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Aug. 17th, 2008

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You know those awful Bratz dolls, right? Huge eyes and lips but no noses, huge heads over tiny bodies with twiggy limbs and exaggerated curves, and enough makeup to make a stereotypical streetwalker proud?

Welp, Barbie just pwned them. Or Mattel did. Seems the guy who came up with the trashy pieces of plastic did so while under contract with Mattel--so the company that actually made them, MGA Entertainment, has been doin' wrong. And they just got legally smited for it.

Now, I'm no fan of Barbie either--but in comparison to the even more warped female image put forth by Bratz, Barbie's practically 110% girl power.

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Wanna kill a few hours? Or figure out the origins of all those weird references that get bounced about various forums, cons, and Anonymous picketings? Then go look at the Internet Memes timeline. :D Though in all seriousness, it's not nearly as addictive as tvtropes.org.

But speaking of odd references: Everyone needs to watch this video. Even if you don't like stoned hippies, watch it--because otherwise you won't understand when I start going on something about "DON'T YOU KNOW, I GOT A LEG!"


And because life wouldn't be complete unless I shared this one too:

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Jun. 3rd, 2008

Sanctioned abuse = “freedom of religion”?

Link-heavy ramblings on the FLDS and its multiple violations of human rights. )
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