Gadgets just make things more Complicated

You are probably familiar with the Microsoft Office Labs vision of what 2020 might be like. Its in the video below if you haven't seen it before.


However I want to point out something of interest...

The gadgets don't actually make your life easier. They just make everything more complicated and time-consuming. Yes, they look kewl and interesting, but most of the time (99% or so) people are just wasting time on such things and not actually "building" anything.

Now in the video they do, eventually, design a rooftop garden for buildings in the future. Which is a nice idea, absolutely. But did they really need to use all those gadgets to design such a thing?

Nope. They could have done it a lot faster the "old fashioned way" and not wasted all that time playing with their toys.

Which begs the question... will so much of our society in the future be spent twiddling with gadgets and designing stuff (that rarely gets built) or will be actually putting our skills to use and BUILDING things.

I chalk it up to wasted "manpower". Take Britain for example, which has just over 2.5 million unemployed people right now (not counting me, I'm a professional writer).

That is 2.5 million people who could be building things. Building homes. Bridges. Roads. Parks. Rooftop gardens. Greenhouses. Windmills. Solar panels. Building things that would make Britain even more amazing than it already is.

Now what would it cost to employ 2.5 million people and give them a decent salary? Say 50,000£ per year (about $80,000 USD). Well it would cost £125 billion per year.

Now I admit 50,000£ is a lot. The average annual wage in the UK is actually 36,000£. So maybe we don't need to spend that much.

£90 billion would cover it and give those 2.5 million an "average job" building things that make the UK a greater place.

Well... let me put it this way.

The UK already spends £190 billion on "social protection services" every year. Another £119 billion on health care. £88 billion on education. £38 billion on defense. And so forth.

The pie chart on the right is from the 2009-2010 fiscal year.

So an extra £90 billion to give every unemployed person in the UK a job building stuff isn't actually that big of a deal. It is, ahem, controversial and a wild idea, but it would solve a host of problems simultaneously.

#1. It would pretty much eradicate unemployment and homelessness. As long as people are willing to work, they will automatically have a job waiting for them.

#2. Crime/theft would drop dramatically. People who have jobs have little reason to steal things if they are making a decent wage.

#3. Foreign investors would flock to the UK because our economy would be booming. Once the initial stages pass the private sector would start hiring more people and the amount of money being used for "building things" would drop dramatically over time.

#4. The UK government would get most of their investment back in income taxes anyway. Not just the newly employed people, but from everyone else as well. Why? Because people would be spending more, which means other companies will be making more, which means they too would be paying more in income taxes.

#5. More people doing manual labour means more people who are exercising as part of their daily routine. This would boost the overall health of the country. Which means health care costs would decline a bit.

HOWEVER THERE IS A BIG FLAW IN MY IDEA

And it is that many people simply refuse to do manual labour.

Pick up a shovel and do work with my hands? Pff!

I think this is because many British people now have this sense of entitlement, that they don't "need" to work. Myself included. I'm a writer / former teacher. I've never worked a manual labour job beyond when I did some gardening during high school.

But if someone offered me a job in a greenhouse tending plants, I would do it. I think that would be an awesome job. (I love greenhouses.)

The same thing is true of Canada and the USA. Nobody over there is willing to pick apples or do agricultural work. So instead they import hardworking Mexicans to do all the work instead. And its not just farming either... the food services industry is mostly Mexican and Asian people. Why? Because most white people are too proud to work in McDonalds.

White people are, frankly, lazy and feel overly-entitled. Many of them think they are too good for manual labour. They went to college or university, they got a diploma or a degree, but they cannot find work in their chosen degree because frankly how many psychologists and social studies majors does the world really need?

No. The real jobs are in manufacturing and in building / growing things. Which is why places like China, Taiwan, Japan, etc are now manufacturing superpowers compared to many other countries - because they mass produce things and their employees do it for relatively little - and they're not too proud to refuse to do the work.

Our Arrogance Will Be Our Downfall

Life With/Without a Cat

Cuz Cats are Funny regardless of what you do.

Pregnancy Complications = Death

Complications of pregnancy results in the deaths of an estimated 70,000 teen girls in developing countries (second world countries) each year. In third world countries the rates are even higher. Overall half a million women die every year in childbirth due to complications.

So what is it like in the developed country like the UK, Canada or the USA?

Honestly, its not much better.

