If you want to be loved

kthread: theawl: barthel: shitty: markrichardson: Sheila E...

amandabees — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:26:20 -0400

theawl:

barthel:

shitty:

markrichardson:

Sheila E doing “Glamorous Life” at the American Music Awards in 1985. This performance is bonkers. For the first third she sings lead while standing and also playing the lead percussion part. Then she takes the mic and dances around. And then the lights on stage go dark and she solos on drums in the dark with glow-in-the-dark sticks.

Two things occur to me watching this, and recently revisiting Sheila E’s first two albums. One, Prince in the 1980s was the kind of pop genius that comes along every 20-30 years, maybe. The amount of brilliant, boundary-pushing, but still accessible music he was responsible for, as both a solo performer or, as with this song, as a writer/producer, is simply astonishing. It’s honestly like talking about Albert Einstein in 1905, that’s how in the zone he was. It was a decade of a true and lasting genius by an artist at the height of his powers who was given all kinds of resources. A rare thing.

The second thing is what a talent Sheila E was (and probably still is, though I haven’t heard anything she’s done in some time). She had a few big hits, two good records, and came from a remarkable family of musicians (she had several first-call percussionists of note in her family). In the late 1980s she was Prince’s live drummer and also was also the leader of his backing band (you can see her considerable skills behind a proper kit in the Sign O the Times film). Imagine what it takes to be Prince’s musical director in those years, for him to hand over the keys.

Put down whatever you are doing and make sure you watch this video.

Also before the drum solo somebody comes out and puts a white fur coat on her.

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER.

Sheila E is my spirit animal today. Seriously, you need to see the sticks.

Yes. Even if my spirit animal right now is some kind of cold blooded creature that prioritizes lying still in the sunshine and not wearing high heels on stage. But. Fuck markrichardson. Why is this about Prince, first? Why?

kenyatta: Reddit: It’s not just horror and gore coming from the...

amandabees — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:48:00 -0400

kenyatta:

Reddit: It’s not just horror and gore coming from the Russian dash cams.

Takeaway: I do not want to be an old lady trying to cross the street in Russia.

popsible: I love this new trend of actresses calling reporters...

amandabees — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:22:36 -0400

popsible:

I love this new trend of actresses calling reporters out on their bullshit.

kthread: she-works: rh, St. Louis, Mo We want to hear from...

amandabees — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:16:36 -0400

kthread:

she-works:

rh, St. Louis, Mo

We want to hear from women: What’s your note to self – a piece of advice that’s helped you at work? Share your advice at http://she-works.tumblr.com

Like this project.

whateverjeanne: NAO!!! I could watch this all day. I...

amandabees — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:08:00 -0400

whateverjeanne:

NAO!!!

I could watch this all day. I don’t even know who Nao Bustamante is. I mean, I do now. But I didn’t.

Wikipedia’s Sexism Toward Female Novelists

amandabees — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:17:18 -0400

Wikipedia’s Sexism Toward Female Novelists :

kenyatta:

ericmortensen:

It appears that gradually, over time, editors have begun the process of moving women, one by one, alphabetically, from the “American Novelists” category to the “American Women Novelists” subcategory. So far, female authors whose last names begin with A or B have been most affected, although many others have, too.

This isn’t a Wikipedia problem. It’s an everything problem. Women are always being filed away as “other”. There are binders full of them.

The good news is that Wikipedia is relatively easy to fix. Keep an eye out for this nonsense. If you see something, say something. Or just edit the damn wiki and fix it yourself.

And then move back over to the everything problem.

Someone (I can’t actually remember who) recently sent me an outraged rant about Wikipedia’s sexism problem. Made me really, really sleepy. Also, however, her rant was — verbatim — as written above. So now I’m wondering something else: is this even happening?

I’ll be right back.

scumblebee: Get rid of your body. Become a Cheerios

amandabees — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:48:55 -0400

scumblebee:

Get rid of your body. Become a Cheerios

Photo

amandabees — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:17:34 -0400

Thank you, everyone!

amandabees — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:00:30 -0400

golindseygo:

Thank you to everyone who saw my question on Joe’s site (Here) and has said kind words to me. I really, really appreciate it. I’m feelin’ the love! I will keep my chin up and show all those male professors just how wrong they are.

