We interrupt this fangirl blog to bring you the following news bulletin.

[trinityvixen]

So President Obama says he thinks gays should be able to get married. I'm going to choose not to be cynical and focus on how he then backed up to say "But, uh, states should do what they want," especially since North Carolina (state motto: "One day, we'll catch whatever venereal disease our power bottom state has and be twice as crazy!") just happened. I'm going to recognize the significance and urge people to continue putting the pressure on and the reinforcement coming. The POTUS said gays should marry. It's a big deal. We need to continue to work on tolerance issues (bullying, anti-gay hate crime, job discrimination) on the small scale to drive home the point that gay people ARE PEOPLE such that states will eventually catch up to the newly evolved Obama.

Speaking of the gays, you know what I saw five minutes of this weekend? Urban Legends: Final Cut. Which features a sexy lesbian (played by Eva Mendes, no less) who just happens to be a lesbian. ASTONISHING, RIGHT? I cannot believe I'm saying this about that shitty movie, but we could really do with more of those. Just, you know, to have around. And while I'm throwing out magical liberal wishlists for the motion picture industry, please employ more people of color and more women in roles other than "mother" or "girlfriend." K THNX BAI.

Okay, time for more fun Avengers stuffs. Check out the comments on this io9 post (careful, spoilers) for some truly awesome Hulk animated gifs. I could watch the top one alllllll day. And while we're on the subject of Hulks, why don't we let one tell us what makes an interesting one? (Again: SPOILERS) No spoilers here: a truly awesome Black Widow poster. It reminds me strongly of James Bond's credit sequences in the 1960s. Very mod, very chic, very sexy, still powerful. And there's a Hawkeye one, but it's got nowhere near the level of sophistication and class, I'm afraid.

Comments

[mithras03.livejournal.com]

Did you see this? http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-prep-school-classmates-recall-pranks-but-also-troubling-incidents/2012/05/10/gIQA3WOKFU_story.html

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Yes, I saw that. I don't know what to make of it, really. I mean, it's awful, but I don't believe that things people did in high school should forever condemn them. Lots of people get better afterwards. There's more to worry that someone like Romney hasn't gotten much better than that he once did something mean as a kid.

[mithras03.livejournal.com]

Understandably. From what I've read about how he's treated those in less fortunate positions than himself, I'm not that confident that he has changed, or ever thought he needed to. Not only in his work at Bain, but also how he dealt with those in his own church community - people who asked for his help as a bishop, which he refused to give (particularly women). Anytime a report comes out about how he's done something like this, he "doesn't recall" or "doesn't remember the incident."