In the USA pregnancy is the leading cause of death for young women ages 15 through 19.

Its sad but true.

Certainly things could be done to prevent this, but the truth is that many teenagers who are not fully grown simply are not ready to bear children.

And the fact that health insurance in the USA is lagging behind the rest of the western world doesn't help either.

In the UK, where we have high standards for our hospitals we really are not much better. Part of it is societal. The kind of society the results in children as young as 12 getting pregnant and having babies.

FACT: In the UK girls under 15 are five times more likely to die in pregnancy than women in their 20s.

Its not just the mother's lives who are at risk either. Babies are 60 per cent more likely to die if their mother is under 18.

20 per cent of girls worldwide have their first child before the age of 18. Teen pregnancy living in a third world country is basically a death sentence and its not much better in 2nd or 1st world countries.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2006 there were 435,436 babies born to women ages 15 to 19 in the United States.

Teenagers in the USA are also more likely to have premature births. Premature births are 14.5% for teenage women in the USA, compared to 11.9% for women 20 to 29 years old. Premature babies are often grossly underweight. Babies born weighing less than 3 1/3 pounds are 100 times more likely to die than normal weight babies.

Babies born to teenage girls in the USA under the age of 15 are 240 percent more likely to die during or soon after childbirth.

And if you factor in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) then the statistics are even higher, since SIDS is much higher with premature / underweight babies...

All in all... teen pregnancy is a huge risk for both the mother and the baby. Even if you live in a developed country like the USA, Canada or the UK it still kills.

What is bizarre is that the majority (70%) of American women who get an abortion is NOT teenagers. Its actually women in their 20s who are single mothers and already have one or more children. They get pregnant AGAIN and decide that one extra mouth to feed is enough.

I think part of the problem is that teenagers think they are immortal and they don't know the risks of teenage pregnancy and that they have great faith in doctors. They think that even if something goes wrong that they will somehow survive. Teenagers are ever immortal optimists.

And its killing them. Pregnancy is the leading cause of death for young women ages 15 through 19.

Something to think about.

Christmas Treat - A Holiday Film with Feminist Undertones

Behold my recommendation for your Christmas Day viewing pleasure...

A Holiday Film with Feminist Undertones...

BATMAN RETURNS.

At which point you might say, huh, what?

But what you might not know is that this film has Catwoman in it - and any film with Catwoman in it always has some kind of feminist undertone. Call it one of the few virtues of the comicbook industry, they love a heroine who has a feminist twist.



Of course its hardly the only such film with feminist undertones. There is also the Halle Berry "Catwoman" film - which tried so desperately to appeal to a feminist crowd it ended up being overdone and made the villain a beauty product heiress with diamond-hard skin.

Which is really rather lame.

And then to make matters worse it shows off a lot of skin - Which is one of the worst traits of the comicbook industry, their unrealistic flaunting of female skin.

As if women watching this film didn't know already that it was basically made for a male audience but they're trying to fool us with over the top mixed messages.



There is a long list of superheroines out there if movie producers want to make movies out of them... many of them are not well known, but that doesn't mean their stories aren't worth telling.

But sadly many of them would be showing a lot of busts and skin. I think that is one of the reasons why they keep failing to make a Wonder Woman film. Its because they know her character is a little two dimensional and they're trying to figure out a Batman Begins way of making the character come to life on the big screen - without it looking ridiculous.

Anyway, here is a long list of superheroines that could be made into films... if anyone ever steps up the plate and decides some of their stories are worthy.

My vote? I know She-Hulk will never be made, but I think BLACK CANARY would be a great film.


