and for a change: a movie
Jun. 14th, 2004 03:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
e_clareAny more, my life consists of sleeping, reading, work, and watching movies (more or less in order of importance). In the past week: finished three books, worked almost 40 hours, and seen four five movies.
Two just-for-fun books: Prisoner of Azkaban and The Courtship of Princess Leia (which is just as hokey as it sounds, and I only read because I was getting rid of it).
One "serious" book that everyone should pick up: The Mommy Myth, a look at how the combined influences of the media, the government, and society in general have created impossibly idealized standards for "good" motherhood. Having been raised by a single, imperfect mother, and having had many conversations with her as I got older reassuring her that I thought she was a good mom, despite the fact that she had to work in the summers and wasn't Martha Stewart, I found it a fascinating read. Especially interesting last week was the chapter about the Reagan administration's actions that effectively smushed any hope of federally-funded (or even federally-regulated) childcare--in the wake of the national day of mourning, and the rapid revisionist history, this was incredibly refreshing. Bonus: the co-writer is a philosophy professor at Smith, and is in fact Mrs. Dean of Mount Holyoke. Yay MHC!
Movie Reviews in 25 Words or Less, starting with HP: Prizoner of Azkaban: Mom liked it too. Harry has messy hair; Beaky kicks ass; Ron's still my imaginary underaged boyfriend. Yay!
Chronicles of Riddick: Don't go. Just...don't prolong Vin Diesel's career any further, please.
The Stepford Wives: Bette Midler and Roger Bart make Nicole Kidman funny. The screenwriter convolutes and undermines any feminist message. Feh.
The Notebook: OMG RYAN GOSLING IS MY NEW FAKE BOYFRIEND (SORRY RON)!!! I liked it despite my best efforts not to, and I nearly cried. Schmoopy goodness.
Hopefully, this week will bring more fun.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
llogan--we need to get together.
Two just-for-fun books: Prisoner of Azkaban and The Courtship of Princess Leia (which is just as hokey as it sounds, and I only read because I was getting rid of it).
One "serious" book that everyone should pick up: The Mommy Myth, a look at how the combined influences of the media, the government, and society in general have created impossibly idealized standards for "good" motherhood. Having been raised by a single, imperfect mother, and having had many conversations with her as I got older reassuring her that I thought she was a good mom, despite the fact that she had to work in the summers and wasn't Martha Stewart, I found it a fascinating read. Especially interesting last week was the chapter about the Reagan administration's actions that effectively smushed any hope of federally-funded (or even federally-regulated) childcare--in the wake of the national day of mourning, and the rapid revisionist history, this was incredibly refreshing. Bonus: the co-writer is a philosophy professor at Smith, and is in fact Mrs. Dean of Mount Holyoke. Yay MHC!
Movie Reviews in 25 Words or Less, starting with HP: Prizoner of Azkaban: Mom liked it too. Harry has messy hair; Beaky kicks ass; Ron's still my imaginary underaged boyfriend. Yay!
Chronicles of Riddick: Don't go. Just...don't prolong Vin Diesel's career any further, please.
The Stepford Wives: Bette Midler and Roger Bart make Nicole Kidman funny. The screenwriter convolutes and undermines any feminist message. Feh.
The Notebook: OMG RYAN GOSLING IS MY NEW FAKE BOYFRIEND (SORRY RON)!!! I liked it despite my best efforts not to, and I nearly cried. Schmoopy goodness.
Hopefully, this week will bring more fun.
llogan--we need to get together.
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Date: 2004-06-14 10:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-14 11:39 am (UTC)Re: i wanted...
Date: 2004-06-21 12:13 pm (UTC)continuing the theme of "feminism, yay!" i started reading backlash the other day. good times.