NBC out of San Francisco reports that Del Martin, the awesome, astonishing and downright amazing lesbian activist…died in a local hospital with her wife at her side. She was a part of the first same-sex marriages in California, and 87 years old.
You’re an inspiration.
If you’ve ever seen “Fried Green Tomatoes,” and didn’t read the book, you just knew that there was something going on between the leading women….didn’t you? Well, it is reported on Actress Archives.com that Mary Louise-Parker recently stated that the book was very clear about the same-sex relationship between the women, and that she wanted the film to be more true to the original story.
She was able to get almost everyone on board with the idea of portraying a lesbian relationship between the women…well, except for the filmmaker Jon Avnet and others who didn’t want the film heading in that direction…it was 1991.
Cheers to Mary Louise-Parker for speaking her mind, and attempting to do the right thing…which is, of course, getting it on with a woman…on film.
Here are Idgie and Ruth:
The largest study examining gender and math was recently published in Science journal. The results? When looking extensively at math scores, there is no difference between the genders from elementary school through high school. That means all those lies you heard about “boys being better at math” are simply not true.
What telling you those things does do…is keep girls out of high level math courses, which keeps them out of many science and technology careers (where money is made).
Here’s someone who’s bucked the trend, a picture of Harvard Theoretical Physicist, Lisa Randall. She’s 45 years old, and considered one of the most influential physicists of our time. Why didn’t I have professors that looked like this?
Something that’s always kind of amazed us is how Ellen does it. Week after week she cracks jokes, dances on that stage and has a blast…with middle american housewives? The same people who dance around and cheer for her wildly would likely vote for her not to be able to marry - it’s a strange position.
She even announced her engagement on television - that’s bravery.
Anyway, sometimes people deserve a bit of applause, and we’re not opposed to giving it out. Kudos to you Ellen…and if you want to send your soon-to-be hot wife over to give me a backrub…that would be awfully nice of you. I love happy endings.
In an amazing story, a Beagle lost out of the yard in New York, turned up 5 years later in Georgia. The family looked for the dog, but with no luck. Until today. They got a call that the dog turned up in a shelter in Georgia, and was identified after it’s microchip was scanned and the family was located. Shelter owners stated that the dog clearly looked worn, had cuts under its eye, and was found on a nearby military base.
With all the crap in the world, I’m glad that at least Rocco had a happy ending. Cheers to you, tough guy.
Have you noticed this? I know we’re supposed to have the “urge to merge,” but is this really necessary?
Thomas Beatie, the transgendered guy who became pregnant when his wife was unable to conceive, gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
There are no post-pregnancy breasts to post, but I think you’ll agree, it’s one fantastic ending.
How could you not love this guy? He’s come from being an overweight child star who was picked on (remember “Stand by Me?”), to an attractive guy married to a model.
More important than this, Jerry recently appeared in a Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) public service announcement encouraging people to become allies of their GLBT neighbors. <click here to see it>
After all of it, the guy’s still got a wicked sense of humor, spoofing Tom Cruise in his Scientology rant, and showing on a run when confronted with paparazzi cameras, that men need to cover up too:
Where was he when the guy next door was mowing his lawn?
There are definitely days it should be mandatory that everybody should cover their nipples.
