t cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?), they also won an award last year for best female dance group or something like that even though what they do in my eyes amounts to stripping without a pole and without taking off their clothes. They have a reality show running Search For The Next Pussycat Doll, so lots of rauncy dancing on display.

Anyway onto what I wanted to ask. One of the girls on the show said she was inspired by them as they have done alot for feminism, another one said they have done alot for music today (huh?)

One of the celeb judges on the show, Lil Kim gave us this jewel; “Everything the Pussycat Dolls are is everything that I’ve developed myself into being.” Remember this is Lil Kim who now looks like a cheap imitation of Micheal Jackson, only with breast implants and prison record to boot.


Empowering women all over the world after each booty shake!

Anyway The Pussycat Dolls is press releases talk about the group representing "empowerment" of women and girls. They encourage women to be openly expressive of sexual desire, and to "take control" in their relationships. All fine and dandy in principle. But where does the line end from being figures of female emancipation to being icons of America's next generation of trashy sluts? Yes women's sexuality has been often repressed ie women made to wear constricting burqa's in Iran, Afghanistan etc. But does that mean that when you have the freedom to do something that you should run amok with that freedom? Because yes the Pussycat Dolls say that their risque costumes and burlesque performances are all for the cause of female empowerment but at times I think their actions cause more glee for their randy male fans then for budding feminists. Come to think about it, the Pussycat Dolls represent more of a male definition of sexiness and desirability than what some feminists have in mind, it's also interesting that you have to have fake boobies and a hot body to act in this position of female empowerment; the rest of you women out their simply aren't good enough for the cause! Oh lest I forget, the Pussycat Dolls were supposed to release a line of dolls via the makers of Barbie but several family values groups lobbied against it due to the overtly sexual nature of their performances, videos and dressing.
Anyway let me ask my question again, do you ladies out there feel "empowered" by the actions of the Pussycat Dolls?

Moving on, I was reading an account of someone who had relocated back home that was pasted on bankelele's blog but has since disappeared. There is this dude who relocated back to Kenya from the States and it seemed that he had complaints about everything from the dust, how long it took to get a job, salaries, Kenyans' love for bars, the roads, bureaucracy etc. Yes some of his complaints were merited and I wont invalidate them but I will say a few things in return. Why don't people ever do any research when they are relocating? If you have been listening to propaganda about about how Kenya is a new nation then you are going to be sorely disappointed, we have not yet reached perfection but on the other hand you also can't believe the reports in Western media that have us close to civil war, anarchy and with terrorists running free on the beaches of the coast. You have to do good research, get in touch with someone who is in the Kenya and have them tell you how everyday life goes plus some people need to know that they are setting themselves up if they compare Kenya to the Western country they were living in. Kenya is a great country but you can't expect the living standards to be the same so forget about KFC and get used to Kenchic. As long as anyone has sober expectations and know things wont be super easy when they relocate, I am sure things will go well. But that's just my $0.02, I'm sure there are some people out there who can write a far better guide about relocation to Kenya. Feel free to do so, I will read and book mark it!
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Ego, Bile and Other Things........

Is it me or are Americans the most confident people with low self esteem that you come across? Yes that sounds like a paradox so let me explain. Most Americans you meet come across as very confident and somewhat cocky people but when you get to know them better you discover that is a thin veneer covering alot of discontentment and insecurity. Think I am wrong? Then why are cosmetic related industries multi billion dollar earners? Also look at the sales of products meant to boost someone's esteem and standing ie luxury cars, accesories, liqours etc; sadly are usually bought more by people who aspire to pass for rich than those who are rich, so much so there are Jaguars that are sold here without lots of the extras and features that make them as costly as they are in the UK so that someone can say the drive a Jaguar. Anyway that's life in the "developed" world for you!

Since some people out there decided amongst themselves that the Acolyte is a sexist, misogynist and all that other good stuff; let me give them some more ammo. I was reading one of the many blogs I lurk on when I came across this jewel about a woman and her attitude. Please note I did not write was comes below! It is from someone else's blog!

What a little bit of beauty brings... I've made a few posts about how unattractive or ugly women are still very demanding and feel superior to men. There's always somebody telling me that women above a 7 on a 10 point scale are even worse - even more demanding, insulting, and arrogant.
Well, let's take a look at one photobucket user's account. These are all pictures from the same account.






( He posted her pic here )

Yup, even just not being a total fugly lardass entitles women to be total -censored-. The funny thing is that the first three images could probably be found on millions of myspace webpages, blogs etc. Women think that just by possessing the "right" organs, they can be as bitchy as they want and men will be all over them no matter what.

What cracked me up were the comments!

Rob Fedders said...

Oddly enough, if a guy walked around with the attitude that this bitch has, he would soon find himself eating knuckle sandwiches.

It is really an odd "herd mentality" amongst ALL women that enables them to behave this way without OTHER WOMEN keeping them in line.

Guys keep other guys in line. Why can't women keep women in line?

Panzer said...

"Oddly enough, if a guy walked around with the attitude that this bitch has, he would soon find himself eating knuckle sandwiches. "

You got that right, esecially when one goes around with a "What the fuck are you looking at" look on their face, just like the one she has in that picture.

Pete Patriarch said...

"You got that right, esecially when one goes around with a "What the fuck are you looking at" look on their face, just like the one she has in that picture."

Funny thing is, she was probably trying to look attractive in that picture! Can't make a bulldog smile, no matter how hard you try.

I don't know what the rest of you think but I thought that whole post and the comments were as funny as hell!

Moving on, my niece has been undergoing some sort of breakdown; if I didn't know it I would say she is either pregnant or is having menopause. She has been having mood swings and has been crying for hours for inexplicable reasons. She's only 4, it must be the hormones they put in the food or something, they grow up so fast.

Oh well, time to go; I have to take a flight to a third world country and perpetuate the Patriarchy or do something just as heinous as some people would expect me to do; like clubbing seals or urinating in a fresh water spring somewhere. Cheers!

Monday, March 26, 2007

Fun and Games With Fireworks...........

Well since I had some free time this weekend, I decided to dust off my bootleg copy of Fireworks MX and install it on my pc and have some fun. I once sat down and began teaching myself basic design skills and tricks but ya'll know I have the attention span of a hyperactive 6 year old so I abandoned that after a few weeks; but seems my memory isn't all that bad. Take a look at my half assed efforts. Some of these pics are from bloggers like Mocha!, EGM and sites like Flickr, if you don't like your pics being up let me know and I will take them down.

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Anyway those are my virgin efforts, I am sure I will be able to do niftier things with time.

Since Kibera slums have become a tourist attraction, I have to take issue with the title of Africa's largest slum that it has been given. I have always thought that South Africa had bigger slums? Anyone have reliable information out there?