Mint Aizawa (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Momoko Akatsutsumi (Cartoon Network)
Alisha (Misfits)
Alexandra/Alex (Totally Spies)
Alice (Resident Evil series)
Amber (Eclipse Comics)
American Dream (Marvel Comics-MC2)
American Maid (The Tick)
Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld (DC Comics)
Andromeda (DC Comics)
Andromeda (Marvel Comics)
Angela (Image Comics)
Aquagirl (DC Comics)
Samus Aran, Metroid
Argent (DC Comics)
Arisia, the Green Lantern of Graxos IV (DC Comics)
Arrowette (DC Comics)
Artemis of Bana-Mighdall (DC Comics)
Atom Eve (Image)
Atomic Betty (television series title character)
Aurora (Marvel Comics)
Avengelyne (various)
B.Orchid (Killer Instinct)
Ballistic (Cyberforce member) (Top Cow)
Barb Wire
Barbarella (V-Magazine)
Batgirl (DC Comics)
Battle Angel Alita (Shueisha)
Batwoman (DC Comics)
Beautiful Dreamer (DC Comics)
Bella Donna (Marvel Comics)
Belphegor (DC Comics)
Big Barda (DC Comics)
Big Bertha (comics) (Marvel Comics)
The Bionic Woman (Ima)
Binary (Marvel Comics)
Vera Black (aka Sister Superior) (DC Comics)
Black Canary (DC Comics)
Black Cat (Harvey Comics)
Black Cat (Marvel Comics)
Black Cherry X (2000 AD)
Black Orchid (DC Comics)
Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
Black Widow (Timely Comics)
Blacklight (Marvel Comics-MC2)
Blink (Marvel Comics)
Blitzkrieg (Antarctic Press)
Bloom (Winx Club)
Blonde Phantom (Marvel Comics)
Blossom (Cartoon Network)
Bloodberry
Bluestreak (Marvel Comics-MC2)
Boodikka (Green Lantern Corps) (DC Comics)
Boom Boom (Marvel Comics)
Bounty (Marvel)
Brandy (Image Comics)
Bubbles (Cartoon Network)
Buff (Marvel Comics)
Bulleteer (DC Comics)
Bulletgirl (see Bulletman and Bulletgirl) (DC Comics)
Bumblebee (DC Comics)
Buttercup (Cartoon Network)
Burnout (Eclipse Comics)
Callisto (Marvel Comics)
Captain Confederacy (Marvel Comics)
Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
Captain Universe (Marvel Comics)
Lenore Castle (Powerline) (Marvel-Shadowline)
The Cat (Marvel Comics)
Cat Claw (Malibu comics)
Catwoman (DC comics)
Celsius (DC Comics)
Cerise (Marvel Comics)
Chance (Marvel Comics)
Chandika (comics)
Chase (DC Comics)
Abbey Chase (see Danger Girl)
Chastity (Chaos Comics)
Cheetara
Cherry
Choice (Marvel - Ultraverse)
Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
Cammy White (Street Fighter)
Cimarron (Eclipse comics)
Cinnamon (DC Comics)
Circuit Breaker (Transformers)
Clea (Marvel Comics)
Cleopatra (Astro City)
Clover (Totally Spies)
Clobber Girl (Simpsons)
Clobberella (Futurama)
Coagula (DC Comics)
Cobweb (America's Best Comics)
Colt (AC Comics)
Comet Queen (DC Comics, Legion of Super-Heroes)
Copycat (DC-Wildstorm)
Copycat (Marvel Comics)
Anya Corazon (Marvel Comics)
Crane (Bon Comics)
Crazy Jane (DC Comics)
Crimson Avenger III (DC Comics)
Crimson Curse (Marvel Comics-MC2)
Crimson Fox (DC Comics)
Crystal (Marvel Comics)
Cutey Honey (title character)
Cybergirl (title character)
Cybersix
Cyblade (Top Cow)
Cyclone (DC Comics)
Dagger (Marvel Comics)
Darkstar (Marvel Comics)
Darna (Mango Comics)
Dart (DC Comics)
Dart (Image-Highbrow Ent)
Dawn (Sirius Comics)
Dawnstar (DC Comics)
Dazzler (Marvel Comics)
Dead Girl (Marvel Comics)
Karolina Dean (Marvel Comics)
Deathcry (Marvel Comics)
