The last reference I plan to make to Ghettopoly unless that fool comes out with part 2 or something as well as getting to what really pissed me off about the whole thing -- the racist/classist bias inherent in the creation of something like that:
It is the privilege of thinking that poverty is a game, precisely because you and yours have rarely if ever had to play it from the inside, have never been the chess pieces moved around by someone else’s hand. It is the ability to say “lighten up, it’s just a joke,” precisely because the joke is not on you or anyone you know.I've got to say that the response that kept popping up that really bugged me was the "well, why are they complaining about that when they're not making a big stink about other 'harmful' stuff?" Watch Coolfer get some feedback.
Anyhoo, a happy belated b-day to Mr. Effinchamp! Man, you're old!
Aww...Amy Sohn got married. It's Carrie from Sex In The City walking down the aisle. I used to read her Female Trouble column in HS and I'm all about Naked City. [via Gothamist]
Really good read about visits with Timbaland over on S/FJ. And since I was being all link nosy, I even found a new site to keep my eye on. Score.
Even though the output is kinda sporadic lately, these two articles on Nerve show that the old boy still has some bite.
Posted by Candicissima at October 26, 2003 08:37 PM