NB: I've added new pics to this post the past two posts before this - check em out

JANE FONDA'S DOG LICKED MY LEG AND I LIKED IT

while i may (and do) bitch about work, i am always impressed by the guests who come to speak here. monday i saw times conservative columnist david brooks; today it was first wave feminist power duo gloria ('g-lo?') steinem and jane fonda. and it was PACKED. i had to watch the CCTV broadcast in another room downstairs. popped into the bathroom before the show and almost stepped on a cute little dog sans leash. what the hell, i thought - these güglers and their sense of entitlement! the nerve, bringing a dog into the BATHROOM - was it not ok to leave the dog at ones desk for three minutes? but the dog was well-behaved, standing silently and faithfully outside its owner's stall, and whenever it would peek under the stall, the owner cooed at it, 'hello, baby! hello!'

sick, thought i. SICK.

i came out and while i was washing my hands, i felt something lick my calf. i looked down and saw the offender. grey is in this season, i thought, and i have been looking for a nice little stole. CATCH THOSE PUPPIES!

NB: this image also came up when i searched 'cruella de ville' -

sad, but not untrue

later during the talk, schmidtty (who is increasingly reminding me of a cross between the doozers on fraggle rock and beaker from the muppets

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mentions how jane fonda (who was looking a little robert evans for the wear - look how hot she used to be!) has brought her little dog tulea with her on stage. and, like a true diva, she brought the dog along even though she was not even aware of our dog friendly campus. also apparently she brings the dog EVERYWHERE - santa barbara, san francisco, atlanta, palm beach, FL; lexington, KY.



anyways, the talk was very first wave - equality for women in politics, workplace, home. blah blah blah. the only time they mention women of color is when they talk about women in 'the global south' (how chic) - what about the women of color in your own country? plus they always talk about how this generation lacks the anger of their generation, and that always makes me SO. MAD. it didn't make things any better that there were no young feminsts there to refute that opinion - in fact at least one young woman came to the mic who admitted to being detached from feminism (i think one was crying because her mom had been so much more passionate about feminism than she was) and went on to speak as if that was the status quo among young women.

far from it, my friend.

here are some pics:



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i KNEW this piece was going to be in gawker's 'great moments in journalism' when i read it yesterday - also, it's true, chinese people DON'T DIE....which is why i say: 'bring it on survivor! let's DO this already! we been here 4700 years baby, we aint goin nowhere!!!'

like cockroaches.