Debrii (Marvel Comics)
Deep Blue (DC Comics)
Destiny (Marvel Comics)
Devi (Virgin Comics)
Diamond (Blink Comics)
Diamond Lil (Marvel Comics)
Diamondback (Marvel Comics)
Brittany Diggers (Antarctic)
Diva (DC-Wildstorm)
Doctor Light (DC Comics)
Doctor Midnight (DC Comics)
Doll Girl (DC Comics)
Dolphin (DC Comics)
Domino (Marvel Comics)
Domino Lady (Pulps)
Dove as Dawn Granger (DC Comics)
Dragona (Mars Ravelo's)
Dragonfly (AC Comics)
Dream Girl (DC Comics)
Duck-Girl (Bon Comics)
Dumb Bunny (DC Comics)
Dusk (Marvel Comics)
Dust (Marvel Comics)
Dyna Girl (Krofft)
Dynamite Girl (Antarctic Press)
Echo (Marvel Comics)
Elasti-Girl (DC Comics)
Elastigirl/Mrs.Incredible (The Incredibles)
Electra Woman (Krofft)
Elektra (Marvel Comics)
Empress (DC)
Energizer (from Power Pack) (Marvel)
The Engineer II (DC - Wildstorm)
Fairchild (DC/Wildstorm)
Faith (DC Comics)
Fallen Angel (DC Comics)
Fantomah
Fantomette (Collection Rose)
Fathom (one of the Elementals, Comico Comics)
Fathom (Aspen Comics)
Feral (Marvel)
Fever (DC Comics)
Fire (DC Comics)
Firebird (Marvel Comics)
Firestar (Marvel Comics)
Flaberella ( the simpsons)
Flamebird III-V (DC Comics)
Flash (Just Imagine...) (DC Comics)
Flash (Tangent) (DC Comics)
Fleur-de-Lis (DC Comics)
Flint (WS)
Flora (Winx Club)
Forerunner (DC Comics)
Pudding Fong (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Free Spirit (Marvel Comics)
Freefall (DC-Wildstorm)
Tara Fremont (AC comics)
Adrienne Frost (Marvel Comics)
Emma Frost (Marvel Comics)
Zakuro Fujiwara (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Fury I (DC Comics)
Fury II (DC Comics)
Gamora (Marvel Comics)
Ganymede (Marvel Comics)
Garganta (AC comics)
Ghost (Dark Horse Comics)
Glitter (Marvel - New Universe)
Glory (various)
Gloss (DC Comics)
Godiva (DC Comics)
Miyako Goutokuji (Cartoon Network)
Grace (DC Comics)
Graphics Girl (Amy Scutter)
Gravity Girl (Birdman and the Galaxy Trio)
Max Guevara (from live-action TV show Dark Angel)
Gypsy (DC Comics)
Green Lantern (DC Comics)
Green Arrow (DC Comics)
Halo (DC Comics)
Harbinger (DC Comics)
Hawk as Holly Granger and Sasha Martens (DC Comics)
Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) (Marvel Comics)
Hawkgirl (DC Comics)
Hawkwoman (DC Comics)
Molly Hayes (Marvel Comics)
Hellcat (Marvel Comics)
Satana Hellstrom (Marvel Comics)
Hepzibah (Marvel Comics)
Hit Girl (Kick-Ass)
Horridus (Image-Highbrow Ent)
Heather Hudson, formerly Sasquatch, Exiles member (Marvel Comics)
Huntara (Marvel Comics)
Huntress (DC Comics)
Ice (DC Comics)
Icemaiden (DC Comics)
Indigo (DC Comics)
Infragirl (Tomorrow Syndicate member) (Image Comics)
Insect Queen (DC Comics)
Invisible Woman (Marvel Comics)
Natasha Irons (DC Comics)
Isis (DC Comics)
Ichigo Momomomiya (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Jack Phantom (America's Best Comics)
Jade (DC)
Jann of the Jungle (Marvel Comics)
Jayna (DC Comics)
Jet (DC Comics)
Jet (Wildstorm)
Jem and the Holograms (Hasbro)
Jocasta (Marvel Comics)
Jolt (Marvel Comics)
Jessica Jones (aka Jewel and Knightress) (Marvel Comics)
Rhea Jones (aka Lodestone) (DC Comics)
Joystick (Marvel Comics)
Jubilee (Marvel Comics)
Judomaster III (DC Comics)
Jungle Girl (various)
Jarella (Huk)
Jennifer Kale (Marvel Comics)
Bette Kane (DC Comics)
