Way to Spoil My Thanksgiving Induced Euphoria.

[insert Charlie Brown style "AAAAUURRRRGHHH" here]

Don't You Just Love This Love?

Last week, Britni gave me a blog-tastic shout-out, so I figured that I'd return the favor.

For starters, I want to shamelessly pimp out another blog site that I write at, Your New Opinion. YNO was the brainchild of someone I went to high school with, and focuses on a caustic view of society and pop culture, with plenty of playlists and game nerdery. You get three guesses as to which pseudonym is mine.

Next, I'd like to show some love to Britni. For the uninitiated, Britni writes about beauty, fashion, sexuality, her experiences working as a counselor for a domestic violence center, the BDSM lifesyle, and much more. Her content is often NSFW.

Alexa over at the Real Princess Diaries writes about her life as a professional escort. She's always smart, funny, and scathing when the occasion needs it. Also NSFW.

Veronica and Hubman are a couple that have very interesting and engaging blogs. Both are NSFW. Veronica writes about the trials and joys of raising two children, great food and drinks recipes, her job in HR, gender politics, et al. Hubman mostly writes about his and Veronica's experiences as swingers, and his role as a dad. Also NSFW.

Natalia Antonova writes about music, soccer traveling, feminism, pornography, pop culture and includes many animated GIFs. A must-read, obviously.

Kyla over at The Fort hasn't been blogging for a while, but it's a great blog to check out. Kyla was the person who inspired me to blog, and here experiences living among a group of Dominican sisters makes excellent reading.

I've known Callista since high school, and she's very passionate about politics, chemistry, and trying to make sense of a senseless world.

I met Melanie though the Episcopal Campus Ministry of the University of Missouri. She is spending a year in the Philippines through the Young Adult Service Corps. Her "Pineapple Diary" is filled with words and pictures about the Philippines, and how Episcopal Filipino's live, work, and worship.

Okay, so I'm not so sure where Tumblrs fit in the blogosphere, but my friend Chelsey's is pretty awesome. Chelsey graduated from Stephens, and lives and works in Washington D.C. (D.C. readers should go see "The Solid Gold Cadillac" at the Studio Theatre and see her in action!)

Also...I hoped everyone had a very happy Fangsgiving!

The Ultimate Boys Are Dumb Playlist

The key ingredients for this playlist are the music, copious amounts of booze, good cupcakes, and if she's available, my roomate.

In no particular order:

Lily Allen: "Smile" "Not Fair" "Shame For You" "Not Big"
Lady GaGa: "Lovegame" "Poker Face" "Bad Romance"
Katy Perry: "Hot n' Cold"
Carrie Underwood: That One Song About Wrecking that One Guy's Car
Pink: "You + Ur Hand"
Lesley Gore: "it's My Party" "You Don't Own Me"
The Killers: "Somebody Told Me" "Mr. Brightside" "When You Were Young"
Taylor Swift: "Picture To Burn"
David Bowie: "Queen Bitch"
Shiny Toy Guns "Le Disko"
Beyonce: "Single Ladies"
Joni Mitchell "I'm A Radio" "Blue" "River"
Anything by Sharon Jones and the DAp-Kings

Repeat until you feel better. Enjoy.

I Drink Coffee Like A Man. Deal With It.

As promised, I'm using this post to try to respond to the Heartbreak Nymphomania Gender Carnival Contest.

I consider myself to be a woman. And fortunately, in a society with a very rigid gender binary, I understand the priveledge that comes with my chromosones matching up with my gender identity.

I like wearing heels, dresses, corsets, jewelry, perfume, and makeup. However, I'm just as likely to wear t-shirts, paint-covered jeans, and sneakers.

The main times when people say things like "Wow, you're such a guy" come up whenever I talk about drinking either coffee or alcohol. I prefer to drink strong coffee, with only skim milk added. I prefer to drink strong beers (mostly microbrews), and alcoholic drinks with a fair degree of kick (no appletinis or sex on the beaches for me).

Because, strangely enough, apparently women shouldn't be able to handle black coffee, India Pale Ales, or whiskey sours. We're just that delicate and fragile, right?

Why is drinking brightly colored drinks "feminine". Why is enjoying casual sex "masculine"? There are plenty of men who prefer, committed, monogamous relationships as there are plenty of women who prefer casual ones.

I'm so tired of this sort of either/or mentality when it comes to sex, gender, and social mores. Why can't we just let individuals decide what is best for them instead of enforce a pointless set of rules and regualtions? Please?

I just love this love.

I've been pulling all-nighters due to finals week, so I just saw Britni's shout-out to some awesome people in the blogosphere, including myself. I'll be sure to do something similar perhaps tomorrow, when I don't have a drawing to complete and slides to memorize.

Also, Wilhemina Wang at Heartbreak Nymphomania is holding a Gender Carnival contest. Deadline is November 21 at midnight EST. You should enter it. (I will be posting my entry on this here blahg, after, well, you know).

Also also: IF YOU HAVE A BURNING QUESTION ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN VIDEO GAMES OR QUANTUM PHYSICS, EMAIL ME AT existentialtoasteroven@gmail.com ! SERIOUSLY!!! I'm already planning out the first advice post, on the ins and outs of transferring to a different college (which came after talking with my good friend Callista), but I could always use more! (and also also also: give me suggestions for what to title my occasional advice column!)

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO NOW.

[trigger warning]

From Feministing comes this awesome clip from The Coat Hanger Project.

Please watch it NOW.

I will be putting in my own two cents as soon as finals are done.

Free Advice Is Worth Much More, Actually.

So......

I'm thinking of having an occasional advice column.

Of the 10-15 people who read this patch of internet, how many would want to read my advice/submit questions?

Songs Currently Going Through My Head, Part 2

Love

Love

Love

this song.