Do not do anything alone. Ever. Or, JP2 part 2

Toby (who knows what his real name is..he'll always be Toby from West Wing to me) is about to get eaten by a T-rex. Or maybe thrown over a cliff by a T-rex, but either way he's in trouble.


(pause pause)

Yep, eaten.

See, it's somehow better to be hanging off the edge of a cliff as a trailer explodes below you than to be all alone on level ground with scary dinos nearby.

Also, JP2 is not as scary as I thought it might be. I think it's going to be gory, but it's not really frightening in a nail-biting, squeak and hide way. And yes, I have been known to squeak a little when scared. This is not one of those times. I think it is, however, going to be a good chance to see dinosaurs eat a bunch of stupid people, and enjoy some A-listers slummimg it up for paycheck.

In terms of A-listers we have:
1. Julianne Moore
2. Jeff Goldblum (bonus for being a returning character!)
&
3. Vince Vaughn (he's A list now..not then, but still counts)
plus Toby (ok, ok his real name is Richard Schiff) who's at least a B, and a few famous character actors like the Russian cosmonot from Armeggedon.

I think JP2 is going to be a small screen watch

Uh oh..I'm already a little scared by Jurassic Park 2. I think I'm going to watch it on small screen (you know, where you make the video half size) so any eating and rampaging is a little less intense.

Also, I'm not sure how I feel about the first scene. If they killed the little girl I'm going to annoyed that they broke the children remain unharmed rule. Although, she did break the cardinal 'don't wander off alone' in a scary area rule.

I'm also pretty sure that was vintage Camilla Belle with a British accent.

Ha! The New York Times agrees that PMS isn't a joking matter

Remember my (slightly) ranty post about the potential PMS movie? Well, the New York Times has an article about the medical community and the debate about pathologizing the normal female reproductive system.

Basically, there is a lot of debate in the medical community about PMS and more specifically PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder)- it's currently kept in a secondary portion of the DSM manual, but they are debating whether to keep it as a diagnosis at all given the current level of evidence.

No matter what they decide, I think the article clearly makes the point that there are serious repercussion for women if they allow PMDD to remain a diagnosable disorder or if they remove it completely from the manual.

Doesn't really sound that hilarious to me..and definitely not something that merits a spoofy movie filled with stereotypes and sexism.

See the article here: http://health.nytimes.com/ref/health/healthguide/esn-pms-ess.html?ref=health

If this movie gets made I might have to organize a protest..

I stumbled upon this blog through my new group, 2o something bloggers, and had to do some of that 'calm down' breathing after I read the first post about PMS.

Apparently the blog owner, Jenn, let a guy writing a movie script about PMSing women guest write for a day to get comments. He explained that the premise of the movie is basically a guy being mystified by the 'crazy' antics of his PMSing love interest and the antics that ensue.

If this movies gets made, I am seriously going to organize a protest.
Or a boycott.
Or have a meltdown and blame it on PMS.

Is this really the kind of drivel that people will pay money to see?

I know that I will gladly pay money to watch crocodiles/sharks/dinosaurs munch on hapless victims and my taste in movies is nothing if not..unusual..but really, a movie about PMS?

I am absolutely not trying to start a debate about the impact of hormones upon men and women.
But do people still think that it's funny to act like women's bodies are weird and that we're irrational creatures controlled by our uteruses?

Of course there are differences between men and women, but many of these things are socially constructed. And those things that are genuinely divergent are the least understood and the most mocked (like hormones!).

Don't you think our time would be better spent examining these differences so that things like..oh I don't know..drug reactions are better understood instead of making movies about 'crazy women' with PMS?




ps. Spellcheck keeps telling me that uteruses is not a word..but I looked it up, and it IS one acceptable plural for uterus. See? Even blogger is sexist and thinks I'm crazy because I'm a woman.

I almost feel like a celebrity..

My (former) boss from Faith Aloud (formerly MORCRC) made it onto the main page of Feministing. I feel kind of like a cool kid now because Becky gave me my first job out of college and then wrote some fabulous recs when I left MORCRC to start grad school.

Check out the post here.

I'm not going to lie..I sometimes feel as though Feministing does not speak to me in the same way it did when Adele (another MORCRC person!) introduced me to the site. I still check it out, but I think maybe my own personal beliefs have just moved beyond the spoon-feeding provided. But, I still think it's an amazing resource and am really really proud that Becky's thoughts are being read by so many people!