Nova Kane (First)
Karatecha (Kiss Comics)
Karma (Marvel Comics)
Kasumi (aka Batgirl) (Cassandra Cain) (DC Comics)
Katana (DC Comics)
Kendra Young (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Kelly (Misfits)
Laurel Kent (DC Comics)
Kid Flash (Iris West) (DC Comics)
Kinetix (DC Comics)
Kismet (Marvel Comics)
Misty Knight (Marvel Comics)
Knockout (DC Comics)
Kole (DC Comics)
KOS-MOS (Heroine of the Xenosaga series)
Kratha (Virgin Comiffcs)
Kristin (Comics Interview)
Krystala (ABS-CBN Television)
Kumori (Aftermath)
Kitty (Wolverine And The X-Men DVD Series)
Lady Blackhawk (DC Comics)
Lady Death (Chaos Comics)
Lady Luck The Spirit Section
Ladyhawk (Marvel Comic)
La Lunatica (Marvel Comics)
Lavagirl (Sharkboy and Lavagirl)
Layla (Winx Club)
Layla (Sky High)
Juniper Lee (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
Leeloo (The Fifth Element)
Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Liberty Belle (DC Comics)
Lightning Lass (a.k.a. Light Lass, Gossamer, Spark) (DC Comics)
Lightspeed (from Power Pack) (Marvel Comics)
Lime
Little Mermaid (DC Comics)
Looker (DC Comics)
Loria (see Blood Pack (comics) version) (DC Comics)
Lyja (aka Lazerfist and Ms. Fantastic) (Marvel Comics)(Marvel-MC2)
M (Marvel Comics)
Madame .44 (DC Comics)
Madame Mirage (Top Cow Productions)
Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)
The Magdalena (Top Cow Productions)
Magdalene (Marvel Comics)
Magik (Marvel Comics)
Magma (Marvel Comics)
Maiden Justice
Manhunter (Kate Spencer) (DC Comics)
Manitou Dawn (DC Comics)
Marionette (see Micronauts) (Marvel Comics)
Marrina (Marvel Comics)
Marrow (Marvel Comics)
Marvel Girl (Marvel Comics)
Mary Marvel (DC Comics)
Masada (see Youngblood) (various)
Matilda (Matilda from the Roald Dahl series)
Kaoru Matsubara (Cartoon Network)
Aspen Matthews (Aspen Comics)
Maxima (DC Comics)
Maximum Ride (novel series and manga)
Maya (DC Comics)
Medusa (Marvel Comics)
Meggan (Marvel Comics)
The Menagerie (DC Comics)
Mera (DC Comics)
Anna Mercury
Merry, Girl of 1000 Gimmicks (DC Comics)
Lynn Michaels (a.k.a. "Lady Punisher") (Marvel Comics)
Lettuce Midorikawa (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Mighty B
Nico Minoru (Marvel Comics)
Mirage (DC Comics)
Miss America (DC Comics)
Miss America (Marvel Comics)
Miss Fury
Miss Martian (DC Comics)
Miss Pell (Dexter's Laboratory)
Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)
Ichigo Momomiya (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Moondragon (Marvel Comics)
Musa (Winx Club)
Moonstar (Marvel Comics)
Moonstone (Marvel Comics)
Monstress (DC Comics)
Mother-One (see Wetworks) (DC-Wildstorm)
Motormouth (Marvel Comics)
Ms. Liberty (Antarctic Press)
Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (see also Binary and Warbird) (Marvel Comics)
Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura) (see also She-Thing) (Marvel Comics)
Ms. Mystic (originally Pacific Comics, then Continuity Comics)
Ms. Victory
Namora (Marvel Comics)
Namorita (Marvel Comics)
Negative Woman (DC Comics)
Nelvana of the Northern Lights (Hillborough Studio)
Nemesis (Marvel Comics)
Nemesis II (DC Comics)
Neon Queen (Mystery Inc. member) (Image Comics)
Night Girl (DC Comics)
Nightcat (Marvel Comics)