Science FTW!

Go read her question, though. It is brain bending. I want specifics — is she not supposed to go into astrophysics because why?

upthefolks: Wow, I can’t get over how perfect this is and how...

amandabees — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:38:34 -0400

upthefolks:

Wow, I can’t get over how perfect this is and how fantastic Chris Ware is at writing from a female perspective and how he seems to have summed up in 6 panels something I haven’t been able to explain in hours of useless stammering.

Yes. But also when I was a child asking my mother all those questions she was replying through pins in her mouth or over the sound of a sewing machine or as she tried to keep the jam from scalding (which makes it sound like my mother was some kind of tripped out farm wife who did nothing but sew and make jam. She wasn’t. Sometimes she ignored me while she talked to grownups about things that were boring.)

Kids want a lot of attention. They don’t need to get all the attention that they want from their mothers. It’s okay to read a book or write a blog. My mother set an example for me that I strive to follow every day. Be a whole person, do what moves you, don’t let anyone but you define who you are. And she did that in part by ignoring her kids when she had something else she needed to get done.

And sometimes when the house was quiet she probably sat back and thought “I am doing this all wrong.” She wasn’t.

futureproofdesigns: Sketchbook, layered lines of thought Kevin...

amandabees — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:05:59 -0400

futureproofdesigns:

Sketchbook, layered lines of thought

Kevin Townsend

2013

My mother taught me to write words over words to keep my diary un-readable.

Demerits for the update on Vice, but still.

amandabees — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:49:03 -0400

Demerits for the update on Vice, but still.

"But that’s not how these things work; when you go through your day to day lives there are all of..."

amandabees — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:51:36 -0500

“But that’s not how these things work; when you go through your day to day lives there are all of these mass media and social stimuli as well as processes that we all have inside our brains that we’re not aware of, that cause us to build up little pockets of prejudice every day, just like plaque develops on our teeth. [Audience laughter] So we need to move away from the tonsils paradigm of race discourse toward the dental hygeine paradigm of race discourse. Basically, if I might just offer one piece of advice. And in general I think we need to move away from the premise that being a good person is a fixed, immutable characteristic, and shift towards seeing being good as a practice, and it is a practice that we carry out by engaging with our imperfections. We need to shift from, we need to shift toward thinking of being a good person the same way we think of being a clean person. Being a clean person is something that you maintain and work on every day. We don’t assume that I’m a clean person therefore I don’t need to brush my teeth.”

- My TEDx Talk, “How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Discussing Race.”
- Jay Smooth (via notational)

“The “movement” Sandberg seeks to lead with Lean In resembles a social movement only so far as it...

amandabees — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:20:14 -0500

“The “movement” Sandberg seeks to lead with Lean In resembles a social movement only so far as it supports the growth of her brand as leader.”

— melissa’s take on Sheryl Sandberg’s branded gender equity for the Washington Post.

Truth. On the other hand, I don’t even bother to criticize dudes for this kind of personal branding because it is how they succeed. And it is how Sheryl will succeed.

mikkipedia: Licia Ronzuli and her daughter hanging out and...

amandabees — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:36:40 -0500

mikkipedia:

Licia Ronzuli and her daughter hanging out and voting in stuff in the EU Parliament.

I support babies in government.

officialssay: ““Look at the ass on her.”” — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaking to a...

amandabees — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:01:28 -0500

officialssay:

““Look at the ass on her.””

— New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaking to a reporter at a holiday party. (h/t Gawker)

This is a Bloomberg we haven’t had the pleasure of seeing before. See also: giving Quinn shit about her sensible shoes. Theory: he has no further plans to run for office.

blondegirlfit: clype: He gets it. actually so powerful

amandabees — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:01:11 -0500

blondegirlfit:

clype:

He gets it.

actually so powerful

so60s: Jean Seberg

amandabees — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:50:06 -0500

so60s:

Jean Seberg

weepling: by Jung Lee

amandabees — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:08:36 -0500

weepling:

by Jung Lee

"What’s a pretty girl like you doing reading those?"

amandabees — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:51:16 -0500

“What’s a pretty girl like you doing reading those?”

- New York City Council candidate Ed Hartzog’s response to a reporter inquiring about his campaign contributions. (via officialssay)