pinktalk

I feel like it's kind of dumb to try and think up something all profound or whatevs to say on the 9/11 anniversary.  I mean, I have nothing to offer that's not pretty banal.  But I was really fascinated by Gawker's uncovering of what maybe is the first full NYT story on the 9/11 attacks.  Just reading it is sort of...whoa, powerful.  (See, there I am, being really banal.)

If you're in the frame of mind to read a truly brilliant essay about race in America, read this.

(Via Feministing.)

Aww, true love waits!  Marc Jacobs and his ex-prostitute BF, kinda j'adorable.

Also, happy Fashion Week!

For your morning amusement, via the perpetually brilliant I Blame the Patriarchy: Rapture Letters!  Listen, friends, I have already signed you all up for this, so no need to worry when I am living in my castle made of clouds, jamming on the harp with Golden Calf-Jesus and you are, like, fighting dragons sprung from hell or whatever the heck it is that those imaginative fundamentalists believe will come terrorize you, you fucking sinner.  LOVE!

It is so rare that I sit back and say, "You know, on this issue, I really have to defer to my friend 50 Cent!"  But here you go (scroll to 3rd paragraph to read in context)...

On George Bush, who shares his birthday: "He has less compassion than a regular human being . . . Me and George Bush are so different. ... I actually go to war, when I go to war. Bush just sends [people] to war."

On the 2008 election's candidates: "I'd like to see Hillary Clinton be president. It would be nice to see a woman be the actual president and ... this is a way for us to have Bill Clinton be president again, and he did a great job during his term."

Ah, we should all emerge from getting shot, like, 27 times so wise as Fiddy.  Well said, sir.  I'll see you at the next NOW meeting, man...don't forget to bring the remix of your feminist anthem/tortured blow job metaphor, Candy Shop!

(Via Jezebel.)