Nightshade (DC Comics)
Nightstar (DC Comics)
Nightveil (AC comics)
Nikki (Marvel Comics)
Niobe (The Matrix)
Nocturne (Marvel Comics)
Angel O'Day (see Angel and the Ape) (DC Comics)
Scarlet O'Neil (Newspaper Strip)
Aleta Ogord (see also Starhawk) (Marvel Comics)
Onyx (DC Comics)
Oracle (DC Comics)
Oracle (The Matrix)
Owlwoman (DC Comics)
Pantha (DC Comics)
Violet Parr (The Incredibles)
Penance (Marvel Comics)
Phantom Girl a.k.a. Apparition (DC Comics)
Phantom Lady
Phoenix (Marvel Comics)
Photon (Marvel Comics)
Pilgrim (see Wetworks) (DC-Wildstorm)
Pink Ranger (Power Rangers)
Pixie (Marvel Comics)
Polaris (as Overdrive) (Marvel Comics)
Poison Ivy (from the comic series)
Kim Possible (from the self-titled cartoon series)
Power Girl (DC Comics)
Power Princess (Marvel Comics)
The Powerpuff Girls
Princess (Gatchaman; Battle of the Planets)
Princess Projectra a.k.a. Sensor (DC Comics)
Princess Kakyuu (Tokyopop)
Promethea (America's Best Comics)
Psylocke (Marvel Comics)
Psynch
Jenny Quantum (DC - Wildstorm)
Queen Hippolyta (DC Comics)
Queen of Swords
Jesse Quick (DC Comics)
Rad (AC comics)
Rainbow (Eclipse Comics)
Rainbow Brite (Hallmark comics)
Rainmaker (DC-Wildstorm)
Rampage (DC Comics)
Raptor (Marvel Comics-MC2)
Rapture (Image-Highbrow Ent)
Rapture (Transformers)
Raven (DC Comics)
Raven (Teen Titans)
Red Guardian (Marvel Comics)
Red Sonja (Marvel Comics)
Red Tornado (All-American Comics)
Rescue (Marvel Comics)
Revanche (Marvel Comics)
Cecilia Reyes (Marvel Comics)
Ellen Ripley (Alien series)
Riptide (see Youngblood version) (various)
Robin as Stephanie Brown or Carrie Kelly.
Rocket (DC Comics)
Rogue (Marvel Comics)
Ronin (Marvel Comics)
Roxy (Winx Club)
Rose and Thorn II (DC Comics)
Rose Tattoo (DC - Wildstorm)
Rouge the Bat (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Sabra (Marvel Comics)
Sage (Marvel Comics)
Sailor Jupiter (Tokyopop)
Sailor Mars (Tokyopop)
Sailor Mercury (Tokyopop)
Sailor Moon (Tokyopop)
Sailor Neptune (Tokyopop)
Sailor Pluto (Tokyopop)
Sailor Saturn (Tokyopop)
Sailor Uranus (Tokyopop)
Sailor Venus (Tokyopop)
Sailor Star Fighter (Tokyopop)
Sailor Star Healer (Tokyopop)
Sailor Star Maker (Tokyopop)
Sailor Chibi Moon (Tokyopop)
Sailor Quartet: Sailor Vesta, Sailor Pallas, Sailor Ceres, Sailor Juno (Tokyopop)
Sakura Kinomoto (Tokyopop)
Saturn Girl (DC Comics)
Savant (DC-Wildstorm)
Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
Scorpion (Carmilla Black), (Marvel Comics)
Secret (DC Comics)
Amanda Sefton (Marvel Comics)
Selene (Underworld)
Sepulchre (Marvel Comics)
Sersi (Marvel Comics)
Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)
Shadow Lass a.k.a. Umbra (DC Comics)
Shadowcat (Marvel Comics)
Shakti (comics) (Raj Comics)
Shamrock (Marvel Comics)
Shanna the She Devil (Marvel Comics)
Violet Song jat Shariff (Ultraviolet)
She-Dragon (Image Comics-Highbrow Ent)
She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
She-Hulk (Lyra) (Marvel Comics)
She-Ra She-Ra: Princess of Power
She-Thing (Marvel Comics)
She-Venom (Marvel Comics)
Sheena (Wags)
Liz Sherman (Dark Horse, Hellboy)
Shi (Crusade)
Shikari (DC Comics)
Shining Knight (Ystina) (DC Comics)
Shrinking Violet (DC Comics)
Sif (Marvel Comics)
Silhouette (Marvel Comics)
Silk Spectre (DC Comics)
Silver Fox (Marvel Comics)
