So here goes nothing, on the nonsense written in "blue is the new black"

So Mustafa from the BeirutSpring posted, on his twitter account (@beirutspring), the link to the following article: Blue is the New Black, written by Maureen Dowd for the New York Times.

Now I will put aside my previous experiences with the NYT's destructive sensationalism when dealing with...um...everything.

This Op-Ed isn't so bad. It deals with the issue of women being sad in spite of the feminist revolution and all that shit. And I am not saying that women have reached the gender climax or anything. But I have some grave reservations on the article, so let's see what I liked and what I did not like in this article:

Changing Gender: Because mainstream isn't always fucked up

While I was skimming through the articles in my inbox, I came across the following article Changing Genders: An Interview With the World's Leading Sex Change Surgeon, by Karlie Pouliot for FoxNews.com.

You know how mainstream media is, it seems that no matter how bullshitty their content is they are always speaking to "Das Expert." But this time, it was actually someone who knows what she is talking about.

The interviewee is Dr. Marci Bowers who is:

1. Gender reassignment surgeon
2. Transgender

Dancing boys of Afghanistan - The Guardian

It is always a pleasure to read articles in mainstream media when they report about the "exotic others". You know the sensationalism, the smell of the underworld as its door slowly opens, the forbidden pleasures... Where else can you find it all?

Today's article is from Guardian.co.uk and it's titled: The dancing boys of Afghanistan. And of course, the author goes into details about the rooms infested with Hashish (not that he actually saw any hash ingestion, but y'know, the smell is very unique), then the lords and their slaves, the unbelievable story of the poor third world country children, raped, ostracized, ill-treated etc.

Deja-Vu, Maya Zankoul's illustration

I came across Maya Zankoul's during the electoral "let's integrate women into our ads" fever. Back then she made fun of billboard campaigns, putting them all into one section with her "Sexy Elections" post.

Back then I had some reservations on how she operates. I personally would have preferred to see such a talented and successful <b>woman</b> let people know more about what she thought of these campaigns. What she thought about the promised equality if you vote for the Lebanese Forces, the promise of beauty if you vote for the Free Patriotic Movement or the promise of I don't know what if ... euh... someone votes for a woman in pink lingerie.