Monday, March 10, 2008
LOGO Hate Crime PSA
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LOGO LAUNCHES PSA TO COMBAT HATE CRIMES IN WAKE OF LAWRENCE KING MURDER
Spot to air on MTV Networks brands features Janet Jackson, T.R. Knight,
Portia de Rossi and other artists and performers
NEW YORK, NY – March 10, 2008– Logo
King, who died days after the shooting, had previously revealed to other students that he was gay and had worn makeup and feminine clothing just days before he was shot. The epidemic of hate crimes against the LGBT community continues, as evidenced by the murder of 17-year-old Simmie Williams in Florida just days after the King murder.
The 60-second PSA, which premiered this morning at LOGOonline.com
“One more murder, one more life lost, one more attempt to provoke fear and one more reason hate crimes must end. We hope this PSA will help inspire more people to join the fight against hate crimes,” said Brian Graden, President, MTV Networks Music Group Entertainment; and President, Logo.
Logo will make the spot available – as well as a shortened 30-second version – to Logo’s sister brands across MTV Networks as well as other networks that wish to air the spot. MTV Networks has a long history of educating about hate crimes including the production and airing of numerous PSAs as well as an event on January 10, 2001, when MTV replaced 18 hours of programming with nothing but the names and stories of hate crime victims.
LOGOonline.com is featuring the PSA on a special splash page with links for more information and links to sites that offer the ability to take action against hate crimes. At Downelink.com
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Well, if it isn't the cashmere mafia!
Really, show, really? REALLY!? That's the best you could do??! "Well, if it isn't the cashmere mafia" ... then followed by "see you on campus, girls!" I really want to hate this show, but you have to understand that, historically, I have watched some HORRENDOUS television because of either 1) lesbian storylines, 2) hot girls, 3) lesbian subtext, or 4) dire boredom. To review:
- Profiler
- Birds of Prey (OMG BATGIRL IS GOING TO BE ON THE L WORD THIS SEASON! WTF!?)
- Women's Murder Club (seriously just have sex already, all of you)
- Umm ... I'm sure there are others. I will add them as I recall.
My first problem with this show is the writing, in that it is horrible and no one talks like that. It's worse than the L Word at times. My second problem is the horrible Sex-and-the-City-rip-off-ness that is going on. This has been expounded upon in numerous articles around the interwebs, so I won't reiterate everything here, but it's just absurd. Lucy Liu (sorry, have to use the actors' names, as I have no idea what the characters are named as I do not care at all) is the Carrie, except they made her Asian or whatever, and then I don't even know or care what roles/stereotypes the others play. All I know is that Miranda Otto talks like Samantha and I think they're sorta setting her up to be a little like her, kinda? Anyway, no one talks like that in real life, except for drag queens. Also hated by me: the awful soundtrack and Lucy Liu's wardrobe.
I'm not going to even touch upon the absurd storylines w/r/t/ successful women vs. the men they love, gender roles, and stupid shit like that because it's just painful. And you can find that elsewhere. I will talk about what I liked, though. I have had a thing for Frances O'Connor ever since Love and Other Catastrophes so I hope they don't make me hate her character. And the lesbian stuff was actually handled pretty well, I thought. Bonnie Somerville is adorable and funny and that right there is why I'll keep tuning in. I mean, I've stuck with The L Word since day 1, I can deal with this for a few weeks. (SPEAKING OF The L Word, Riese's recap of the season 5 premiere is up over at Auto-Straddle -- and The L Word Online -- and you should go read it cause I'm in it and it's better than the show itself!)
Oh, and hi. I'm gonna try to write more. But we all know I'm lying.
P.S. Although I have yet to see Juno, Ellen Page is AWESOME and I am utterly fascinated by Diablo Cody. Thank you for your time.
Labels: cashmere mafia, girls, l word, tv
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Sunday, December 02, 2007
wish list: winter 2k7 edition
This is a work in progress.
Right now, all I know is that I need this shirt, made by Blacktooth:
Labels: lists, things i want
posted by carlytron @ 1:22 AM,
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Saturday, December 01, 2007
that. just. happened.
Okay, two things, really quick[ly]:
1. Season 5 of The L Word is upon us, and in honor of that -- and to get everyone super stoked for our upcoming L Word recaps -- Riese and Haviland and I have made some awesome vlogs, so go check them out.
2. This just happened: my parents and I were in the car, driving home from dinner (sushi, yum), and as we pulled into our neighborhood, my mom changed the radio station. Begin scene:
The radio suddenly changes back to the previous station.Aaaaaand ... end scene!
Me: Dad, did you just change the radio back?
Dad: (snickering) Well I didn't like what mom put on.
Dad settles on a station playing a Dido song.
Mom: How is this better? Now we have to listen to Dido.
Dad: More like 'dildo.'
Silence.
Mom: I cannot believe you just said that.
Me: Oh my god.
Dad parks the car in the driveway.
Dad: What? What the hell kind of name is 'Dido' anyway?
Me: I have to get out of this car right now.
Dad: Oh, did I get her?
Mom: I think so.
Me: I have no words. I have to go inside. This is totally going in my blog.
Labels: autowin, family, l word, tv, vlogs
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
we trick the train to stay on track
I'm not dead, just busy.
My uber-partner-in-crime Riese just posted our joint reviews of the Tegan and Sara / Northern State show last night, it's a great read (if you like vapid-sounding run on sentences from two alcoholics). It's here, and it's great.
Lots of awesome things on the horizon, I'm excited just thinking about them.
Labels: autowin, concerts, music
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