Silver Sable (Marvel Comics)
Silver Scorpion
Silverclaw (Marvel Comics)
Samantha Simpson/Sam (Totally Spies)
Skids (Marvel Comics)
Skyrocket (DC Comics)
Snowbird (Marvel Comics)
Songbird (Marvel Comics)
Emma Sonnett (aka the 10th Muse) (various)
Jenny Sparks (DC - Wildstorm)
Sparx (see Blood Pack (comics) version) (DC Comics)
Speedy II (DC Comics)
Spellbinder (Harmony Concepts)
Spider Girl (DC Comics)
Spider-Girl (Marvel Comics-MC2)
Spider-Woman (Marvel Comics)
Dorothy Spinner (DC Comics)
Spitfire (Marvel Comics)
Spoiler (DC Comics)
Spy Smasher (Katarina Armstrong), (DC Comics)
Squirrel Girl (Marvel Comics)
Stacy X (Marvel Comics)
Star-Spangled Kid (DC Comics)
Stardust (AC comics)
Starfire (DC Comics)
Stella (Winx Club)
Stargirl (DC Comics)
Starwoman (Astro City)
Stature (Marvel Comics)
Stepford Cuckoos (Marvel Comics)
Stinger (Cassandra Lang) (Marvel Comics-MC2)
Storm (Marvel Comics)
Stripperella
Stunner (Marvel Comics)
Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Sun Girl (Marvel Comics)
Supergirl (DC Comics)
Supergran (TV series)
Superwoman (DC Comics)
Suprema (Awesome)
Surge (Marvel)
Swift (DC - Wildstorm)
Sydney Savage (see Danger Girl)
River Tam (Firefly/Serenity)
Tank Girl (published by Dark Horse Comics)
Tara (Marvel Comics)
Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
Tecna (Winx Club)
Terra (DC Comics, Teen Titans)
Thor Girl (Marvel Comics)
Thunder III (DC Comics)
Jonni Thunder (DC Comics)
Thundra (Marvel Comics)
Tigra (Marvel Comics)
Timeslip (Marvel Comics)
Titaness (Mansion Comics)
Topaz (Marvel Comics)
Traci 13 (DC Comics)
Triplicate Girl a.k.a. Duo Damsel, Triad (DC Comics)
Troia (DC Comics)
Donna Troy (DC Comics)
Tsunami (DC Comics)
Katma Tui a.k.a. Green Lantern of Sector 1417 (DC Comics)
Turbo (Marvel Comics)
The Untalkable
Ultrawoman
Ultraviolet
Valda the Iron Maiden (DC Comics)
Valkyrie (Marvel Comics)
Valkyrie (Alpha-Omega Comics)
Vampirella
Velocity (Top Cow: Cyberforce)
Venus (Marvel Comics)
Vigilante (Patricia Tryce) (DC Comics)
Vindicator (Marvel Comics)
Violet (The Incredibles)(Film)
Violet (J/C)
Virtuous Venus (Harmony Concepts)
Vixen (DC Comics)
Vogue (various)
Void (DC-Wildstorm)
Voodoo (DC-Wildstorm: WildCats)
Jakita Wagner (Dc-Wildstorm: Planetary)
Jenny "XJ-9" Wakeman (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
Wallflower (Marvel Comics)
The Wasp (Marvel Comics)
Web Woman (Filmation)
WhirlGirl (Web series title character)
The White Witch (DC Comics)
Wild Thing (Marvel Comics-MC2)
Wind Dancer (Marvel Comics)
Colleen Wing (Marvel Comics)
Winged Victory (Astro City)
W.I.T.C.H: Will Vandom, Irma Lair, Taranee Cook, Cornelia Hale and Hay Lin (Disney Italia)
Witchblade (Top Cow Productions)
Witchfire (DC Comics)
Witchfire (Marvel Comics)
Wolfsbane (Marvel Comics)
The Woman in Red (Standard Comics)
Wonder Girl (DC Comics)
Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) (DC Comics)
Wonder Tot (DC Comics)
Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
Wonder Woman (Just Imagine...) (DC Comics)
Word Girl (Television series title character)
X-23 (Marvel Comics)
XJ-9 - see Jenny "XJ-9" Wakeman
XS (DC Comics)
Yellow Ranger (Power Rangers)
Gertrude Yorkes (Marvel Comics)
Zatanna (DC Comics)
Zealot (DC-Wildstorm)

Feminist T-Shirts for Christmas

Looking for last minute Christmas gift ideas?

Get them a custom made feminist t-shirt!

If women took up arms to protect their rights...

"If women took up arms to defend their rights and freedom, the men in power would ban assault rifles so quickly your panties would fall off." - Suzanne MacNevin.

Feminist Quotes of the Day

"You can't stop me. If you push me down I will only come back stronger than ever." - Suzanne MacNevin.

"If every woman in the world carried a secret bottle of pepperspray on her there would be a lot less rapes." - Suzanne MacNevin.

"Exercising is a woman's tool for proving that she can do anything a man can physically do. Some women just don't know their own strength." - Suzanne MacNevin.

"We have to stand up to the bullies and rapists in the world. If we don't we are nothing more than sex slaves." - Suzanne MacNevin.

"You can't push me down because I push back." - Suzanne MacNevin.

"When in doubt remember that inside every woman there is a person who wants to be seen, heard, touched, and liberated." - Suzanne MacNevin.

"Never attribute to men the intelligence required to pull off a 'patriarchal conspiracy'. Its not a conspiracy that men are out to push women down. Its a travesty and purely the result of most men being pigs." - Suzanne MacNevin.

"Live a little. Have sex and enjoy life. But never forget that the joys of life must be fought by freedom fighters and that for 51% of the population those freedom fighters are called feminists." - Suzanne MacNevin.

Disturbing Video - 600 lb mother paid to eat

Below is a video of a 600 lb mother in the USA who was paid by men to make videos of her eating. The phenomenon is known as feeders and chubby chasers.

Eventually she reached a point where she was confined to a bed and couldn't walk any more, so she finally decided it was time to try and lose weight. So now she can walk again, but it will be a long and hard road for her to travel in America, a country which celebrates gluttony and "bigger is better".


In related news a friend of mine in Canada recently got his personal training certification from Elite Trainers. Congratulations!
And myself I am working on my weightlifting and yoga routine, trying to find new ways to jazz it up. (Maybe I should exercise while listening to jazz music???)
My point is for those seeking to lose weight and eat healthy, if you can find the motivation, then do it. Just do it and then stay motivated. You will live longer, be healthier, and be able to enjoy life more fully.
Because quite frankly being stuck in a bed or a wheelchair is something nobody should wish for.

Religious fanatics killing each other only serves to make the atheists happy

Religious fanatics killing each other only serves to make the atheists happy.

Confused?

Let me explain:

#1. Religious fanatics killing each other means there are less religious fanatics going around, spreading their fanaticism.

#2. Normal people see the idiocy of the situation and become disenfranchised with god and decide to become atheists.

Together these two factors only serve to swell the numbers of atheists. In recent years the number of people who identify themselves as "no religion" has risen to 16% world wide, surpassing Hinduism in popularity.

If religious wackos want to keep killing each other, serving as negative role models for the religious, it will only serve to boost the atheist and non-religious numbers.

Conclusions

If people adopted religious tolerance and pacifism, this wouldn't be a problem. We could all live peacefully and respect one another's beliefs.

However since mankind's resources (oil, water and food) are also at stake people are going to continue to use religion as both an excuse and as a weapon of war. Thus this guarantees that people will continue to have wars, and continue to use religion in such a foul way. This will doubtlessly continue to swell the numbers of atheists and non-religious people globally as religious people kill each other off and serve as negative role models for new generations.

So while I will continue to preach pacifism (and agnosticism: the belief that we don't really know if there is/isn't a god, the nature of that god, or even whether he cares about us) the atheist numbers will continue to grow until eventually atheism surpasses Islam (27%) and Christianity (33%). I would like to be hopeful that it would also swell the numbers of agnostics who are more willing to say "Meh, there might be a god, but even if there is, god certainly doesn't care about us anyway."

Food for thought for both the religious, the atheist and the agnostic... and also the war-monkeys and the pacifists.

:)

Maine and Maryland approve same-sex marriage by popular vote

The president of the USA is still on the job today, but that isn't what I want to talk about. There are also lots of other votes going on during an election day in the USA, including electing the Senate, the House of Representatives and lastly various laws that need to be approved in state by state votes.

For example:

Maine and Maryland has approved same-sex marriage by popular vote.

Maine and Maryland have become the seventh and eighth states to allow same-sex couples to marry. Some states also allow "civil unions" but it just isn't the same as being "married".

In another gay-rights victory, Minnesota voters defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that would banned same-sex marriage in the state. So that isn't happening, thankfully, which basically means that gay marriage is still legal in Minnesota.

Washington state also voted on a measure to legalize same-sex marriage, though results were not expected until later today.

The outcomes of the marriage votes could influence the U.S. Supreme Court, which will soon consider whether to take up cases challenging the law that denies federal recognition to same-sex marriages, which means the USA could end up allowing same-sex marriages on a federal level (which it already de facto does, because people can just go and get married in a state which allows gay marriages, and that marriage will be recognized when it comes time to pay federal taxes).

Below is a map I found and modified to represent the new changes thanks to last night's historic votes.